James Bailey
Partner
Partner
Learn more about James Bailey
James is a Partner of our Corporate Finance business, based in our Birmingham office and works across the UK and internationally. He specialises in corporate finance, with extensive experience supporting institutions, owner managers, founders and corporates across all aspects of a corporate finance transaction.
James has 15 years of advisory and private equity experience, working on a number of sell-side mandates and supporting the buy and build strategies of private equity-backed businesses.
His recent transactions include providing buy-side advisory to portfolio companies of Livingbridge, Blixt and Vitruvian across a broad range of sectors.
He provided sell-side advisory to Arden Fine Foods UK Limited, providing strategic guidance on deal timing, transaction structure and funding terms, and negotiating with the lender where relevant. He also provided sell-side advisory to Microset, a Hinckley-based non-destructive testing (NDT) firm, which was acquired in a cross-border deal by Groupe SOCOMORE, a French counterpart.
Prior to joining BTG, James gained audit and tax experience at a major independent chartered accountancy, tax and advisory firm. James holds a degree in Economics from the University of East Anglia and is a qualified Chartered Accountant.
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