London, UK – 20 November 2023 – Leading global professional services firm, Alvarez & Marsal (A&M), today announces a major expansion of its Debt Advisory team in the UK. The firm announces further senior hires, including Jane Hartley, Senior Director, and a Director with an asset based finance background who is set to join in early 2024. These two new hires come alongside Jane Chadwick, also a Senior Director, who joined in March.

The new joiners will be based in Manchester, representing A&M’s first on-the-ground Debt Advisory presence in the North-West, aiming to support regional businesses across the UK. This comes after the firm launched its Corporate Finance service offering earlier this year in the region. Since the Manchester office was opened in 2018, A&M’s local team has grown to 60 people, covering six service lines.

Jane Hartley brings more than 20 years of industry experience across Corporate and Structured Debt Finance and Advisory. At A&M, she will focus on leveraged finance, helping predominantly private equity backed companies to source, negotiate and amend debt finance across an increasingly diverse debt market, offering a complex and broad range of structures.

Prior to joining A&M, Ms Hartley was a Director in EY’s Capital & Debt Advisory team for nearly four years, leading the firm’s work in the North and Midlands. While there, she advised corporate and private equity clients on a broad range of financing needs, from growth finance and acquisition funding to leverage buyouts and recapitalisations, completing a number of high-profile transactions. Before this, she spent almost 10 years at Yorkshire Bank providing bespoke debt funding solutions to SMEs and mid-market corporates in the North-West. 

Jane Chadwick has spent more than 12 years working in the debt markets at Rothschild, HSBC and latterly KMPG where she was responsible for leading KPMG Debt Advisory’s work with publicly listed companies and large corporates across the regional landscape. Ms Chadwick’s focus on providing strategic advice to large corporates compliments the debt advisory’s corporate client base across EMEA, whilst Ms Hartley’s experience in leveraged finance transactions will support the firm’s new M&A practice. 

The team will be supported by Josh Highley, an Associate Director, who joins from London.

Tim Metzgen, Managing Director, European Head of Debt Advisory “In a difficult macroeconomic environment, particularly amid higher interest rates, more businesses are seeking debt advice to position themselves in this new context, whether that’s through refinancing, executing a transaction or supporting the next phase of growth. As the market opportunity widens, we are investing in our growing Debt Advisory team given the market opportunity for independent advice. Jane Hartley and Jane Chadwick, bring a wealth of experience in advising clients in the North-West and across the UK.”

Jane Hartley, Senior Director, Debt Advisory “Joining A&M has given me the opportunity to take a client-first approach to debt advice, ensuring that clients, whatever their situation, have access to the support they need to navigate the more challenging market conditions. In the last decade, the debt advisory market has evolved rapidly, becoming increasingly broad and sophisticated. At the same time, over the last 18 months, credit appetite has also evolved, meaning that many businesses are required to look outside of more traditional channels to secure the funding they need. With A&M’s unique, entrepreneurial and integrated service offering, we are perfectly positioned to help our clients achieve their goals.”

Jane Chadwick, Senior Director, Debt Advisory “Over the last six months, the appetite and need for independent debt advice in the market has become increasingly evident. A&M’s range of service lines and our significant presence in the regional UK market is a key differentiator. With the addition of new colleagues in debt advisory in the region, it will position us to address the range of situations and requirements our listed and private clients might need whether for growth capital or where business plans are under more stress.”