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Jérémy Sartre

I began my career in M&A advisory at SGCIB and Barclays Capital where I worked on generalist jumbo deals such as Arcelor / Mittal or GDF / Suez. In 2012, I co-founded an AdTech startup and exited to a strategic industrial player, before joining SmartAngels as COO. SmartAngels is a leading European crowdequity platform where I supervised over 60 funding rounds including seed, Series A and Series B. More recently, I had the opportunity to advise on several M&A deals such as Voodoo in gaming, Nexity in proptech, Adecco in HR tech and Kiute in SaaS B2B. By leveraging my previous experiences in Investment Banking and as a former tech entrepreneur, my natural focus is always customer centric. Benefiting from Clearwater’s notoriety and reputation for excellence, we aim at delivering top-notch and personalised advisory services to entrepreneurs and shareholders, adapted to the specific framework of tech dynamics. I graduated from HEC in 2005 with a Master’s in Economics and Finance.

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Andy Battersby

I am currently a Director within the Business Services team, advising on a wide range of sell-side and buy-side transactions for private equity and founder-owned businesses. I joined Clearwater in September 2023, after spending over eight years working for GCA Altium, which recently became Houlihan Lokey. I have a strong interest in all aspects of Business Services and in particular, lead our focus on the Transportation & Logistics sector.

Louise Hooper

I joined Clearwater over nine years ago and am currently part of our deal team working primarily on growth transactions. I’ve advised on a range of both trade and PE deals, across a number of sectors including Healthcare, Consumer, Business Services, and Industrials.

Fraser Tidman

I joined Clearwater in 2022, having held a number of talent, L&D, and generalist HR roles, both in the UK and globally. As International Talent Director, my role is focused on ensuring the business provides outstanding career development opportunities and continues to be a great place to work. We hold inclusion, diversity, equity, belonging, and the well-being of colleagues at our core.

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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.

Elinor Schmitz Jansen

I started my career as a management consultant within international, complex project management before I moved into M&A advisory in 2017. My clients include entrepreneurs, corporates and financial investors. I advise on topics ranging from valuations and succession planning to finding a financial partner or completing a full exit. I have an international background with a master’s degree from Imperial College Business School in London.

Rasmus Østergaard

I joined Clearwater International in May 2017, having previously worked for Arla Foods as an Intern, Aarhus University as a teacher and Jyske Bank within capital management. I wanted to join Clearwater partly because of its good reputation as a great workplace and partly because I saw a great opportunity to develop my skills within finance and strategy. Since joining I have broadened my commercial, as well as my financial understanding and learned how to apply this to M&A advisory. Over the years I have gained transaction experience across a wide range of industries including industrials & chemicals, TMT, healthcare and consumer. Additionally, I have worked with a variety of both owner-managed and private equity held companies, such as Golf Experten, Holiday Group Invest, Controlled Polymers, and Graphic West. The wide range of industry and client type experience has been an important learning curve in my career journey so far and is extremely valuable when working on new projects. The dynamic team culture at Clearwater International is another motivating factor, as every day you’re surrounded by inspirational people that are always willing to help you develop further. I hold an MSc in Finance and International Business, which I obtained from Aarhus University.