Robert Horton | Investment Banking | Stephens

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Robert Horton

Managing Director

Consumer
Robert Horton

Robert is a Managing Director in Stephens' London office and leads the Consumer team in Europe. He has over 20 years’ experience advising entrepreneurs, family owners, private equity and corporate clients on national and cross-border M&A transactions (buyside and sellside). Robert has a particular focus on the food, drink, and agribusiness sectors.

Prior to joining Stephens, Robert was a Director at Spayne Lindsay, a international independent advisory firm in the Consumer Sector, prior to which he spent six years in BDO’s Transaction Services team in New York and London, where he qualitied as a Chartered Certified Accountant.

Robert holds a Masters degree in Mechanical Engineering from Bristol University.

Select example M&A advisory assignments:

  • Village Bakery sale to Menissez
  • Innovative Bites Group sale to A&M Capital Europe
  • Boboli Bakery sale to Lantmännen Unibake
  • IK Investment Partners acquisition of Forthglade
  • Pipers Crisps sale to PepsiCo
  • Freshcut Foods (nka Natural Innnovations) sale to Flywheel Partners
  • True’s investment in Sneak Energy
  • Perwyn’s acquisition of Barfer’s Wellfood
  • McColl’s sale to Morrisons
  • Miura Partners acquisition of Martinavarro (Citri & Co)
  • Funkin sale to AG Barr
  • Samworth Brothers’ acquisition of 2 Sister Food Group’s Manton Wood business
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