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Address
90 Long Acre
Covent Garden
London
WC2E 9RZ
London People
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Mark Watts
Owner / Co-Founder
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James Killing
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Dave Graham
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Richard Hooper
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Jack Hibbs
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Payam Keyghobadi
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William Baxter
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William Baker
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Mark Watts
Owner / Co-Founder
Following graduation from Birmingham University, Mark qualified as a Chartered Accountant with KPMG. Mark has over 20 years of corporate finance experience gained at Hill Samuel Bank, NatWest Markets, Old Mutual Securities where he lead and completed transactions in both the public and private markets. Mark is a founding Partner of Dow Schofield Watts. Disposals … Continued
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James Killing
James joined DSW in June 2018 to establish the Transaction Services team in London. James joined from RSM, having spent the last thirteen years providing financial due diligence services (both on the buy side and sell side) to mid-market and lower mid-market private equity houses. His experience covers a variety of sectors, including recruitment, manufacturing, … Continued
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Dave Graham
Dave is a Director in the Corporate Finance Team. He joined Dow Schofield Watts eight years ago having previously worked for KPMG and telecoms group Caudwell. He is a Chartered Accountant with a Degree in Finance and Economics from The University of Liverpool. Dave’s experience covers a broad range of transaction and advisory roles including … Continued
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Richard Hooper
Richard joined DSW in June 2018 to establish the Transaction Services team in London and comes with 20 years of experience providing specialist financial due diligence and transaction related services. He has worked on a range of private equity and corporate transactions, on both buyside and sell side roles, with services covering due diligence, transaction … Continued
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Jack Hibbs
Jack joined the London Transaction Services team in September 2018. Having gained a Chemical Engineering degree from Edinburgh University he completed a 3 year ACA training contact with Crowe UK performing audits for a number of clients. Jack qualified as a Chartered Accountant in September 2017 and spent a further year as a Qualified Senior … Continued
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Payam Keyghobadi
Payam is a founding Partner in the London office’s Corporate Finance Team, specialising in the Consumer, Leisure and Hospitality sectors. Payam qualified as a Chartered Accountant at KPMG, before moving to a mid-market corporate finance boutique in London where he became a Partner in 2014. Payam’s experience includes business sales and fundraisings on behalf of … Continued
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William Baxter
Will is a founding Partner in the London office’s Corporate Finance Team. He joined Dow Schofield Watts to jointly lead the firm’s activities in the Consumer, Leisure and Hospitality sectors. He has previously led sector teams at both BDO and Grant Thornton in London. Will originally qualified as a Solicitor and practiced in the Corporate … Continued
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William Baker
William joined Dow Schofield Watts in December 2018. Prior to joining DSW, he completed a 3 year ACA training contract with BDO UK, qualifying as a Chartered Accountant. At BDO William worked in the international audit department, performing the statutory audits of a number of US listed companies’ international subsidiaries. He gained experience within the … Continued
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22nd April 2021