Close Brothers Corporate Finance is a leading, independent, European corporate finance adviser.  We apply our knowledge, extensive contacts, expertise and imagination in the relentless pursuit of our clients' interests.

We advise a wide spectrum of organisations, from corporates and private equity houses to financial institutions and hedge funds.  Our advice focuses on five areas: mergers and acquisitions, structuring and raising debt, corporate restructuring, advising private equity groups and advising companies and pension trustees on issues surrounding defined benefit pension schemes. This focus allows us to be experts in these fields.

Close Brothers Corporate Finance operates internationally, employing more than 250 professionals across Europe. We operate in Asia through our parent company Daiwa Securities SMBC, in the US through Sagent Advisors and in other financial centres around the world through Close Brothers International.

In total 32 international offices, employing over 480 professionals allow us to represent our clients interests on an international basis, regardless of where they are in the world.