Industry Investment banking Revenue 24 million GBP (2015) Founded 1 October 2013 | Website robeywarshaw.com Headquarters London Net income 19 million GBP (2015) Total assets 17 million GBP (2015) | |
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Key people Partners:
Sir Simon Robey
Philip Apostolides
Simon Warshaw Type of business Limited liability partnership | ||
Robey Warshaw LLP is a boutique investment bank based in London. The firm was founded in 2013 and is led by investment bankers Sir Simon Robey, Philip Apostolides, and Simon Warshaw. With less than 20 employees, it has advised on some of the largest corporate mergers and acquisitions since 2015.
Robey, Apostolides and Warshaw were prominent dealmakers in the City of London prior to setting up the firm. Robey is the former co-head of mergers and acquisitions at Morgan Stanley, Warshaw is the former co-head of investment banking at UBS, while Apostolides was a managing director in Morgan Stanley's financial sponsors group.
In 2014, Robey Warshaw helped AstraZeneca successfully fend off a politically charged merger bid by Pfizer. The following year, it served as adviser to BG Group and SABMiller in their mergers with Royal Dutch Shell and Anheuser-Busch InBev respectively. The two deals landed the firm in the top 10 European M&A advisers in 2015, according to Dealogic.
According to The Observer, banking experts have attributed Robey Warshaw's early success to the connections of its founders and its ability to remain discreet during negotiations owing to its small size. The Telegraph highlighted the firm's "personal approach" favoured by corporate executives.