Richard Jones

Rich is a partner in the PwC Capital Markets and Accounting Advisory team with over 20 years of experience with PwC in both our Assurance & Deals practices, spending time in Manchester, Chicago and now London. He leads a team that helps our clients maximise value from deals. This includes strategy, planning, operations, people, tax, and accounting. He focuses his time on complex carve outs and cross-border M&A, specialising in project managing these complex deals, with a particular focus on the accounting and public reporting considerations.

He has a significant amount of transaction and listings experience, having worked on a number of high profile transactions across the globe. These include IPOs, cross-border M&A, GAAP conversions, carve outs, and public capital raises. Some of his completed transactions include:

• Unilever’s $7b divestment of its Spreads Business and $5b divestment of its Tea Business;
• Imperial Brands’ $7b acquisition of certain brands from Reynolds and Lorillard;
• Reckitt Benckiser’s $4b divestment of its Food Business;
• GE Capital’s €1b divestment of its Fleet Business;
• INEOS’ joint venture (and subsequent buyout) with Solvay; and
• Acadia Healthcare’s acquisitions of Priory Group and Partnerships In Care.