Paul Kingston

Managing Director
20+ years of transaction advisory experience
Specializes in due diligence and pricing advisory for private equity and corporate clients
Significant experience in consumer and industrial goods and services; aerospace and defense; travel, hospitality, and leisure; business services; and media and technology
London
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Paul Kingston is a Managing Director with Alvarez & Marsal Transaction Advisory Group in London. He specializes in buy- and sell-side financial due diligence, pricing advisory, and sale and purchase agreement (SPA) support for private equity and corporate clients.

With more than 20 years of transaction advisory experience, Mr. Kingston has worked on domestic and cross-border transactions in the UK, EMEA, North America, and Asia–Pacific. He has expertise spanning a range of industries and sectors, including industrial and consumer goods and services; aerospace and defense; business services; travel, hospitality, and leisure; and media, technology and software. Moreover, he has experience with a variety of deal types and sizes, ranging from less than £20 million enterprise value (EV) bolt-ons to £10 billion take-privates. He has also worked with an array of clients, including private equity houses such as Platinum Equity, EQT Group, TowerBrook Capital Partners, PX3 Partners, Livingbridge, Waterland Private Equity, Inflexion, Sovereign Capital Partners, LDC, and Queen’s Park Equity; corporates such as Sandvik Group, TransDigm Group, Meggitt, Marlowe PLC, and ITOCHU; and other organizations such as the Civil Aviation Authority and Department for Transport.

Mr. Kingston approaches engagements by critically evaluating a company’s key financial and operational business drivers, the quality and sustainability of forecast earnings and cash flows, working capital requirements, and key drivers for pricing considerations and transaction EV to equity bridges.

Prior to joining A&M, Mr. Kingston spent six years with PwC in the Consumer and Industrial Products and Services Assurance team and the Transaction Services team. He also completed secondments to the Transaction Modelling team and the Hong Kong Transactions practice.

Mr. Kingston earned a bachelor’s degree in philosophy and mathematics from King’s College London. He is a qualified Chartered Accountant (CA) and a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW).

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Defense investment is accelerating across multiple geographies, and the capital pursuing it is growing at a faster pace. Global venture capital investment in defense technology reached a record $49.1 billion in 2025, nearly double the previous year's total.
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