Jeremy Bate

Senior Director

Jeremy has many years of international M&A experience across a range of industry sectors and provides lead M&A advice on BCMS’ larger, more complex transactions.

A qualified accountant, Jeremy joined BCMS in 2019 from PwC Corporate Finance, where he advised the stakeholders of both corporates and financial sponsors on a range of M&A assignments. These included acquisitions, market-entry strategies, disposals, strategic options reviews, complex carve-out situations, and various forms of finance raising.

He also established and led PwC’s corporate finance activities in the Mekong region of South East Asia. Returning to the UK, Jeremy led PwC’s business development efforts across its offices in the South East.

Selected transactions

  • The BCMS-led sale of DPS Software to Access Group
  • US$130m carve out and sale of P2P Mailing Ltd to FedEx Corporation
  • £105m buyout of ByBox Holdings by LDC
  • £129m sale of Tuffnells Parcels Express to Connect Group plc
  • £80m buyout of Farrow & Ball by European Capital
  • £75m secondary buyout of Maximuscle by Darwin Private Equity

Client recommendations

"BCMS have provided me with a life-changing opportunity and a new chapter. You have understood the dimensions of the SaaS market, which is a challenge, but also taken the time to understand the potential of DPS, which I have no doubt got us a better deal."
- Scott Ridley, DPS Software
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