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Service: Financial Due Diligence

  • Alex Aitchison Alex Aitchison
  • Madeleine Andrews Madeleine Andrews
  • Ed Brentnall Ed Brentnall
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  • Alex Aitchison

    Alex Aitchison

    Alex started his career with PWC, joining as a school leaver in 2016. As part of the external audit team, he worked with a broad spectrum of businesses including manufacturing and logistics companies, building societies and asset management firms, and specialized in the audit of pension schemes, building an understanding of their structure and the … Continued

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  • Madeleine Andrews

    Madeleine Andrews

    Madeleine joined DSW Transaction Services in 2022 as an Apprentice Financial Analyst. Madeleine joins from The King’s School Chester and will be studying for an accounting qualification while learning financial due diligence skills.   Transaction Services – Daresbury Office

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  • Ed Brentnall

    Ed Brentnall

    Ed jointly heads the financial due diligence business, Dow Schofield Watts Transaction Services LLP, which he helped to establish in December 2008. Ed qualified as a chartered accountant with PricewaterhouseCoopers in Manchester and Minneapolis (USA) and then spent 5 years in their transaction services team. During this period Ed worked for a number of clients … Continued

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  • Sophie Colloby

    Sophie Colloby

    Sophie joined Dow Schofield Watts Transaction Services LLP in April 2017 as a Partner in the Yorkshire and North East practice. She has provided specialist financial due diligence and transaction related services since 2003. Sophie’s extensive experience includes advising corporates, entrepreneurs, finance providers and private equity funds, across a range of industries and transaction types … Continued

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  • Josh Davison

    Josh Davison

    Josh joined the DSW London Transaction Services team in February 2022. After gaining a bachelor’s degree in Accounting and Finance and a master’s degree in Management (International Business), Josh qualified as an ICAEW Chartered Accountant with RSM in the Audit department where he gained audit experience across a wide range of industries with exposure to … Continued

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  • James Francis

    James Francis

    James joined the DSW London Transaction Services team in December 2019. Having gained an Economics degree from Exeter University, James qualified as an Accountant with RSM and was based in their Forensic accounting department assisting with fraud investigations, loss of profit claims, transaction disputes and business valuations. Since joining DSW, he has worked on a … Continued

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  • Steve Holmes

    Steve Holmes

    Steve joined in September 2021 to co-found the Thames Valley office based in Reading with fellow Partner, Carla Holmes. Steve will head the financial due diligence offering and Carla will provide tax advisory services to the local business community Steve is a qualified Chartered Accountant (2002) and obtained the ICAEW’s Corporate Finance designation is 2010. … Continued

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  • Richard Hooper

    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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  • Cameron Hunter

    Cameron Hunter

    Cameron joined Dow Schofield Watts Transaction Services in Yorkshire in January 2020. Prior to this he spent three years in the audit department of Mazars LLP, where he qualified as a Chartered Accountant. During his time at Mazars, Cameron lead audits on a wide variety of clients, including property investment and development, manufacturing and renewable … Continued

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  • Ros Jones

    Ros Jones

    Ros joined Dow Schofield Watts Transaction Services in April 2015. She is an experienced Transaction Services practitioner, having previously been a manager in the M&A team at Midlands based financial advisory firm, Hazlewoods where she specialised in health and social care transactions. Most recently, Ros also has significant practical industry experience as a group financial … Continued

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  • Max Joseph

    Max Joseph

    Max joined DSW Transaction Services at our London office in October 2022. He joined from Blick Rothenberg in London where he spent four years as an Assistant Manager in audit and assurance and where he qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 2021, having previously achieved a First Class Honours degree in Economics from the University … Continued

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  • William Baker

    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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  • Cat Lang

    Catriona Lang

    Catriona jointly heads the financial due diligence business Dow Schofield Watts Transaction Services LLP, which she jointly established in December 2008. She joined from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP where she qualified as a Chartered Accountant in their audit department, before spending 5 years in their Transaction Services team in Manchester and London. Catriona has over 15 years … Continued

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  • Rob Parker

    Rob Parker

    Rob is a Senior Manager in the Transaction Services team based in Daresbury. He joined Dow Schofield Watts in October 2015. After graduating with a degree in Economics from The University of Manchester, Rob qualified as a chartered accountant with CLB Coopers in Manchester and then spent two years with Grant Thornton. Since joining DSW … Continued

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  • Will Parry

    Will Parry

    Will joined the Transaction Services team in Yorkshire & the North East as an Executive in 2022. Will is a Chartered Accountant with six years’ experience. This includes two years in Audit with Deloitte in Leeds, where he led audits on a wide variety of clients including water services, manufacturing, property and private equity-backed businesses. … Continued

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  • Elliot Pledger

    Elliot Pledger

    Elliot joins from PwC, where he started as a trainee in 2017 and gained his ACA qualifications. Most recently he was a Senior Associate working in Digital Audit, focusing on Sarbanes-Oxley controls audits regulated by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) in sectors including banking, leisure, and oil and gas. He also has experience with other assurance … Continued

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  • Tom Rowe

    Tom Rowe

    Tom joined the DSW London Transaction Services team in November 2021. Prior to joining DSW, he gained a degree in Economics from the University of Exeter before joining PwC, where he worked in financial statement audit and qualified as a Chartered Accountant. During his time at PwC, Tom provided audit services to a range of … Continued

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  • Jonathan Steed

    Jonathan Steed

    Jonathan joined Dow Schofield Watts as a Partner in 2020. He qualified with PwC and has more than 20 years’ financial due diligence experience with Big 4 firms, latterly with KPMG.  He has advised corporate and private equity clients on strategic buy-side and sell-side transactions across a wide range of deal sizes and sectors.  He … Continued

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