Jamie Austin

I have acted on many domestic and cross-border transactions on both buy and sell sides for large corporates, private equity portfolio companies and owner managed businesses. Almost all of my credentials over recent years are in the Life Sciences sector, a sector I find fascinating and that is so important to us all. I also have experience in IT Services /software, industrials, travel & leisure and distribution having started my corporate finance career in 1993.

I am the Head of Global Private Equity for BDO as well as National Head of PE for BDO UK. I am also a member of BDO's Life Sciences Corporate Finance team in the UK with Alex Mackay and Gurpal Ahluwalia.

Specialties: Selling businesses and management buy-outs; advising pharma services & product businesses alongside a team that includes ex-clinicians, scientists, strategy consultants and M&A professionals. I have a large private equity network courtesy of having spent many years advising entrepreneurs and being the leader of BDO's PE-facing business.