Corporate development
Brewer Morris provides flexible and specialised recruitment services which are designed to support your businesses long-term growth. We do this by helping you hire highly strategic experts in value creation.
Explore CORPORATE DEVELOPMENT recruitment
Is your business looking to grow through M&A activity?
At Brewer Morris, we deliver flexible, tailored recruitment solutions for both candidates and employers seeking exceptional corporate development talent on a permanent basis.
We are specialists in this space. Our corporate development recruitment team is recognised for identifying and securing outstanding strategic, M&A, and commercial talent for a diverse range of businesses, from high‑growth start‑ups and scaling SMEs to established multinational corporations.
We can also support professional services firms hire transaction advisory professionals
Transaction services are often provided by accountancy firms, like The Big 4, and are the specialist advisory services that support companies during deals. We support firms by hiring professionals who understand:
- Financial due diligence: assessing the target company’s financial health
- Commercial due diligence: understanding markets, competitors, customers, and growth potential
- Tax due diligence and structuring: ensuring the deal is tax‑efficient and compliant
- Operational due diligence: evaluating supply chains, systems, processes, and integration risks
- Valuation services: providing independent valuations of the business or assets.
CORPORATE DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSACTION SERVICES roles we typically make placements for include:
- Head of Corporate Development
- Corporate Development Director
- Corporate Development Senior Manager
- Corporate Development Manager
- Corporate Development Senior Associate/Senior Analyst
- Corporate Development Associate/Analyst
- Head of M&A
- M&A Director
- M&A Senior Manager
- M&A Manager
- M&A Senior Associate/Senior Analyst
- M&A Associate/Analyst
- Roles within M&A/transaction services advisory:
- Manager
- Senior Manager
- Associate Director
- Director
- Partner
Meet our corporate development headhunters
corporate development and transaction services recruitment faqs
Our frequently asked questions provide clear, concise answers to the most common queries about tax recruitment, helping you make informed decisions with confidence.
Transaction Services experts focus on due diligence and deal analysis. They examine the financial, commercial, tax, and operational aspects of potential acquisitions to help buyers and sellers understand risks, validate performance, and make well‑informed decisions.
Corporate Development (CorpDev) specialists drive a company’s growth through strategic projects such as mergers and acquisitions, partnerships, investments, and divestitures. They assess opportunities, lead negotiations, manage advisors, and help integrate newly acquired businesses.
Corporate development focuses on:
– Internal team
– Focus on overall strategy
– Identifies targets and leads negotiations
– Responsible for the final decision and integration
Transaction services focuses on:
– External advisors (usually)
– Focus on the technical details of the deal
– Provides due diligence and specialist support
– Provides analysis to inform decisions
A company wants to buy a startup.
Corp Dev finds the startup, assesses strategic fit, negotiates the deal.
Transaction services analyses the startup’s financials, risks, and market reality to determine if the deal should proceed.
They depend on each other to get deals done smoothly and intelligently.
Strong candidates typically bring:
– Strategic thinking and commercial insight
– Advanced financial modelling skills
– M&A experience (buy-side or advisory)
– Strong stakeholder management and negotiation ability
– Excellent presentation and storytelling skills for senior leadership
Look for professionals with:
– Technical accounting expertise
– Strong analytical and Excel capabilities
– Experience in financial due diligence
– Ability to work with large data sets
– Clear, concise report writing skills
Investment banking is externally focused and centred on structuring and marketing deals. Corporate Development roles are in house, focused on strategic alignment, execution, and long-term value creation.
Transaction Services sits somewhere in between, providing deep analytical due diligence to support the deal process.
You should hire when:
– Your business is planning to pursue acquisitions
– You want to build internal M&A capability
– You’re entering new markets or launching new products
– You need someone to handle strategic partnerships or divestitures
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Transaction services professionals are ideal when:
– You need internal due diligence capability
– You want to reduce reliance on external advisors
– Your business is actively buying or selling assets
– You need someone to analyse deal risks and support negotiations
We support a wide range of companies, including:
– High‑growth start‑ups scaling through acquisitions
– SMEs building their first corporate development function
– Large multinational corporations with established M&A teams
– Private equity portfolio companies seeking in‑house expertise
These roles require a rare blend of strategic, analytical, and deal‑making skills. A specialist recruiter understands the market, recognises strong M&A pedigree, and can identify candidates with both technical strength and commercial judgement, qualities that are not always visible on a CV.
We provide flexible, tailored recruitment solutions for permanent corporate development and transaction services roles. Our team is known for sourcing exceptional strategic and M&A talent across a wide range of sectors, from scaling start ups to global corporates.
