Tadhg Flood is a partner in the London office and has over 25 years of Investment Banking experience advising financial services companies. He has worked with banks, insurers, asset managers, fintech, market infrastructure and payment companies on a wide variety of M&A, equity and debt transactions.
Tadhg’s recent experience includes advising Nexi on its EUR7.8 billion purchase of Nets, CYBG plc on its £1.7 billion acquisition of Virgin Money, DWS on its EUR1.6 billion IPO, Credit Suisse on its CHF4 billion rights issue, the privatisations and IPOs of ABN Amro, AIB and ASR, as well as the $1.5 billion IPO of Markit and the EUR1.8 billion IPO of NN Group by ING. Post the financial crisis, Tadhg advised on numerous recapitalisations for clients including Barclays, Commerzbank, Bank of Ireland and Deutsche Bank as well as advising the UK’s Treasury on the sale of Northern Rock, the sale of Irish Life to Great-West Lifeco and the sale of SWIP by Lloyds Banking Group to Aberdeen Asset Management. Prior to the financial crisis, Tadhg advised Barclays on its EUR66 billion offer for ABN Amro, which it withdrew, Travelex on its £1 billion sale to Apax and Lloyds on the sale of the National Bank of New Zealand for £2.25 billion.
Tadhg started his career at JPMorgan in 1994 and while there worked on a wide range of financial institutions transactions including the merger of Lloyds and TSB, the combination of Standard bank and Liberty Life of South Africa, the sale of Nissan’s European car finance business and the defence of Natwest against unilateral offers from Bank of Scotland and Royal Bank of Scotland.
Prior to joining Centerview, Tadhg was a Managing Director at Deutsche Bank and Global Co-Head of the Financial Institutions Group.
Tadhg holds a BBS degree from Trinity College Dublin.