LCF Edmond de Rothschild Securities Limited's corporate finance executives include a high proportion of senior bankers with extensive experience of a wide range of corporate transactions.

Our team includes:

Andrew Hay, Director, LCF Edmond de Rothschild Securities

Joined Edmond de Rothschild in 1999, where he has advised on UK and European cross-border M&A transactions in a range of industries including financial services, healthcare and property. He was previously a corporate finance director at ING Barings and latterly head of the consumer goods M&A group. Prior to that he was responsible for deriving M&A business in North America and advised a range of U.S. corporations on acquisitions and disposals in the U.K. and Europe. Until 1993 he ran the North American capital markets team at Barings, advising on bond issues, syndicated loans and structured finance. Before joining Barings, he was with Schroders in London and New York. Andrew is a non-executive director of Aminex PLC, the London Stock Exchange listed oil and gas exploration and production company. He has an MA from Oxford University.

Emmanuel Bardonnet, Managing Director, Corporate Finance

Joined Edmond de Rothschild in 2011. Emmanuel is an M&A professional and has advised financial institutions in the UK, continental Europe, Asia and North America on some 30 completed transactions with a combined value exceeding $100bn. He was latterly a consultant at Perella Weinberg Partners, and was previously acting head of the financial institutions group M&A at Morgan Stanley Asia Pacific, based in Hong Kong. He began his career at S.G. Warburg (now part of UBS) and has an MBA from Columbia Business School having graduated with a law degree from the Université de Droit de Paris II

Quentin Boyd, Managing Director, Corporate Finance

Joined Edmond de Rothschild in 1990, where he has advised on a variety of UK and European cross-border transactions with a particular focus on the transport and auto services sectors, including: the mbi of the Port of Bristol, the mbo and subsequent listing of AutoLogic Holdings plc, and the acquisition of Renault’s global logistics business by the GAL consortium. He qualified as a chartered accountant with KPMG and has an MA from Cambridge University.

Edward Buchan, Managing Director, Corporate Finance

Joined Edmond de Rothschild in 2002. Previously UK head of transportation industry group at WestLB Panmure (1999-2002), a managing director at Close Brothers Corporate Finance Limited (1996-99) and previously managing director, head of corporate finance and member of the bank executive committee of Hill Samuel Bank (1977-96). He has worked on a large number of corporate finance transactions, including restructurings, privatisations, mergers and acquisitions and capital raisings. Formerly senior non-executive director of Tibbett & Britten Group plc (a leading international logistics group) and a non-executive director of Isotron plc (a specialist medical equipment business); currently a senior non-executive director of Wallem Group Limited, a leading Far East ship management and marine services company, and non-executive director of two venture capital trusts. He qualified as a chartered accountant with Deloitte, Haskins & Sells, is a graduate in political science from the University of Southampton and attended the advanced management program at Harvard Business School (1996)

William James, Director – Business Development, Corporate Finance

Joined LCF Edmond de Rothschild in 1998, where he has advised on a variety of financial services sector transactions, including the sale by Prudential Assurance of a mortgage portfolio to Cheshire Building Society, following a competitive auction. Previously he was a director of Hill Samuel Bank where he advised ING on the sale of the Life Association of Scotland mortgage portfolios to Birmingham Midshires, Halifax on the acquisition of BNP Mortgages and Britannia Building Society on the acquisition of the Lloyds Bowmaker mortgage portfolio. He qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Touche Ross and has an MA from Cambridge University.