Cavendish Midlands team eyes tech deals

The investment bank is aiming for a team of 10 in Birmingham within a year

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If you’re wondering who’s been causing the M&A buzz around Birmingham lately, let’s deal you in.

Ellie Hollinshed met up with Darren Boocock and Dan Marchington who are anchoring Cavendish’s arrival in the Midlands.

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Investment bank Cavendish has officially planted its flag in the Midlands at shared workspace Gillbanks, and the senior duo steering the ship definitely didn’t just stumble in off the street.

Darren Boocock is anchoring Cavendish’s arrival in the Midlands. With 25 years in corporate finance, including time at Deloitte in Leeds, a stint in investment banking and nearly 20 years shaping deals in Birmingham, he’s no stranger to the region’s business landscape.

His move to launch the Birmingham office aligned with another former Deloitte colleague setting up in Manchester, Oliver Tebbutt.

It was less coincidence than calculated timing: Boocock and his now-Midlands counterpart had already completed around 20 deals together, roughly half in the tech sector.