HMT is delighted to announce that it has joined Cognos, a global M&A corporate finance network of independent member firms with over 200 professionals working in 40 offices over the world.
Created in 1999, Cognos has offices all across the world including Europe, the USA, Canada, Brazil, South Africa, India and Asia. Each Cognos member has a track record of completing both national and cross-border transactions as well as proven expertise and knowledge of local market.
HMT has completed many cross-border transaction in the past 25 years including the disposal of Netmums to French publishing group Aufeminin, the sale of Swift Worldwide to US private equity Wellspring, the disposal of Basildon Chemicals to KCC Corporation in South Korea and both acquisitions or start-ups for Redeem in various overseas territories.
Joining Cognos enables HMT to strengthen its international credentials as well as benefitting from in-depth knowledge of local markets and deal-doers who are highly experienced in executing mid-market transactions in their country.
This is also an undeniable benefit to our UK clients to explore opportunities globally by accessing a rich database of buying and selling opportunities as well as benefiting of cross-border intelligence and local market knowledge.
Armand-Louis Weisheimer, Chairman at Cognos commented,
“We are very happy to welcome HMT as a new member of Cognos and to strengthen the network’s presence in the UK. With HMT’s strong dealflow and our members’ experience in cross-border deal, we are in a good position to generate an increasing number of international transactions in the future.”
Andrew Thomson commented,
“We are delighted to join Cognos’ corporate finance network to expand our ability to unlock international opportunities for our clients. We look forward to supporting both our existing clients and those of the global Cognos members on cross-border transactions.”
