Hacks at the venerable Financial Times landed a decent scoop overnight about how Robey Warshaw, the boutique advisory firm in which George Osborne is a partner, has been sold to American investment bank Evercore for £146 million.
Monday, 28 March 2022 3:40 pmThis morning National Grid announced it is selling a 60pc stake in its transmission and metering business to a consortium led by Australian infrastructure house Macquarie for £9.6 billion including debt.
Tuesday, 06 April 2021 5:57 pmYou have to wonder what sort of reaction will emerge once Sir Simon Robey calls upon George Osborne to smooth (some might call it lobby) the way with British government for a foreign takeover of another London-listed corporation.
Friday, 03 January 2020 4:50 pmThey have been feted as Britain's top rainmakers. Yes, that's Sir Simon Robey and Simon Warshaw. Ever since they left their respective megabanks (Morgan Stanley and UBS) in 2013 and set up Robey Warshaw much smoke has been blown up their respective bottoms about how brilliant they are at advising some of Britain's biggest companies on mergers & acquisitions.
Friday, 14 December 2018 6:29 pmHere is an idea. Why doesn't a British uber-dealmaker-City-grandee type step up and volunteer his/her services to negotiate a Brexit deal?
Saturday, 22 September 2018 12:32 pmThe reason Betaville posits such a question in the headline is that yesterday it was suggested in The Times that Ian Osborne - a former adviser to former British Prime Minister David Cameron - is trying to buy Fortune magazine from Meridith Corporation via his advisory firm/investment vehicle Connaught, which counts Sir Simon Robey as a director.