Merger and acquisitions banker Richard Slimmon quit the politics and carpet bombing of bulge-bracket advisory last year to join boutique advisory firm Gleacher Shacklock, scoring a victory with his first deal of the year – the £424m acquisition by asset manager Schroders of wealth manager Cazenove Capital.

Slimmon joined Gleacher Shacklock as its 12th partner in early December, after quitting Deutsche Bank, where he worked for three years as a managing director with a niche in financial institutional groups.