Cattaneo Corporate Finance provides corporate finance advice and transaction execution services to business owners, entrepreneurs, management teams and investors. We work on M&A transactions, equity fundraising and provide debt advisory services. Our typical deal sizes range from £2m to over £100m and more than 30% of our M&A transactions to date have had a cross-border counterparty. We deliver excellent results for our clients who are based all over the UK.
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Consumer products & Services
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United Kingdom
Median deal size
€ 5 - 25 million
Buy side deals
100.0 %
18 September 2025
Geovista acquires Mission Critical Group of Australia
UK-based Geovista has merged with Mission Critical Group of Perth, Western Australia, in a deal which combines MCG’s advanced driller-operated geophysics instruments with Geovista’s extensive global expertise in borehole logging. The Cattaneo team advised Geovista on the merger process from initial discussions to the negotiation and agreement of detailed transaction terms encompassing the two groups of shareholders working together as a single entity post-transaction and the project management of the cross-border due diligence and legal processes.
31 August 2025
Kindred Nurseries acquires The Big Top Nursery Group
The Cattaneo team of Martyn Pilley and Oliver Lowe provided acquisition support to Kindred including detailed financial analysis on the key metrics of each target, including assessing their anticipated performance as part of Kindred, assisting with the preparation of documents for Kindred’s internal board and funding approval processes and liaising with Kindred’s internal team as well as external due diligence and legal advisers.
31 August 2025
Kindred Nurseries acquires Building Blocks Nursery
The Cattaneo team of Martyn Pilley and Oliver Lowe provided acquisition support to Kindred including detailed financial analysis on the key metrics of each target, including assessing their anticipated performance as part of Kindred, assisting with the preparation of documents for Kindred’s internal board and funding approval processes and liaising with Kindred’s internal team as well as external due diligence and legal advisers.
31 August 2025
Kindred Nurseries acquires Mary Poppins Nursery
The Cattaneo team of Martyn Pilley and Oliver Lowe provided acquisition support to Kindred including detailed financial analysis on the key metrics of each target, including assessing their anticipated performance as part of Kindred, assisting with the preparation of documents for Kindred’s internal board and funding approval processes and liaising with Kindred’s internal team as well as external due diligence and legal advisers.
3 April 2025
Ash & Lacy acquires Vestatec
The Cattaneo team of Martyn Pilley and Richard Newman advised Ash & Lacy on the whole acquisition process including preparation of the initial offer, the negotiation of the detailed transaction terms and on structuring financing. Funding came from Ash & Lacy’s existing cash and debt facilities plus additional facilities made available by HSBC, represented by Gary Riley, Sally Bradshaw, Andrew Skidmore and Sam Owen. Ansons (Paul Bennett) acted as legal advisors to Ash & Lacy while Hawkins Hatton provided legal advice to HSBC. The Vestatec shareholders were advised by Meadows and Confianza Advisory.