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Clearwater advises WHP Telecoms on its acquisition of ICS Group

John Sheridan

I am the Managing Partner of Clearwater International’s Irish business. As founders of this business, John Curtin and I joined up with Clearwater in October 2015 having traded as a boutique brand known as Core Corporate Finance over the previous year. Prior to this, I was Managing Director at Key Capital Corporate Finance in Dublin, where I worked for eight years. I have 21 years’ experience as a corporate finance professional having originally qualified as a chartered accountant with PwC in 1997. At Clearwater, I lead our food & beverage team internationally. Our team in Ireland covers all sectors with a particular focus on food & beverage, TMT, industrials & chemicals and business services. The deals I am most proud of are the sale of IT services business, Version1, where we advised the shareholders on the company’s sale to private equity firm, Volpi Capital in a €90m MBO, followed recently by the sale of telecommunications engineering business, KN Group to French-based Circet. Since joining Clearwater, I try to lead by example and inspire our team to drive for excellence and high performance in everything we do. The strong results-oriented and personalised culture of our firm helps both retain and attract great talent. I enjoy working with highly ambitious entrepreneurs who are looking to develop their business internationally and use my experience gained over the past 21 years in navigating the optimal M&A process to help achieve their goals. I have completed eleven transactions over the past three years at Clearwater with a combined deal value of c. €1bn.

Clearwater advises MMC on the acquisition of a minority stake in MoovWay

Richard Goldsack

I’ve spent 25 years advising entrepreneurs and private equity clients and am passionate about supporting growing businesses to build and realise value. I opened the Leeds office for Clearwater in 2020, and before that had been a Partner at EY and Grant Thornton, in Australia and the UK. In my spare time, I love spending time with my family, walking my dog Murphy in the Moors, playing football or golf and supporting Liverpool football club.

Clearwater advises Montefiore Investment, majority shareholder of Homair Vacances, on the sale of a minority stake

Maximilian Hammers

Having joined Clearwater from a smaller mid-cap team in 2016, I have since enjoyed the exciting journey we have taken from Wiesbaden to Frankfurt to becoming a European firm with a great team, entrepreneurial spirit, and international setup. Today, I focus on M&A transactions within the Business Services sector and cover our private equity clients across the DACH region. Beyond the investment banking world, I enjoy spending time with family and friends or hitting the open road on my bike.

Clearwater advises the shareholders of Kinougarde group on its primary LBO sponsored by Raise Investissement and Geneo Capital Entrepreneur

Clearwater advises SafeBoot on its sale of a minority stake to ABN AMRO

Clearwater advises founder and majority shareholder of Leader Group on the sale of the group to the management team and Geneo Capital Entrepreneur