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Corporate finance, company sales, acquisitions and fundraisings. Strategic advice to entrepreneurs, corporates, private equity investors and family-owned businesses.
Experience
Mark is a partner at Oaklins Evelyn Partners, one of Oaklins’ member firms in the UK. He has over 25 years of experience as an M&A advisor, with a focus on the business services sector. Mark also has significant LBO experience and relationships from completing over 70 deals involving private equity.
Prior to joining Oaklins, Mark spent over 16 years with EY’s corporate finance team, latterly as head of the London mid-market M&A team. He began his career in RAF engineering before working at various professional services and consulting firms, including KPMG and Cooper Parry, and a secondment to RBS.
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Why private equity investors should treat international tax as an operational diligence issue
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Turning innovation spend into cash today and value tomorrow
For innovation‑led businesses, R&D tax relief is a valuable resource of finance that can fund growth, help cash reserves go further and support ongoing investment. But focusing only on the tax claim risks missing a bigger opportunity to ensure your financial statements properly reflect value being created.