James Wild
Partner
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About James Wild
James Wild is an M&A Partner at RSM UK and is NW Consulting lead. James has over 20 years’ experience with a focus on private company M&A and private equity sell side work. He works with clients to deliver a wide range of services including advising on company sales, acquisitions, management buyouts and private equity fundraising. In recent times, James has led transactions valued in excess of £1bn in total in the UK and globally. James has strong experience in the Media and Technology sector (as co-lead for M&A) and relevant experience in the legal sector.
Outside of work, James juggles a busy family life, with most of his time spent trying to convince his family to support his beloved Liverpool football team (with varying degrees of success) and as a taxi service for his two children. James has a passion for cricket, although he has mainly hung up his cricket boots and now is working his way through the top 100 UK golf courses.
James says, "I enjoy building great relationships with business owners and playing a major role in advising them on a significant milestone event for their business and personally. I have strong links to the private equity community in the UK and Europe .”
Favourite thing about RSM
"It can sound flippant to say it's all about the people, but it is so true. This includes the people I've been lucky to work with, work for, learn from and share the highs and lows with over the last 20 years. I'm proud of the M&A team, we have some amazing people coming through the business! I've been fortunate to have operated in the mid-market all my career and met some brilliant family, owner managers and entrepreneurs along the way."
James’ RSM timeline:
- 2002: joined RSM as a graduate in audit
- 2005: joined the M&A team
- 2015: promoted to Partner
- 2020: became Head of M&A in the North West region
- 2021: became National Head of M&A
- 2026: M&A Partner and NW Consulting lead
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