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Chris Walton

Chris Walton is Head of Corporate Leverage and has been with Shawbrook since 2024.

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About Chris

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Chris Walton leads a national team dedicated to sourcing, structuring, and executing sponsor-backed leveraged debt facilities. With extensive experience in corporate finance, Chris helps businesses raise the capital needed to achieve their strategic objectives. His focus is on supporting UK SMEs by providing tailored financing solutions for buyouts, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), employee ownership trust (EOT) transactions, and other growth opportunities.  

Please contact: media@shawbrook.co.uk for all enquiries. Chris is available for comment on:

  • Acquisition Finance
  • Employee Ownership Trust  
  • Corporate Leverage Finance 
  • Cashflow Lending  
  • Search Funds  
  • Ownership Transition – Including Mergers and Acquisitions and Management Buy-Outs

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Corporate Leverage Finance

A senior debt product designed for established businesses requiring funding for growth, an acquisition, change of ownership or other general corporate purpose.

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Employee Ownership Trusts

Whether you want to introduce an employee ownership scheme to improve engagement, provide added benefits for your staff or exit the business, we can help you achieve this transfer of ownership.

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Acquisition Finance

Creative and tailored debt funding solutions including Asset Based Lending (ABL), Leveraged Finance, and Unitranche debt to fund Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A). 

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