The Team

We have decades of experience working with unquoted businesses to achieve their goals.   We work closely as a team, and unlike some of our competitors the team you see is the team you will get.    Our experience is not just in the accountancy world – we have worked in venture capital, and in industry – so we bring a practical real world perspective to deal making.

	Lake Falconer B.Acc CA Partner, PEM Corporate Finance Lake has 20 years of senior level experience in venture capital, as a corporate finance adviser and strategist, and as a manager in industry. After qualifying as a Chartered Accountant he spent six years in venture capital with 3i plc. He led transactions and a managed portfolio of investment in a variety of industries including technology and life sciences. As a corporate finance adviser, primarily with Ernst Young, he led transactions including management buyouts, corporate disposals, start ups and technology financings. He was a member of Ernst Young's national corporate finance technology team. Completing his perspective on corporate financing and strategy Lake has been FD of a manufacturing business, and CFO of two Cambridge based technology companies. Lake is a fully qualified corporate financier, having been awarded the corporate finance qualification of the Institute of Chartered Accountants for England & Wales (ICAEW) - an award introduced by the Institute to recognise a high level of expertise and experience in corporate finance. He is also a member of the ICAEW corporate finance faculty
	Tony Stairs BA MBChB ACA Director, PEM Corporate Finance Tony, qualified as a medical doctor and initially worked in the NHS before moving into accountancy 12 years ago. He trained with PricewaterhouseCoopers before joining an NHS trust as a senior manager. As a Director of PEM, Tony led the delivery of bespoke advisory services before joining Lake to form PEMCF three years ago. Tony has led a number of transactions, and has a particular focus on succession issues and management buyouts.
	Nehal Patel MSc Executive, PEM Corporate Finance Nehal joined PEMCF in 2006. Nehal has developed significant knowledge of corporate valuations and financial modelling. In addition he has experience working with a leading care business helping to secure debt financing and thereafter make successful acquisitions. After graduating in Economics, Nehal joined State Street Bank in London and trained as a Fund Accountant. He later went on to study a Masters in Finance at the University of London.

Unlike many Corporate Finance boutiques or other accounting firms, we have a fully integrated transaction tax team. Both Chris Walklett and Jeannette Hume have expertise in industry as well as the profession.Their commerciality and close relationship with PEMCF is essential in delivering seamless tax efficient deal structuring.

Chris Walklett ACA Business Tax Partner, PEM Previously Head of Tax for easyJet plc, Chris has a wealth of experience in running tax functions for big corporates, including involvement in areas such as tax risk management and the implementation of substantial tax planning arrangements. Chris brings a breadth of direct and indirect tax experience with an invaluable real world insight to the commercial realities of tax management in today's corporate arena. Chris works closely with PEM Corporate Finance to ensure that disposals and corporate strategy work is tax efficient.

Jeannette Hume BSc BEng FCA CTA Director of Business Tax, PEM Jeannette joined PEM’s, national award winning, tax department six years ago from Deloitte.Jeannette’s particular area of expertise is in corporate restructuring and mergers and acquisitions work. She has advised on deals ranging from small business purchases to multi-million pound disposals. She works closely with the Corporate Finance team to ensure the most tax efficient approach to transactions including; planning for sale and acquisition; corporate tax planning and profit extraction; business valuation; reorganisations and demergers; and enterprise investment and corporate venturing scheme relief.

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