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Why Mastella
After two decades in lower mid-market M&A I kept seeing the same pattern: senior advisors win the mandate, juniors deliver the work, the senior advisor reappears at closing. Owner-managed businesses deserve better. A modern delivery model - proprietary technology handling the structured work, the principal still leading every conversation - finally makes that possible without compromising rigour or coverage.
How I work with you
When you engage Mastella, you engage me. I run the readiness work, lead every conversation with potential buyers, manage the negotiation, and sign alongside you on completion day. Behind me, a small in-house analyst team and our proprietary technology layer handle the analysis, buyer mapping, data-room orchestration and term-sheet benchmarking. Faster than traditional analyst-only delivery, more rigorous because of the technology, but senior-led on every decision and every conversation.
Background
Trained in corporate finance and M&A. Built and scaled businesses across recruitment, corporate finance and interim management before founding Mastella. Investor and advisor to a number of early-stage UK companies. Sector experience spans financial services, technology, consumer, industrials, infrastructure, education and agriculture.
15
Years in M&A
£400M+
Transaction value advised
30+
Completed transactions
10
Sectors
Behind the principal
A small in-house support team.
A focused team handles the structured work between conversations - the kind that benefits from time and rigour rather than seniority on every line. Leo, or an approved senior advisor, stays involved at every decision and every conversation that matters.
Financial work
Valuation, financial normalisation, IM drafting, comparable transactions analysis.
Buyer research
Sector benchmarking, market mapping, buyer universe construction.
Process coordination
Data-room organisation, diligence Q&A tracking, status reporting.
The specialist network
A vetted network of specialists.
For sectors and deal types outside our resident coverage, we draw on a vetted network of senior practitioners we have worked with on prior transactions. You are told upfront who is on your engagement and why.
The principal stays involved throughout.
Next step
Start with a confidential discussion.
Forty-five minutes, no obligation. A short discussion to decide whether Mastella is the right firm for what you're thinking about.
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