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Senior EY deals partner quits to launch boutique with KPMG leavers

French boutique will team up with Eos Deal Advisory in the UK and a peer in Germany

Yannick De Kerhor forms alliance with ex-KPMG staff's UK firm and Germany's AC Christes & Partner
Yannick De Kerhor forms alliance with ex-KPMG staff's UK firm and Germany's AC Christes & Partner Photo: Getty Images

The most senior deals partner at EY France has quit to launch a new boutique, teaming up with a UK deals firm led by former senior partners at KPMG.

Yannick De Kerhor was strategy and transactions market leader and chief digital officer at EY in France. He has left the Big Four firm to launch deals boutique EKEM Partners alongside ex-Sia Partners consultant Eric Tirlemont.

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