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Provided by Ian Massey
Ian is the Head of S-RM’s Corporate Intelligence division in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. He specialises in leading pre-transaction due diligence and other strategic intelligence engagements, working closely with private equity firms, law firms, investment banks, corporate M&A teams, and other investors. Ian has spent most of the last 15 years in intelligence-related roles and he now leads a large delivery team providing expert coverage of markets across the EMEA region. His experience also includes establishing and growing S-RM’s first Asia office in Hong Kong between 2017 and 2020.
Before joining S-RM, Ian held front-office investment banking roles at JP Morgan and Jefferies, during which he worked in deal teams on capital markets and M&A transactions, and he served as an army officer for five years. He read History at the University of Cambridge and speaks fluent French and conversational Arabic.
Experience:
• Head of Corporate Intelligence, EMEA, S-RM (2021-present)
• Various Director roles, S-RM (2014-2021)
• Analyst, Equity Capital Markets, JP Morgan (2013-2014)
• Officer, British Army (2009-2013)
• Analyst, Energy M&A, Jefferies (2008-2009)
Provided by Chambers
Ian Massey heads S-RM's corporate intelligence team in EMEA. Massey is an impressive investigator with a global clientele, regularly advising clients on pre-transactional due diligence and other deal-related intelligence.
Provided by Chambers
Ian is fundamentally collaborative with his clients, and is very much at home with complex matters, requiring nuanced approach.
Ian is very pragmatic and extremely good in terms of managing and communicating.
His bearing and general conduct was particularly impressive and quite obviously is very used to dealing with senior clients. He is clearly very bright and capable.
Ian is responsive and gives a good quality of work. He seems to deliver us a product that is useable and contextualized in the jurisdictions we operate in.
Ian is fundamentally collaborative with his clients, and is very much at home with complex matters, requiring nuanced approach.
Ian is very pragmatic and extremely good in terms of managing and communicating.
His bearing and general conduct was particularly impressive and quite obviously is very used to dealing with senior clients. He is clearly very bright and capable.
Ian is responsive and gives a good quality of work. He seems to deliver us a product that is useable and contextualized in the jurisdictions we operate in.
