Sector specialisation

Communications, IT and managed services

Piers joined FirstCapital in 2008 and has worked in banking for more than 25 years, including 22 years in investment banking. Deals he has worked on since joining FirstCapital include Texperts and i2O Water. Piers joined from MacArthur and Co., where he was a Partner focusing on advising and fundraising for growth companies. He was previously Senior Managing Director at Bear Stearns in Hong Kong, where he led the team that advised China Telecom on their US$1.4 billion IPO in 2002. Prior to this, Piers spent 14 years at UBS Warburg, most recently as Head of Asian Telecoms Corporate Finance in Hong Kong, advising clients such as PCCW on its US$34 billion takeover of Hong Kong Telecom, NTT, Korea Telecom and Chunghwa Telecom on public equity offerings and Swisscom, Deutsche Telekom and BT on regional mobile acquisitions and disposals.

Before Hong Kong, Piers spent 6 years at UBS in London in Corporate Finance, where he advised clients in many different industry sectors including telecoms, technology, biotech, financial institutions and transportation. Prior to that he spent 5 years in Fixed Income where he ran a number of different products, including Euro MTNs, asset swaps, bond options and structured investments. He started his career as a credit officer at Citibank in London, where he spent 3 years specialising in project finance and lending to the oil and gas industry. Piers graduated with a BSc. in Civil Engineering from King's College, London. He speaks conversational French.

Contact Piers

Call +44 (0)20 8563 1563
Email piers@firstcapital.co.uk

Favourite Saying

They couldn't hit an elephant at this distance (last words of the Civil War general John Sedgwick)

Best Ever Holiday Destination

New Zealand – Wonderful scenery, great climate, lovely people

Favourite Past-time

Cycling, Asian cinema

Favourite Way To Spend A Saturday Afternoon

With my family

Past Achievement I Am Most Proud Of

Celebrating my 20th wedding anniversary