Hall Chadwick expands to UK with new capital markets offering
Australian-founded accounting and advisory firm Hall Chadwick has continued its international expansion with a new practice in the UK, to be led by managing partner Deviesh Raikundalia.
The firm’s new London branch will focus on cross-border mergers & acquisitions, capital raising, and restructuring, with Raikundalia, a licensed insolvency practitioner with over two decades of experience, joining Hall Chadwick after spending the past five years with RSM.
The move follows Hall Chadwick’s recent $200 million-plus IPO raise on the Nasdaq for a specially-created acquisition division, having launched an office in New York in 2024, as well as in a series of Asian financial hubs including Singapore and Hong Kong.
International expansion
“Our expansion into London is a natural next step in Hall Chadwick’s international growth,” said global managing partner Richard Albarran. “As deals become increasingly cross-border, we see strong opportunities for an offering that combines cross-border M&A, capital raising and restructuring capabilities across multiple jurisdictions, particularly in the real assets space.”
Real assets, in this instance, is a stated sector focus for its UK branch on data centres, infrastructure and AI, with the aim of unlocking access to global capital by connecting companies, assets and investment across multiple jurisdictions. While forecasts vary, most have the already huge growth in data centre foreign investment to at least triple again over the coming decade.
Tracing its heritage in the accounting and advisory space back for more than 140 years, Hall Chadwick claims to have advised more than 10,000 public and private clients, supported over $5 billion in emerging transactions, and raised more than $1 billion in capital – including as to recently aiding Asia Pacific-based businesses in accessing the US public market.
“London remains one of the most important financial centres in the world and we see a clear opportunity to bring Hall Chadwick’s offering to the UK market,” Raikundalia said. “As local capital raising revives and the UK government promotes innovative routes to public markets, we see strong potential to connect UK-based investors with international deal flow.”
Hall Chadwick also noted that Raikundalia and his team will work closely with the firm’s Australian offices and personnel, including Sydney-based managing partner Drew Townsend, along with having the capacity to tap into its broader global network through independent accounting and advisory association PrimeGlobal, one of the world’s largest organisations of its kind.
