Close Brothers, part of Close Brothers Group|, 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.

The strength of our international network - with twenty nine offices in twenty four countries, employing over four hundred and fifty local professionals - allows us to represent our clients' interests on an international basis, regardless of where they are in the world.