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Welcome to Defoe Partners, a merchant banking firm working with senior executives, lead shareholders and Board members of companies with enterprise values of $10 to $500 million. While closely working with our related and partner companies, we also serve the needs of a select group of clients worldwide.

Our core competencies are the combination of sophisticated financial and strategic solutions and first-class execution. Read More >

Our strength is the combination of our independence, focus, global presence, strategic alliances, and background. Read More >

Our merchant banking traditions and continuity date back to the roots first established in 1824. Read More >


"We shall deliver assurance and pertinent advice to our patrons, no matter where they are. This shall never change." - Mathis Fournier, Founding Partner, Defoe Fournier & Cie., 1824.

"We were founded in 1824 to meet the needs of our partners around the world. At that we were the best for decades. Our merchant bankers are our avant-garde and spearhead into emerging business realities: small and medium size companies worldwide." - Sir James Wilford, Partner Emeritus, Defoe Fournier & Cie., 2006.


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Recent Highlights

Redmont Brothers, a precious metals, base metals and concentrated ore trading and broking company with roots going back to 1898, combines its operations with Defoe Partners.

Defoe Partners Value Strategies, long/short equity strategies targeting above market performance by investing in value driven and shareholder activism supported opportunities in micro- and small-cap equity markets, marks its fifth anniversary.

Infrastructure Desk is formed targeting widening opportunities in Southern Europe, and Western and Sub-Saharan Africa. 

The number of corporate directorships and advisory board memberships held by Defoe Partners' senior directors and partners exceeds twenty five. 

Activities of Defoe Partners in OECD economies and emerging markets reach parity. 

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NOTICE: Defoe Partners and related entities  (collectively Defoe Partners) only offers services and products where it is allowed to do so: therefore, not all of our products or services may be available to you. Defoe Partners, when acting as investor, does so as a private investment group. It does not solicit funds for management or co-investment from unrelated parties. All investment activities are conducted exclusively for the benefits of shareholders/partners/owners of Defoe Partners who also bear all risks related to all investment activities.

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