Robey Warshaw
| Limited liability partnership | |
| Industry | Investment banking |
| Founded | 1 October 2013 |
| Headquarters | 31 St James's Place, London, United Kingdom |
Key people |
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| Revenue | £24 million (2015)[1] |
| £19 million (2015)[1] | |
| £19 million (2015)[1] | |
| Total assets | £17 million (2015)[1] |
| Website |
robeywarshaw |
Robey Warshaw LLP is a boutique investment bank based in London. The firm was founded in 2013 and is led by investment bankers Sir Simon Robey, Philip Apostolides, and Simon Warshaw. With less than 20 employees, it has advised on some of the largest corporate mergers and acquisitions since 2015.
Robey, Apostolides and Warshaw were prominent dealmakers in the City of London prior to setting up the firm.[2] Robey is the former co-head of mergers and acquisitions at Morgan Stanley, Warshaw is the former co-head of investment banking at UBS, while Apostolides was a managing director in Morgan Stanley's financial sponsors group.[3][4]
In 2014, Robey Warshaw helped AstraZeneca successfully fend off a politically charged merger bid by Pfizer.[2][5] The following year, it served as adviser to BG Group and SABMiller in their mergers with Royal Dutch Shell and Anheuser-Busch InBev respectively.[2] The two deals landed the firm in the top 10 European M&A advisers in 2015, according to Dealogic.[6]
According to The Observer, banking experts have attributed Robey Warshaw's early success to the connections of its founders and its ability to remain discreet during negotiations owing to its small size.[2] The Telegraph highlighted the firm's "personal approach" favoured by corporate executives.[7]
References
- 1 2 3 4 Members' report and financial statements - 31 March 2015, Robey Warshaw LLP, 2015-03-31, retrieved 2016-02-26
- 1 2 3 4 Hellier, David (2015-09-19). "The beer's on them: Robey Warshaw, the tiny bank at the heart of a mega-merger". The Observer. Retrieved 2016-02-26.
- ↑ Berry, Freya (2015-10-13). "Beer merger advisers land mega-deal by telling clients when to say no". Reuters. Retrieved 2016-02-26.
- ↑ Butcher, Sarah (2013-01-23). "Simon Robey and Sir Simon Robertson make first hires for new boutique". Yahoo! Finance. Retrieved 2016-02-24.
- ↑ David, Ruth; Nair, Dinesh (2015-04-08). "Tiny Bank Robey Warshaw Reaps Huge Payday From Shell-BG Takeover". Bloomberg Business. Retrieved 2016-02-26.
- ↑ Burton, Lucy (2015-12-18). "Robey Warshaw closing on first top 10 M&A finish". Financial News. Retrieved 2016-02-26.
- ↑ Armstrong, Amy (2015-04-11). "The two Simons behind the blockbuster Shell/BG Group deal". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2016-02-27.