# Cavendish Further Strengthens Its Leading Sell-Side M&A Advisory Services With The Recruitment Of Duncan Chandler As Head Of Its Financial Services Team Author: Pal Sinha, Barnali Author URL: https://financedigest.com/author/pal-sinha-barnali Published: 2018-04-13 Category: NEWS Category URL: https://financedigest.com/category/news Meta Title: Cavendish Corporate Finance appoints Duncan Chandler to lead Meta Description: Meet Duncan Chandler, the new Partner at Cavendish Corporate Finance with expertise in payments, mortgages, and the debt sector. Joining from fintech VC URL: https://financedigest.com/cavendish-further-strengthens-its-leading-sell-side-ma-advisory-services-with-the-recruitment-of-duncan-chandler-as-head-of-its-financial-services-teamhtml ![undefined](https://prod.superblogcdn.com/site_cuid_cm5qst7v3003gwirgwqtxn8i8/images/fd130418-1-1-1736842845307-compressed.jpg) - **_Chandler’s specialist areas include payments, mortgages and the debt sector_** **_Appointment marks a period of strong growth for Cavendish_** Cavendish Corporate Finance, the UK’s leading specialist sell-side M&A firm, announces the appointment of Duncan Chandler, as a Partner to head its Financial Services team. He will also be head of Financial Services at Oaklins, the world’s most experienced mid-market M&A advisory group, of which Cavendish is a member. The appointment will further enhance Cavendish’s advisory service on a sector-led basis and take advantage of [growing opportunities in today’s vibrant M&A market](https://www.financedigest.com/title-homeopathic-veterinary-medicines-market-growing-at-a-cagr-of-5-business-and-future-opportunity-2031.html "Title: Homeopathic Veterinary Medicines Market Growing at a CAGR of ~5% | Business and Future Opportunity – 2031"). Prior to joining Cavendish, Duncan Chandler was a Managing Director at the fintech-oriented VC fund, Blenheim Chalcot. His previous experience includes five years at Deloitte Corporate Finance, where he was a Director in the [firm’s](https://www.financedigest.com/prioritising-employee-wellbeing-in-finance-firms-through-learning-and-development.html "Prioritising employee wellbeing in finance firms through learning and development") Financial Institutions Group. His primary responsibility was [leading banking](https://www.financedigest.com/banks-miners-lead-ftse-100-lower.html "Banks, miners lead FTSE 100 lower") coverage and overseeing the significant expansion and growth of the team. Before Deloitte, Duncan worked at NM Rothschild, where he was a Director in the Financial Institutions Group and oversaw transactions in the UK, Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. Duncan has experience of working across a great variety of corporate and financial [sectors](https://www.financedigest.com/is-automation-key-to-esg-success-in-the-banking-and-finance-sector.html "Is automation key to ESG success in the banking and finance sector?"), most notably the payment, mortgage and debt sectors. His transactions in the payments sector include the [sale of the retail](https://www.financedigest.com/german-retail-sales-dip-more-than-forecast-in-august.html "German retail sales dip more than forecast in August") FX business, ICE, to HNA Group and Payments Card Technologies (PCT) to a family office, all of which build on Cavendish’s expertise in the sector, with the firm having advised on the sale of a range of major payments/foreign exchange providers, including the sale of World First to FTV Capital and the sale of the NZ operations of Change Group to Fexco. Duncan also has a wealth of experience in mortgage-related transactions, including the separate sales of HML to Computershare and Vertex to Capita, two [leading independent mortgage service providers](https://www.financedigest.com/whats-in-store-for-2016-leading-online-trading-services-provider-easy-forex-reveals-predictions-for-the-new-year.html "WHAT’S IN STORE FOR 2016? LEADING ONLINE TRADING SERVICES PROVIDER EASY-FOREX REVEALS PREDICTIONS FOR THE NEW YEAR"). He has also worked for a substantial number of [banks and building](https://www.financedigest.com/building-the-bank-of-you.html "Building the Bank of You") societies, including Nationwide and Skipton, as well on various NPL portfolio transactions. In the debt sector, Duncan’s expertise marries well with Cavendish’s track record of advising on a number of debt and alternative lending businesses, including on the sale of West One Loan [Limited to Enterprise Finance](https://www.financedigest.com/boohoo-says-exposure-to-sterling-plunge-is-limited-finance-chief.html "Boohoo says exposure to sterling plunge is limited – finance chief"), and Freedom Finance Holdings Limited to SOF Investments. He holds a Masters in Finance from London [Business School](https://www.financedigest.com/neoma-business-school-opens-the-first-virtual-campus-in-europe.html "NEOMA Business School opens the first virtual campus in Europe") and graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in French and History from The Queen’s College, University of Oxford. Cavendish has had a robust start to 2018, having advised on a number of high profile deals. These include the sales of OKA, a leading London-based furniture company to Investindustrial, a European investment fund and Alston Elliot, a leading provider of television sports graphics and data solutions, to Inflexion [Private Equity](https://www.financedigest.com/private-equity-funds-approach-italys-serie-a-to-explore-media-rights-deal-sources.html "Private equity funds approach Italy’s Serie A to explore media rights deal -sources"). Cavendish also advised on the sale of OneStep Solutions, the specialist enforcement and debt collection software provider, to Civica Group, and Office Concierge, a reception management provider, to Armonia, a [French corporate](https://www.financedigest.com/g20-to-back-global-corporate-tax-deal-says-french-finance-minister.html "G20 to back global corporate tax deal, says French finance minister") reception services provider. **Lord Leigh of Hurley, Senior Partner at Cavendish Corporate Finance, commented:** “We are delighted to welcome Duncan to our [growing and well-resourced M&A team](https://www.financedigest.com/the-digital-voice-adtech-pr-agency-grows-team-by-eight.html "The Digital Voice Adtech PR Agency Grows Team By Eight"). He brings an unrivalled breadth and depth of expertise in the financial [services industry](https://www.financedigest.com/three-blockchain-application-scenarios-for-the-financial-services-industry.html "Three blockchain application scenarios for the financial services industry") and will help ensure that we are well placed to offer the best possible advice to our clients. We believe that London will retain its pre-eminent position as the [world’s leading](https://www.financedigest.com/arora-project-have-experienced-out-of-this-world-returns-with-their-lead-generation.html "Arora Project have experienced out-of-this-world returns with their lead generation") financial services centre and accordingly this is an excellent time to expand in this sector.” **Duncan Chandler, Head of Financial Services at Cavendish and [Global](https://www.financedigest.com/global-growth-headed-down-as-inflation-surge-to-endure.html "Global growth headed down as inflation surge to endure") Head of Oaklins’ Financial Services Group, commented:** “I am very pleased to be joining Cavendish’s excellent Financial Services team. The [firm has a strong track record of advising on a broad range of financial services](https://www.financedigest.com/financial-services-firms-turn-to-big-data-intelligence-to-fight-fraudulent-activity-according-to-xerox-study.html "FINANCIAL SERVICES FIRMS TURN TO BIG DATA INTELLIGENCE TO FIGHT FRAUDULENT ACTIVITY ACCORDING TO XEROX STUDY") transactions, helping clients to optimise deal structures and navigate regulatory hurdles to help ensure they are completed successfully. Financial services is a key part of the UK economy and M&A in the sector has been particularly buoyant, so we will continue to work on behalf of our financial services clients to secure for them the best price on sale.” --- This blog is powered by Superblog. Visit https://superblog.ai to know more. ---