Filippo Dalponte

PARTNER

Filippo Dalponte is a senior professional with a long career in the italian Investment Banking industry and an extensive experience in Corporate Finance and M&A activities.

Filippo worked for some of the most reputed investment banks, advisory firms and financial institutions, amongst which La Compagnia Finanziaria, Gruppo Sopaf, Efibanca, Centrosim, Mitfin. He advised many large to mid-small corporates on Debt Capital Markets issues, Acquisition Finance, Equity Capital Markets (he managed more than 10 IPOs on the italian Stock Markets), M&A transactions, valuations and fairness opinions. He enjoys longstanding relationships with the Private Equity industry, having worked with major financial sponsors in the country on several deals in different sectors.

Filippo holds a Degree in Business Administration with specialization in Corporate Finance from Bocconi University. He also attended top tier courses at SDA Bocconi School of Management on Financial Management and Corporate Finance. Filippo speaks Italian and English and may run business in both languages. His mainly covers industrials, consumer goods, food, private equity.

Filippo Dalponte

PARTNER

Filippo Dalponte è un professionista senior con una lunga carriera nel settore dell’Investment Banking italiano ed una vasta esperienza nelle attività di Corporate Finance ed M&A.

Filippo ha lavorato per alcune delle più prestigiose banche d’affari, società di advisory ed istituzioni finanziarie, tra cui La Compagnia Finanziaria, Gruppo Sopaf, Efibanca, Centrosim, Mitfin. Ha assistito numerose società di grandi e medio-piccole dimensioni in operazioni di Debt Capital Market, Acquisition Finance, Equity Capital Market (ha gestito oltre 10 IPO sui mercati azionari italiani), M&A, valutazioni e fairness opinion. Vanta relazioni consolidate con il settore del Private Equity, avendo lavorato con molti dei più importanti investitori finanziari del mercato italiano su operazioni nei più svariati  settori.

Filippo si è laureato in Economia Aziendale con specializzazione in Finanza Aziendale presso l’Università Bocconi. Ha poi frequentato corsi di alto livello presso la SDA Bocconi School of Management in gestione finanziaria d’impresa e Corporate Finance. Filippo parla italiano e inglese e gestisce affari in entrambe le lingue. Si occupa principalmente dei settori manifatturieri, dei beni di consumo, di alimentari e private equity.

WILL HOLMES

DIRECTOR

Will has over 10 years’ experience in M&A, having advised on a broad range of transactions including owner-managed businesses, large corporates and private equity.

He has extensive experience in providing shareholders and management teams with strategic advice on corporate mergers & acquisitions, business disposals, exit strategies, management buy-outs/buy-ins and raising debt or equity capital.

Will’s sector experience spans a wide range of markets, and he is a member of our Energy & Environment specialist sector group.

Will enjoys spending his free time with his young family around the Yorkshire countryside and has a passion for a range of sporting hobbies including golf, skiing and general fitness.

MATT SCOTT

DIRECTOR

Matt has over 15 years’ of mid-market corporate finance experience across numerous sectors including TMT, Logistics, Manufacturing and Business Services.

He advises owner-managers, corporate and private equity clients, with a particular focus on M&A strategy and execution.

Matt has been described as being a cornerstone in the successful completion of the transaction, always on top of the facts and totally on the ball in constantly changing situations.

He is a member of the ICAEW and holds a MA in Finance.

JOHN LONGSTAFF

DIRECTOR

John has worked in the corporate finance industry for over 20 years including in M&A at a top six firm, as an investment professional at a private equity house and now at Translink Corporate Finance.

He enjoys advising a wide variety of business owners, management teams and financial institutions on a range of corporate transactions and strategies. Since joining Translink Corporate Finance John has been responsible for the successful delivery of several domestic and cross-border disposals and fund raisings including for a building products business which enabled transformational growth.

John spends his downtime either walking his dog Doris with his family, or road cycling in the peak district.

