LONDON - Three star deal makers in London are going their separate ways less than a year after joining forces, but are expected to continue to work together in the future.
Simon Robey, a former senior Morgan Stanley banker, and Simon Warshaw, the former co-head of investment banking at UBS, have formed their own boutique advisory firm after joining with Simon Robertson to form Robertson Robey Associates last year, according to documents filed this week with the Companies House, an agency that tracks corporate registrations.
The new company, which began operations on April 1, will operate under the name Robey Warshaw. The move had been contemplated since the bankers united last year.
Mr. Robertson, deputy chairman of HSBC and a longtime banker at Goldman Sachs, will continue to provide advisory services through his own firm, Simon Robertson Associates.
The Financial Times first reported the separation late Thursday.
Mr. Robertson, the former chairman of the Rolls-Royce Group, teamed up with Mr. Robey at the beginning of last year after he left Morgan Stanley as co-chairman of global mergers and acquisitions.
Mr. Warshaw joined the pair in the fall, less than a month after he played a lead role at UBS in Vodafone’s $130 billion deal to sell its stake in Verizon Wireless in the United States to Verizon Communications.
Their firm, Robertson Robey, recently advised Vodafone’s board of directors on its acquisition of the Spanish cable company Ono for about $10 billion.
