
- Debt & Capital Advisory
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Private Equity
Experience
Lachlan has extensive experience of working with a range of sponsor-backed and privately owned mid-market businesses across a variety of sectors. Lachlan provides strategic advice on fund raising across different debt products in complex markets. Lachlan’s experience of advising across debt products provides his clients with access to a wide pool of capital providers.
Lachlan has worked in the Debt Advisory market for over 10 years, previously working in senior roles at Clearwater and Grant Thornton. Lachlan is ACA qualified and holds the Diploma in Corporate Finance.
Professional qualifications/memberships
- ICAEW Member, ACA Qualification
- ICAEW Diploma in Corporate Finance
- Certificate of Proficiency in Insolvency

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Businesses need to be ready for a turnaround in the wake of interest rate cut and trade deal
The Bank of England’s quarter-point interest rate cut alongside a landmark US-UK trade deal are welcome developments, according to Fenton Burgin, Debt Advisory Partner at S&W. British businesses still face considerable challenges, he says, but they should be ready to “pivot to growth”.

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Private credit is creating a quiet revolution in debt finance
The explosion in private credit investment is transforming funding for mid-market businesses as direct lenders push into markets previously dominated by banks. Despite the Government’s worries that investors aren’t backing UK Plc, it shows there’s still interest in British businesses from UK pension funds and insurers, according to Fenton Burgin, debt advisory Partner at professional services group S&W.