'We persevere': Catalyst Partners on unwavering client commitment

‘When the pressure mounts up during a deal, it can get quite emotional’

Jenna Brown
clock • 10 min read

Jenna Brown sat down with the Catalyst Partners – Roderic Rennison, John Chapman, Martyn Laverick and Andrew Cumming – to talk advice M&A, the importance of vendor handholding and why chemistry matters

After completing 200 merger and acquisition deals in the financial advice space, the Catalyst Partners are, by their own admission, veterans in the field. The quartet of dealmakers, Roderic Rennison, John Chapman, Martyn Laverick and Andrew Cumming, have been in financial services for long enough to know how to get the best possible outcome for clients and, importantly, what works for them – and what doesn't. Laverick tells PA the 200 figure is a collective effort, over a number of years, and the group is by no means targeting bulk deals. "We're not trying to do 200 deals a year or...

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