TIM BRIND

DIRECTOR

Tim is an experienced deal maker, having enjoyed working with privately owned businesses for over 15 years.

His experience cuts across a wide range of industry sectors, advising clients on disposals to strategic acquirers and financial investors, providing advice on raising funds for growth or acquisitions and advising management teams through private-equity-backed MBOs.

Tim enjoys an active social life, maintaining his passion for golf and playing off a +1 handicap and regularly competing in Sheffield and Yorkshire teams as well as some national events when time permits!

DECLAN SAVAGE

DIRECTOR

Declan has over eight years’ experience of providing corporate finance advice to owner managers and ambitious management teams. In recent years he has advised on a number of company sales, corporate acquisitions and MBOs for clients across a range of sectors including automotive, TMT, industrial and healthcare.

In 2019 he was named Emerging Dealmaker of the Year at the Insider Sheffield City Region Dealmakers Awards.

DAVID STREMPEL

CHAIRMAN – TRANSLINK ITALY

VICE CHAIRMAN, TRANSLINK INTERNATIONAL

David Strempel has worked for and advised some of the world’s leading multinationals both in Europe and the United States. He has extensive experience with small & medium-sized capital transactions. Before founding Strempel & Partners – the predecessor firm to Translink Strempel & Company – he was the Co-owner and Managing Director of (now Oliver Wyman). He previously served as the head of finance and operations at Informed Sources after having previously worked with AOL (Now Yahoo). Prior to AOL, he was at Bertelsmann, where he helped launch and run BMG’s (now Sony Music) video games division (later merged with Take 2 Interactive) and was head of strategy for BMG International.

He is a qualified accountant (CPA) and began his career in 1982 with KPMG in Frankfurt. He later joined Price Waterhouse, working as a manager it the Milan and New York offices. Following Price Waterhouse, he joined AWT, Inc. (Veolia Environment) as Group Controller. He conducts business in his English, Italian and German. David is a member of our  , having closed several transactions in this sector.

ANDREAS HÜCHTING

BOARD MEMBER

TRANSLINK INTERNATIONAL

Managing Partner TRANSLINK GERMANY

Andreas, Managing Partner of Translink Corporate Finance in Germany, has extensive experience both as an entrepreneur and consultant in Germany and Central/Eastern Europe. He built an international fashion company in Germany with subsidiaries across Eastern Europe; later he founded a consulting company specialising in internationalisation strategies for German companies. During the past few years, he has been involved in numerous M&A transactions in Germany and abroad. Holding a diploma in Economics from the University of Fribourg, (Switzerland), he speaks German, English, Spanish and French. He has participated in various deals within the logistics sector and is head of our M&A Logistics group.

MAURITS HESSELING

BOARD MEMBER

Managing Partner

Translink Benelux

With broad experience in M&A, Maurits’s career has seen him practice Dutch Corporate Recovery & Insolvency law at a top-five law firm. Furthermore, he has been involved in advising company owners and boards of directors on a wide range of Dutch and Flemish cross-border M&A deals, such as disposals, acquisitions, and buy-outs. He is a non-executive director of several private companies and foundations. Maurits studied at the University of Amsterdam, with a degree in Business Law and Business Administration. He is a member of our M&A Logistics group, having closed several transactions in this sector.

JOHN BLAKE

BOARD MEMBER

TRANSLINK INTERNATIONAL

Managing Partner TRANSLINK SOUTH AFRICA

With over 15 years of corporate finance and private equity experience in emerging markets, John has executed countless transactions in Africa, China, and India. Before joining Translink, he was the Africa manager for a London-listed Sino-India-based private equity fund and partner in an emerging market-focused private equity fund in China, Africa, and India. He also built and exited two successful technology start-ups. He has executed transactions in the technology, industrial, media, renewable energy, and natural resource sectors. He is fluent in English and Afrikaans and is currently learning Mandarin. He is a member of our M&A IT, M&A Food and M&A Logistics groups, having closed several transactions in these sectors.