FOUNDED
2012.

Independent M&A and capital-raising advice for the UK market.

Dean Street was founded in 2012 by Mervyn Metcalf, with over three decades of investment banking experience, including 11 years at Merrill Lynch.

The firm is boutique by design and founder-led. Every client works directly with Mervyn, from the first idea to completion. There are no conflicts arising from a wider platform and the client’s interests always come first.

Approach

OUR
APPROACH

How Dean Street delivers

Origination first. We find off-market and proprietary opportunities through creative thinking and long standing personal relationships. We look for inflexion points, whether in a business’s strategy or its ownership structure, that can open the way to a transaction.

Judgement. We say so early and plainly if we have doubts about an asset, the terms on the table, or whether a transaction will get done. That judgement rests on more than three decades of deal experience and an honest view on every situation.

Relationship focused. We would rather advise against a deal and maintain a long-term client relationship. Dean Street focuses on the marathon, not the sprint.

Network. Boutique firm, wide reach. Dean Street draws on deep, well connected relationships across the UK deal community to origination and execute transactions.

M&A advisory

Dean Street advises on both buy-side and sell-side deals, from origination through to execution. We are sector-agnostic, with long-standing relationships across private equity, management teams and experienced operators in the UK market.

Capital raising

Dean Street arranges senior debt, mezzanine and equity, either alongside an M&A transaction or on a standalone basis. We draw on a wide network of senior lenders, pension and insurance funds, mezzanine providers, equity investors and family offices to build the capital structure that fits.