About us
DC Advisory Partners is the new name for Close Brothers Corporate Finance. DC Advisory Partners uses its knowledge, imagination, connections and expertise in the relentless pursuit of its client’s interests.
DC Advisory Partners is a leading M&A adviser and one of Europe’s leading restructuring and debt advisers.
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DC Advisory Partners is recognised as a leading corporate finance company and has won numerous industry accolades.
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DC Advisory Partners advises a wide spectrum of organisations, from corporates, private equity houses and entrepreneurs, to financial institutions and hedge funds.
Our geographic spread and internal structure enables us to provide high quality advisory services to clients in a wide range of markets and different sectors.
We operate from eight European offices in France (Paris and Lyon), Germany (Frankfurt), Poland (Warsaw), Spain (Madrid and Barcelona) and the UK (London and Manchester) employing over 200 practitioners, including 38 Managing Directors.
We have an in-depth knowledge of the sectors in which we operate and a comprehensive understanding of the dynamics and competitive forces of each. We know the players. We know the trends. We understand how these factors impact our clients, investors and providers of capital.
DC Advisory Partners is consistently ranked in the top five European advisers in the M&A mid-market league tables. We have advised on over 200 acquisitions and disposals in the last five years and we are one of Europe’s leading restructuring and debt advisory advisers.
We operate as an autonomous business unit of Daiwa Capital Markets, a leading international banking group, listed in Japan with a market capitalisation of €6.4 bn.
We also have an international presence through sister companies in Daiwa’s existing markets, including Japan, Asia (China, Hong Kong, Singapore, India and other countries), Russia, Bahrain, Dubai and other Gulf territories as well as the US through a stategic equity stake in Sagent Advisors.