Bishop Fleming appoints new corporate finance partner

Top 40 accountants, Bishop Fleming, have promoted its Director of Corporate Finance, Charles Davey, to Corporate Finance Partner.

Since his arrival at Bishop Fleming in 2015, Charles Davey has been instrumental in the completion of a number of major deals for clients, including business sales, family transitions, acquisitions and fund-raisings, working with a wide range of businesses and funders across the region.

The firm's growing corporate finance team is now 10 strong, making it one of the strongest, most innovative and experienced teams across the whole of the South West, and West Midlands.

Commenting on his new role, Charles said: "It has been a privilege to be part of such a strong corporate finance team within a fast-growing and well-respected firm. As a partner, I am really looking forward to enhancing Bishop Fleming's corporate finance function and to supporting local businesses."

He added: "My passion is with working with owner managed business across the region to help deliver their ambitions. We have a great team in Bishop Fleming that prides itself on providing a client focussed, advisory lead relationship and I am excited to be a partner in the team."

Bishop Fleming's Managing Partner, Matthew Lee, commented: "After another great year of deals for the firm, I'm delighted that Charles is helping to lead our team. His promotion is well deserved and fits in with the firm's strategy of growing our key advisory services to clients."

He added: "Charles and the rest of the corporate finance team take time to understand clients, exploring all of the options available, and are able to offer proactive and impartial advice. With their extensive range of contacts, they have successfully completed over £200M of transactions in the past year."

Mr. Lee commented: "The domestic economy is changing as a result of Brexit, and accounting firms of the future need to be able to deliver timely and professional advice and support in new and innovative ways. By investing in our people and their skills, Bishop Fleming is ensuring that it is more than ready to provide the services our clients require in these fluid times."

With over 300 staff spread across seven offices, Bishop Fleming appears in the Sunday Times list of the "100 best companies to work for" as an "outstanding" employer, and was the first accountancy firm to win an "Investors in People" accreditation, and an "outstanding" accreditation for "Investors in Customers".