Marechale Capital makes acquisitions
03 June 2026 UK
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Marechale Capital, a corporate finance advisory business, has announced three acquisitions to develop it into a fully integrated digital merchant bank.
The company has acquired Stanford Capital Partners, a SME-focused corporate finance and broking firm, Blubird Global, an institutional-grade, multi-chain, global asset tokenisation platform, and NJC Capital Management VSA Private Fund and NJC Capital Management, a systematic alternative investment fund, and its manager, in share-for-share exchanges.
The acquisitions will expand the company’s offering from traditional boutique corporate finance and taking stakes in the companies it advises, into a broader, tech-enabled platform comprising corporate finance, capital markets, tokenisation, and asset management across both traditional and digital asset markets.
Ownership of the Blubird assets and technology provides clients of the enlarged Marechale group access to a range of Blubird’s tech-enabled services (including a tokenisation platform, smart contracts, registry management and an AI consultancy), enabling the capture of margin at each stage of the digital asset value chain.
The proposed acquisitions are conditional on the passing of resolutions at a general meeting.
Marechale Capital, also raised £1.061 million from existing shareholders and new institutional investors.
Additionally, the company has appointed Patrick Timothy Claridge, a principal of Stanford, as an executive director of the company, in effect 24 June 2026.
Claridge has over 45 years’ experience in finance and investment and has worked both in the UK and internationally.
In 2018, Claridge founded Stanford Capital Partners, a specialist investment advisory and broking firm where he has assisted public and private corporate clients with a focus on sectors including digital assets technology and life sciences.
Prior to this, Claridge was CEO at Northland Capital Partners, an investment banking boutique, and Merchant Securities.
He grew Merchant Securities’ corporate advisory and broking services and its wealth management operations to £800 million of client assets, subsequently leading its sale to Sanlam, the South African bank.
In his earlier career, he was CEO of TIR Securities, a global institutional broker which was acquired by E*TRADE in 1999 where he was CEO for four years.
Patrick Booth-Clibborn, CEO of Marechale Capital, says: “Today’s announcement is the culmination of our strategy announced to shareholders three years ago to establish Marechale as London’s first digital merchant bank and by bringing together Stanford, Blubird and NJC Capital, we can now provide our expanded client base with a truly differentiated, full-service offering.”
Patrick Claridge, CEO of Stanford Capital Partners, notes: “Banking has long remained an analogue system in a digital world, but that is now changing. This transaction creates a highly compelling technology platform, allowing us to offer existing and new clients seamless access to digital tokenisation.”
Corey Billington, CEO of Blubird Global, adds: “Demand for tokenisation is already here. This transaction will supercharge the Blubird platform with access to deal flow across private and public markets.”
The company has acquired Stanford Capital Partners, a SME-focused corporate finance and broking firm, Blubird Global, an institutional-grade, multi-chain, global asset tokenisation platform, and NJC Capital Management VSA Private Fund and NJC Capital Management, a systematic alternative investment fund, and its manager, in share-for-share exchanges.
The acquisitions will expand the company’s offering from traditional boutique corporate finance and taking stakes in the companies it advises, into a broader, tech-enabled platform comprising corporate finance, capital markets, tokenisation, and asset management across both traditional and digital asset markets.
Ownership of the Blubird assets and technology provides clients of the enlarged Marechale group access to a range of Blubird’s tech-enabled services (including a tokenisation platform, smart contracts, registry management and an AI consultancy), enabling the capture of margin at each stage of the digital asset value chain.
The proposed acquisitions are conditional on the passing of resolutions at a general meeting.
Marechale Capital, also raised £1.061 million from existing shareholders and new institutional investors.
Additionally, the company has appointed Patrick Timothy Claridge, a principal of Stanford, as an executive director of the company, in effect 24 June 2026.
Claridge has over 45 years’ experience in finance and investment and has worked both in the UK and internationally.
In 2018, Claridge founded Stanford Capital Partners, a specialist investment advisory and broking firm where he has assisted public and private corporate clients with a focus on sectors including digital assets technology and life sciences.
Prior to this, Claridge was CEO at Northland Capital Partners, an investment banking boutique, and Merchant Securities.
He grew Merchant Securities’ corporate advisory and broking services and its wealth management operations to £800 million of client assets, subsequently leading its sale to Sanlam, the South African bank.
In his earlier career, he was CEO of TIR Securities, a global institutional broker which was acquired by E*TRADE in 1999 where he was CEO for four years.
Patrick Booth-Clibborn, CEO of Marechale Capital, says: “Today’s announcement is the culmination of our strategy announced to shareholders three years ago to establish Marechale as London’s first digital merchant bank and by bringing together Stanford, Blubird and NJC Capital, we can now provide our expanded client base with a truly differentiated, full-service offering.”
Patrick Claridge, CEO of Stanford Capital Partners, notes: “Banking has long remained an analogue system in a digital world, but that is now changing. This transaction creates a highly compelling technology platform, allowing us to offer existing and new clients seamless access to digital tokenisation.”
Corey Billington, CEO of Blubird Global, adds: “Demand for tokenisation is already here. This transaction will supercharge the Blubird platform with access to deal flow across private and public markets.”
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