Chris Walton
Chris Walton is Head of Corporate Leverage and has been with Shawbrook since 2024.
About Chris
https://www.linkedin.com/in/cjwalton/
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:
Chris's Articles
Chris has written a range of articles based on Corporate Leverage Finance
Articles written by Chris for Shawbrook
- What specialist funders look for when considering Search Fund transactions
- Foundations for success
- Life after the transition to an EOT
- Planning a business exit strategy
- Business Growth Strategies: Organic Growth and Acquisitions
- Is debt or equity funding best suited to your acquisition strategy?
- Sowing the seeds for business success: planning and preparation tips
Chris's contributions to external media publications
- Video Interview: Chris Walton, Shawbrook: Corporate Leveraged Finance Insider Media, 13/01/25
- Shawbrook: The SME Lender Championing Growth Real Business, 13/02/25
- Fast Growth for UK SMEs Insider Media, 22/10/24
Chris's specialisms
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.
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.
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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