Mr. Atkinson’s primary areas of concentration are leveraged buyouts, project finance, debt and strategic advisory, corporate finance, and structured lending. He has worked with clients across a range of industries, including infrastructure, energy, healthcare, manufacturing, leisure, real estate, and technology, media, and telecommunications.
Prior to joining A&M, Mr. Atkinson spent three years with the Debt and Capital Advisory practice at PwC in Hong Kong, where he most notably served as Partner and head of the department. Mr. Atkinson was involved in providing tailored financing and capital markets advisory services, catering to corporate and private equity funds.
Prior to that, Mr. Atkinson was Head of Leveraged Finance, Head of Strategic Advisory, and Lead Banker at Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, where he focused on sub-investment grade structured lending and advisory to corporates, fund investors, and sovereigns on many of the largest transactions in Europe. Mr. Atkinson was also responsible for private equity coverage and execution and managed a book of €10.5 billion in leveraged loan assets, some of which were highly stressed.
Mr. Atkinson is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW), is a member of the Corporate Finance Faculty of ICAEW, and holds regulatory licenses in the EU (Autorité des Marchés Financiers) and the UK (the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment).