Fenchurch Advisory Partners to Combine with Broadhaven Capital Partners

WHY THIS MATTERS

The definitive agreement to combine Fenchurch Advisory Partners and Broadhaven Capital Partners marks a major consolidation of elite independent advice within the financial services and technology sectors. In investment banking, specialized boutique advisors are outperforming generalized institutions by leveraging deep sector knowledge to guide complex corporate re-engineerings. Historically, European and North American financial infrastructure ecosystems operated on separate tracks, with distinct regulatory loops and regional investor bases. However, the rapid acceleration of cross-border consolidation across insurance networks, digital asset wealth channels, and automated trading networks requires investment banks to maintain continuous operational visibility on both sides of the Atlantic. By blending a top-tier European advisory house with an established North American fintech specialist, the transaction establishes an integrated, sector-focused advisory framework capable of orchestrating massive corporate transactions during an era of significant macroeconomic and technological change.

Fenchurch Advisory Partners has entered into a definitive agreement to combine with Broadhaven Capital Partners, a leading independent advisory firm to the financial technology and financial services sectors in North America.  

Fenchurch is one of the most respected investment banking advisory firms dedicated exclusively to the financial services sector. With offices in London, New York and Paris, Fenchurch provides trusted, independent advice to corporates and financial sponsors across insurance, asset and wealth management, banking, and specialty finance. In 2025, Fenchurch advised on 27 transactions, ranking as the number one adviser to the financial services sector in the UK and Europe.

Founded in 2009, Broadhaven has established itself as a premier investment bank advising corporates and financial sponsors on M&A, capital raising, and strategic transactions, with distinctive capabilities at the intersection of financial services and technology. It has a team of 40 professionals with offices in New York and Chicago that have advised on over 125 completed transactions with a combined value in excess of US$100 billion. Broadhaven’s senior leadership team will join as partners of the combined firm and Gerard von Dohlen, Broadhaven’s co-founder, will join the board of directors.

This combination represents a significant step in Fenchurch’s development, with the support of its strategic partner Natixis CIB, to build the preeminent scale international advisory firm dedicated to financial services.  Broadhaven adds a complementary North American franchise, with deep relationships and sector expertise in financial technology, asset and wealth management, market infrastructure and private capital raising. The combination will materially accelerate Fenchurch’s expansion in the United States, the largest financial services market, and enhance its ability to support clients at a time of heightened cross-border activity, regulatory change and technological evolution. 

The combined firm will have more than 110 investment bankers dedicated to the financial services sector, including 30 Senior Managing Directors and Managing Directors, across offices in London, New York, Chicago and Paris. Clients will benefit from deep sub sector expertise, wider geographic coverage and enhanced transatlantic execution capabilities, while continuing to receive the expert, independent, senior-led advice that defines both firms. 

Malik Karim, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Fenchurch, said: “We have admired Broadhaven for many years, sharing similar values centred around client focus, and we are delighted to have persuaded them to join us. Together, we will strengthen several of our most important sub sector franchises and create an international advisory firm dedicated exclusively to financial services and financial technology. Building up our presence in the United States has been a strategic priority for Fenchurch. Broadhaven is a rare fit, geographically, culturally and in terms of sub sector coverage, materially enhancing our ability to support clients in Europe and the US.”  

Gerard von Dohlen, Co-Founder and Partner of Broadhaven, added: “The combination with Fenchurch marks a strategic milestone for Broadhaven and creates a compelling opportunity for our clients and colleagues. Since founding Broadhaven, we have built our firm on a deeply held set of beliefs that senior-led advice, deep sector specialization and an enduring commitment to our clients is the model for long-term success. In Fenchurch, we have found a partner that both shares those values and a similar heritage of having founded leading financial services investment banks. Our combined firm will be the premier international advisor to the financial services sector and a platform poised for continued long-term expansion.” 

Mohamed Kallala, Chief Executive Officer of Natixis in charge of Corporate & Investment Banking, said: “We are pleased to support Fenchurch in this important combination and to welcome the Broadhaven team to our international M&A advisory network. This transaction strengthens Fenchurch’s position in the United States and in financial services, a core industry focus for Natixis CIB”.

FF NEWS TAKE

Fenchurch Advisory Partners is dramatically scaling its execution capabilities and footprint in the United States by absorbing Broadhaven Capital Partners into its international advisory footprint. Backed by its strategic parent entity, Natixis Corporate and Investment Banking, the deal enables Fenchurch to construct a scaled specialist platform featuring more than 110 dedicated investment bankers and 30 senior managing directors working across London, Paris, New York, and Chicago. Broadhaven brings a history of advising on over 125 deals valued above 100 billion dollars, providing immediate connectivity to elite North American market infrastructure operators and alternative asset managers. Guided by Fenchurch founder Malik Karim and Broadhaven co-founder Gerard von Dohlen, the unified partnership is positioning itself to capture shifting M&A deal flows, drive cross-border technology acquisitions, and capture premium fee revenue across the lucrative global financial technology sector.