Goldman Sachs has shifted two of its most senior equity bankers in London into a new team that will look to capitalise on the expected boom in blank cheque companies in Europe.

Celine Assouline, who has been co-head of structured equity for Europe, the Middle East and Africa for the last seven years, will co-head a new unit alongside Lyle Schwartz, who previously led a division at the US bank raising capital for private companies, according to people familiar with the matter.