Ollie Clayton

Ollie Clayton is a senior managing director in Evercore’s strategic advisory practice and helps lead the European financial institutions group, based in London. His focus is the financial services industry, including asset and wealth management, banking and specialty finance, life assurance, brokerage/exchange, fintech and the professional services sector.

Mr. Clayton has advised on over 120 completed transactions. Notable assignments include the sale of Evelyn Partners to Natwest; the successful defence of Sabadell against the hostile offer from BBVA; the sale of Pinebridge to Metlife; the sale of S&W to Apax; the sale of 7IM to OTPP; the sale of ISIO; Aquiline on the acquisition of Wealth at Work; TA Associates on its investment in Fairstone; M&G on its demerger from Prudential; the merger of Tilney and Smith & Williamson; the sale of Premium Credit to Towerbrook; the sale of KPMG’s Restructuring Business to H.I.G.; the sale of Cazenove Capital to Schroders; the IPO of Hargreaves Lansdown; and all the major building society mergers since 2009.

Prior to Evercore, Mr. Clayton was a Partner at Lexicon Partners. He started his career in the financial institutions group at Schroders, which was acquired by Citigroup.

Mr. Clayton holds a double first-class degree in history from Cambridge University.