Paul Staples is a Managing Partner of the firm.
Paul specialises in strategic financial advice and has advised a wide range of clients from major listed groups to significant private companies and family offices on prominent transactions, notably within the European technology and media sectors. He leads the firm’s practice in providing trusted, independent advice to family offices across all major international markets.
Paul is Chairman of the American European Business Association, founded by Sir David Nicolson in 1980 to foster connectivity between government and board executives of major corporations in North America and Europe.
He is an alumnus of Schroders and has held executive leadership positions throughout his career in investment banking, including at Citigroup and BNP Paribas. Paul is a qualified chartered accountant.
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