Partner Search & M&A Origination

Retained Partner search across the UK and US. We identify leaders who can drive buy-side acquisition origination, build teams, and enhance a firm’s offering through corporate finance consulting.  

**Corporate Finance & Deal Advisory**  

Our partner appointments span M&A advisory, transaction services, debt advisory, and valuations. We focus on commercial briefs, targeted mapping, and confidential approaches to facilitate effective sell-side origination.  

**Private Client Tax**  

We conduct a specialist partner search dedicated to high-net-worth clients, trusts, succession, and international private client work.  

**Team Moves**  

We assess leadership and delivery capabilities together. Exploring individual interests, team cohesion, and commercial fit is key, with client continuity and integration prioritized.  

**A Defined Search Process**  

- **Brief**: Agree on the growth objective and proposition.  

- **Map**: Identify and engage the relevant market.  

- **Qualify**: Assess capability, motivation, and commercial fit.  

- **Appoint**: Support introductions and the appointment process.  

Names and CVs are shared with permission.  

Discuss a partner search or team move with us.

In the realm of buy-side acquisition origination and sell-side origination, we assist firms, investors, and owners in transforming growth or succession plans into qualified acquisition conversations. 

**Buy side: build the right business**  

Our acquisition target searches are tailored to align with your strategy, whether through specialist capability, a complementary service line, geographic expansion, or as a platform for growth. With our corporate finance consulting expertise, we focus on defining the acquisition brief, mapping relevant firms for your partner search, and engaging owners discreetly to qualify fit, appetite, and timing.  

**Sell side: plan what comes next**  

For owners contemplating their succession, a growth partnership, or a sale, we help you establish your priorities, identify suitable buyers, and make selective approaches. Our M&A advisory services prioritize confidentiality, allowing for early outreach to be conducted anonymously. Your identity and information will be shared in agreed stages, always with your consent.  

**A clear route from brief to conversation**  

1. **Define.** Agree on objectives and criteria.  

2. **Identify.** Map owners, firms, or buyers.  

3. **Engage.** Test fit, interest, and timing.  

4. **Introduce.** Bring the right parties together.  

PJT takes the lead in positioning, origination, and introductions, while appointed corporate finance, legal, and other advisers manage valuation, due diligence, structuring, and execution.  

Let’s discuss your buy-side or sell-side mandate today.