Name
Michael Nicholson
Job Title
Head of Advisory & M&A
Company
Peel Hunt
Speaker Bio
Michael Nicholson is Head of Advisory & M&A and a member of the investment banking leadership team at Peel Hunt.
Michael primarily advises on UK takeover transactions, acting buy and sell-side for a range of clients including UK corporates, overseas corporates and private equity firms. Recent transactions include LondonMetric Property’s acquisition of LXI REIT and Lookers’ acquisition by Global Auto.
Across the past 20 years, Michael has been consistently focused on UK public markets. In 2004, he joined Makinson Cowell – a specialist advisory boutique, which counted around a third of the FTSE100 as its clients and is now part of Lazard. He was seconded to the Takeover Panel from 2015-2017, during which time he regulated the takeovers of SABMiller and ARM Holdings, amongst many others. Michael joined Peel Hunt to establish the M&A practice in 2017.
Michael primarily advises on UK takeover transactions, acting buy and sell-side for a range of clients including UK corporates, overseas corporates and private equity firms. Recent transactions include LondonMetric Property’s acquisition of LXI REIT and Lookers’ acquisition by Global Auto.
Across the past 20 years, Michael has been consistently focused on UK public markets. In 2004, he joined Makinson Cowell – a specialist advisory boutique, which counted around a third of the FTSE100 as its clients and is now part of Lazard. He was seconded to the Takeover Panel from 2015-2017, during which time he regulated the takeovers of SABMiller and ARM Holdings, amongst many others. Michael joined Peel Hunt to establish the M&A practice in 2017.