BDA celebrates record 20th year and adds three senior professionals

November 21, 2016

BDA Partners is pleased to announce that the firm has advised on record dealflow, by both number and value of transactions in this, its 20th year of operations. This success on behalf of our clients has yielded record financial results for the firm.

BDA is focused on executing cross-border M&A and capital raising transactions for sophisticated corporates, private equity funds and business founders. BDA is the leading independent, Asia-focused investment banking firm. BDA is led by the same management team who set up the firm in 1996. We will continue to work closely with global investment bank William Blair, our long term partner and minority shareholder, as well as with other leading counterparties, law firms and other professionals worldwide.

BDA today announced three significant senior hires:

Anthony Siu, Managing Director, Shanghai. Before joining BDA, he led Greater China investment banking at Robert W. Baird for eight years. Before that, he was Director at the Corporate Advisory division of Standard Chartered. Earlier, he worked at Daiwa Securities and Schroders. He has advised China Life, CLP, Hopewell, Kerry, New World, Ping An, Sinochem and Wheelock, as well as financial sponsors CDH, CITIC Capital, EQT and Hony. He received an Executive MBA from the Kellogg School at Northwestern University and HKUST and holds a BA from Pomona College. He worked at KPMG after graduation and qualified as a CPA in California. He is fluent in English, Mandarin and Cantonese.

Matthew Doull, Managing Director, Head of Internet & Digital Media, Hong Kong. He was a Senior Advisor to BDA for two years before joining the firm full time. He was previously an owner/operator of Prometheus Global Media, the parent of The Hollywood Reporter, Adweek & Billboard. Before that, he was responsible for global consumer/TMT investing at SAC Capital and at Pequot Capital Management. He ran a VC fund 1997-2003 for Hollinger International. He served 1998-2000 as Chairman of Trip.com, sold to Galileo. He started his career as a financial journalist at The Daily Telegraph in London, covering TMT. He holds a BA from Brown University. He has South African, US and UK citizenship.

Andy Bryant, Chief Operating Officer, London. Before re-joining BDA, he spent 18 months as Co-Founder & CEO of Suzu Technologies, a London-based, B2B startup building artificial intelligence marketing tools for online retailers. He previously joined BDA in 2010 and served as an investment banking Associate in Tokyo for three years, before being appointed COO in 2013. Before that he worked in business development for a high-tech robotics firm in the UK. He graduated from the University of Bath in 2008 with a first-class Masters in Mechanical Engineering. He studied Japanese as a holder of the Daiwa Scholarship sponsored by Daiwa Securities. He speaks English and Japanese.

Euan Rellie, co-founder and Senior Managing Director said, “This is an exciting time. Twenty years have flown by, and we’re growing at the fastest pace in BDA’s history. We employ some of the best cross-border M&A bankers, anywhere. Most of our senior team have worked together for more than ten years. We’ve built a unique firm. We’re clear sighted about what we can achieve in the future.”

Charles Maynard, co-founder and Senior Managing Director commented, “BDA will keep building on what we do well: cross-border M&A involving Asia. We’re grateful to our clients, who continue to re-hire us on increasingly ambitious, bigger and strategically important transactions. We’re resolutely committed to providing excellent, focused, effective advice.”

Andrew Huntley, Senior Managing Director added, “BDA is a leader, and our metrics are all headed in the right direction. We’ve carefully assembled and trained a pre-eminent team, from Managing Directors down to our junior staff. We’ve established a strong footprint of offices, including now Ho Chi Minh City and Singapore. The macro-economic environment, and the increasing importance of Asia, will help us deliver more successful outcomes for more clients.”

BDA is well placed, with a strong book of business, for further growth in 2017. BDA has so far advised on 21 transactions announced and/or closed in 2016, mostly representing sellers of businesses. Notable transactions this year include:

BDA advised CITIC Capital on sale of King Koil China to Advent International
BDA advised Thomson Reuters & Systex on sale of AFE to N2N Connect
BDA advised EQT on sale of TitanX to Tata AutoComp
BDA advised Nissha, Japan, on acquisition of Graphic Controls, USA
BDA advised Doosan E&C on sale of its heat recovery steam generator business to GE Power

About BDA
BDA Partners is a leader in cross-border investment banking involving Asia. BDA advises on M&A, capital raising, and restructuring. BDA has been consistently owned and managed by the same team since 1996. BDA has a track record of providing independent advice to blue-chip corporate and financial sponsor clients from North America, Europe, and Asia. BDA is headquartered in New York with offices in London, Dubai, Mumbai, Ho Chi Minh City, Singapore, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Seoul, and Tokyo. BDA was named M&A Advisory Firm of the Year at The ACG Champions Awards in 2015. BDA formed a partnership with William Blair & Company in 2011. www.bdapartners.com

BDA carries out its US securities business through BDA Advisors Inc, a broker-dealer registered with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and a member of FINRA and SIPC. BDA’s UK subsidiary is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. BDA’s HK subsidiary is licensed and regulated by the Securities & Futures Commission.