GS Verde has ranked in the top 15 UK M&A advisors in Experian’s Market IQ Report for Quarter 1 2025.
The firm, which has seen a significant increase in deal activity across the UK & Ireland, also sees various placements across regional tables.
It is the only Wales-based business to be ranked in the national positions. The Group were also ranked in the top five advisors in the South West regional ranking (joint fourth), the top 10 in the Midlands table (joint sixth), while also continuing to be ranked number one in Wales.
GS Verde Group has been ranked number one advisory business in Wales for the previous three years in a row.
The firm says that it takes a ‘one team’ approach to advising on M&A transactions. Where traditionally a business owner would need to seek and engage several disparate advisors covering the many facets of legal, financial, tax and origination aspects of a transaction, GS Verde provide an end to end solution, combining multiple disciplines into one advisory team, it says.
Nigel Greenaway, Group CEO, said:
“I am delighted with the results, and proud of our team for the growth we have achieved in recent years. We have big ambition at GS Verde and have grown our regional footprint both organically and through acquisition, and the results we are seeing across the UK are reflected by that.”
GS Verde, who advise business owners on growth strategies such as acquisition and business exits, have themselves grown through acquisition and regional expansion. Having acquired Astrum Accountants in Bristol in 2021 and expanded with a new office in Bristol in 2022, the Group followed this up with acquisitions in Ireland in 2023, and in 2024 opened a new Cheltenham office, alongside the acquisition of Anderson Shaw Corporate Finance in the East Midlands.
Nigel added:
“The ‘One Team’ approach was cemented as our model as a strategic decision which followed with a re-branding exercise in October 2021. In less than four years since, to be ranked in the top 15 of UK M&A advisors and ranked highly in three of the regions we have expanded into is testament to the great team we have, and we take great satisfaction in supporting our fantastic clients to achieve their own company ambitions through our advisory support.”
