Established in 1998 as Samuels Corporate, SamCorp is a specialist corporate finance and strategic consultancy offering tailored advice to shareholders, directors and managers across a broad range of sectors, and has been behind some of the highest profile company sales and acquisitions in the South East over the past two decades.

SamCorp directors Peter Samuels and Darren Hurdle will move into the Gatwick office of Kreston Reeves and trade as Kreston Reeves, with Jack Clipsham taking up the role of corporate finance partner. Over his career Clipsham has concentrated on SME and mid-market clients and has developed business in both the south east of England and internationally in east and south east Asia.

Andrew Griggs, senior partner at Kreston Reeves, said: ‘We're delighted that Jack, Peter and Darren have chosen to join us - a move that is a significant step forward in growing our strong corporate finance offering.

‘Jack has experience of establishing, developing and leading corporate finance businesses in the UK, particularly in the southern region, and Peter and Darren have specialised in MBO strategies for their clients which complements and fits perfectly with our own client base.’

Kreston Reeves, which has offices in London, Kent and Sussex, is ranked at number 24 in the Accountancy league table. The firm employs over 550 people including more than 50 partners and has a reported fee income of £33.1m.

Report by Pat Sweet