Nick Lawson
Nick is a Chartered Accountant with a PPE degree from Keble College, Oxford, where he was both Captain of Boats and a Choral Scholar. A proud father of three daughters and husband to a GP, he balances professional expertise with a busy family life. Outside work, Nick has a longstanding passion for music, particularly barbershop and choral singing, and enjoys spending time on the water kayaking and sailing. Whether leading a team, performing with a choir or navigating a new stretch of coastline, he brings enthusiasm, discipline and good humour to everything he does.
Experience
- FD Chrysler Jeep Imports UK
- Group FD Parabis Law LLP
- Part-time FD and consultant to many start-ups
- Founder of HR consultancy
Specialism
- Setting new businesses up
- Sorting out accounting messes and getting the business on a suitable accounting platform
- Financial forecasting and modelling with a view to fund-raising
- Helping with the fundraising process by liaising with investors, lawyers and due diligence accountants
- Making EIS and SEIS applications for investor tax relief
- Putting EMI share options in place for key staff including business valuations
- Adopting good corporate governance practices
What clients say
“I wholeheartedly recommend Nick. He was an excellent part time FD for us when we first started our business”
“the transaction could never have completed without his substantial input into several key areas, including financials, cashflows, tax, bank finance and due diligence”
“Nick has an exceptional eye for detail and, at the same time, is able to deliver first class advice on broader commercial strategy”
“Nick is a first rate FD for venture capital backed businesses. He has a huge amount of experience and a lot of common sense. Strategic, but also delivers on the detail”
“he is that extremely rare combination, a CFO who is absolutely solid with the numbers combined with a fine commercial viewpoint”