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Team Leaders

Fletcher Boyle - Associate (Livingstone Madrid/Valencia)

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Following completion of both a Bachelors of Science in Management as well as a Master of Finance degree from the A.B. Freeman School of Business at Tulane University, Fletcher began his career in Investment Banking as an analyst at Brown Gibbons Lang & Co., a Chicago-based M&A boutique. At BGL Fletcher gained experience in both domestic and international transactions across an array of industries. In 2005 he was promoted to senior analyst and began to focus exclusively on cross-border M&A. In 2007, Fletcher joined Livingstone Partners as a member of the team in Madrid, Spain. Fletcher has worked on transactions in a variety of sectors, including industrial products, packaging, consumer products and healthcare services. Sectors: Print & Packaging, Engineering/Industrial Products

B.S.M., MFIN

Chris Falk - Partner (Livingstone Chicago)

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Chris heads Livingstone’s Business Services and Technology practices. He brings to the firm 10 years of investment banking experience across a broad range of industries. Prior to joining Livingstone, he was a Managing Director at Wells Fargo Securities, where he helped develop its middle market investment banking practice. Chris previously spent five years at Merrill Lynch & Company, specializing in technology and related sectors, and was a corporate attorney for Sidley & Austin.

Education: J.D., University of Michigan Law School B.A., Augustana College

Karl Freimuth - Associate (Livingstone Chicago)

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Karl brings nearly five years of corporate finance, transaction and restructuring experience to Livingstone, including work in many industry sectors and both debtor and creditor representation. He was previously a Corporate Restructuring Vice President at Mesirow Financial Consulting and transaction manager at KPMG.

Education: B.S., Stephen M. Ross School of Business, University of Michigan

Kristian Gavan - Deal Leader (Livingstone London)

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Kristian joined BDO Stoy Hayward in 1998, where he qualified as a Chartered Accountant, working with entrepreneurial and owner-managed businesses. In 2004 he joined KPMG's mid-market Corporate Finance team, where he focused on private equity transactions with clients including Candover, Exponent, Trinity Mirror and National Accident Helpline. He was a member of the healthcare and support services teams at KPMG prior to joining Livingstone in 2007. Kristian now focuses on the Business Services sector team.

Elena González - Business Development (Livingstone Madrid/Valencia)

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After gaining her Degree in Economic Sciences from Hasselt University (Belgium), Elena worked for over a year as a junior M&A consultant in the Netherlands (Strategy & Finance, B.V.) after which she moved back to Spain and joined in 2001 the Madrid team of Livingstone partners as an M&A executive and coordinator for the firm’s international projects. As deal originator for the company, Elena is responsible for the origination and development of national and international transactions with Livingstone Partners in its various territories. She has broad experience working with national and multinational clients on cross-border disposal and acquisition projects mainly in the Business Services sector (Facilities Management, Certification Services and Human Resources) and Industrial Manufac


Ramiro Marqués - Director (Livingstone Madrid/Valencia)

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Ramiro is a qualified engineer, and holds an bi-lingual MBA from Houston University/University of Madrid. Working for Eaton Corporation as part of their corporate M&A team, Ramiro was responsible for analyzing opportunities in the automotive sector across South America. After a period working in private equity, Ramiro transferred to Madrid, where he has been a Director of M&A. He joined Livingstone in 2005. Among others he has experience in automotive parts, transport and logistics and construction materials. He is primarily responsible for Livingstone’s industrials team in Spain.


Tom Phipps - Business Development (Livingstone London)

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After graduating from University College, London with a degree in history in 1995, Tom joined the Financial Times Group, where he worked as a sector analyst. Since he joined Livingstone in 1998, Tom has led a number of transactions in a variety of different sectors and has developed considerable experience in the Consumer, Technology and Business Services sectors. Much of Tom's current role is focused on developing Livingstone's Food & Beverage, Human Capital and Technology sectors, leading transactions and generating deal opportunities.

Tamara Scribante - Business Development (Livingstone London)

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Tamara Scribante originally from South Africa, gained her BA (Law) LLB from the University of Stellenbosch in 2000 and then went on to do her professional legal training at the School for Legal Practice in 2001. She then accepted a role at Jennifer Mynhardt Attorneys in South Africa where she trained as a candidate attorney. In 2002, she moved to Dublin where she worked for Zurich Financial Services/Eagle Star as a legal consultant. A year later, Tamara moved to London to work as a paralegal in the litigation department handling a case portfolio of 220 fast and multi-track claims. In 2004, Tamara took on yet another challenge as part of the Livingstone Business Development team and works across the firm's full spectrum of industry sectors specialisations.

BA (Law) LLB