2020 Year End Review

Our third year was one that we are unlikely to forget for some time. Like most, this was a year of many firsts for us. Our first sell-side advisory mandate, our first C-level hire, and, our first time working with the tenacious and determined CEO of an aspirant digital challenger bank.
John Mould joins Laeceum as a Senior Adviser

John Mould will play a key role in further building out Laceum’s SME advisory capability following over 4 years at the helm of ThinCats.
Justtip

The Co-Founders originally sought help to raise pre series A capital to fund growth following a successful first year of operation.
Quantuma

The Managing Director of Marketing, Business and Development and Communications sought to build a market leading data asset that would help provide a forward view on companies that were at risk of facing elevated levels of distress . . .
Virgin Money

The Head of Products and Lending asked Laeceum to help identify high propensity switchers as part of its participation into the RBS Incentivised Switching Scheme.
property investors network

The Owner/Founder of the business had signed heads of terms with a Singapore-based acquiror with a roll up strategy.
Thincats

The CEO wanted to establish whether there was a market for a by-product of their core lending analysis and if so, how that opportunity could be commercially exploited.
BMO Global Asset Management

The Global Head of Distribution sought to re-explore the viability of a potentially large scale and complex acquisition.
Shawbrook Bank

The Head of Enterprise Strategy and Head of Marketing wanted to enrich the origination team’s understanding of a potential borrower.
bunq

The Head of Corporate Development was tasked with the preparation of key insights and recommendation to support senior decision making within an accelerated timeframe.