About Us
KLV Corporate Finance is a boutique advisory firm that provides more than just transactional expertise; we offer bespoke strategic guidance rooted in decades of experience as both dealmakers and operational leaders. We understand the unique challenges and aspirations of founder-led businesses because we’ve been in your shoes, and we’re committed to helping you achieve both your short-term and longer-term goals while preserving your legacy and culture.
Our Sectors
- AUTOMOTIVE
- BIOCHEMICALS
- BUSINESS SERVICES
- ENERGY
- ENTERTAINMENT
- FINANCIAL SERVICES
- FINANCIAL TECHNOLOGY
- LEISURE
- MEDIA AND PUBLISHING
- PROPERTY
- REGULATORY TECHNOLOGY
- TECHNOLOGY
An introduction to KLV
In this introductory video, founders John Lee and Robert Kidson outline the services and direction of KLV. Discover how KLV Corporate Finance provides strategic advisory, capital raising, and M&A support designed to help your business navigate complex financial landscapes and achieve ambitious growth targets. Learn about our client-centric approach and why we are the ideal partner for your next corporate finance transaction.
Why KLV Corporate Finance
More Than a Transaction. A Partnership for Growth.
KLV Corporate Finance stands apart from other corporate finance specialists in offering a service that goes beyond the end point of your transaction to help you understand its impact on the future performance and culture of your business. We appreciate that value is determined by more than the price paid or the capital raised.
We understand that the structure of a deal and how it impacts upon autonomy, preserving legacy and support for management and staff are critical factors in achieving your desired outcome.
Our vast experience as dealmakers is underscored by deep operational knowledge gained from decades’ long experience of founding, building and successfully exiting private, founder-led companies and private equity-backed mid-market global enterprises.
The principals of KLV Corporate Finance – Robert Kidson and John Lee – combine the complementary skill sets derived from decades of experience in the corporate finance and founder-led and private equity-backed business worlds.
KLV Corporate Finance is the culmination of a 25 year-long association which saw Robert act for the buyer of John’s first company and to later represent John in the sale of his last founder-led business.
Working together on your behalf they are uniquely positioned to guide you comprehensively through every stage of a transaction from valuation to the point of sale and to advise knowledgeably on the operational outcomes that matter to you.