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Clearwater advises CGS Management on the sale of ICG International Cutting Holding

Rob Burden

I’m a Partner at Clearwater and lead the international Business Services team. I’ve been in M&A for nearly 20 years, always focused on advising entrepreneurs, founders and Private Equity clients. Since joining Clearwater in 2014 I’m proud to have delivered deals across the business services sector and have developed specific expertise in the Education and Training market.

Zack Goddard

Having previously spent four years at PwC, I joined the Clearwater M&A team in Manchester in 2017. I am currently a Director within the Industrials team and lead our UK efforts within the Infrastructure Services market covering specialist Utility, Renewable, Highway, Rail and Telecom services as well as Equipment as a Service. My recent notable transactions include the sale of OCU Group to Triton, the sale of Road Traffic Solutions to Equistone backed BUKO and the sale of WJ Group to THI.

Thomas Hickey

I joined Clearwater’s M&A team in 2018 as a Graduate. Since then, I have been lucky enough to work with many inspiring founders and excellent businesses. Focusing on both company sales to trade acquirers and private equity investments, it’s a privilege to support management teams with such momentous events.

Dierk Rottmann

In my role as Co-Head of our Debt Advisory activities in the DACH region, together with my partner Dr. Heinrich Kerstien, I am responsible for advising medium-sized companies on all corporate finance issues. We are proud that leading international companies such as Trumpf, ZEISS, Symrise, Wieland, Infraserv, and enercity as well as many others have trusted us for many years and repeatedly rely on our experience and the added value of our advisory expertise. Furthermore, as International Head of Energy & Utilities, I have been advising companies from the energy industry on all M&A and financing issues for many years. In 2000, I co-founded the corporate finance consultancy @VISORY partners, which merged with Clearwater in early 2016. Previously I worked for Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein and Rothschild. I have an eye for design and detail and am an enthusiastic fan of turf sports - whether passively at Mainz05 or actively on the golf course.

Selling to a strategic buyer

The process of selling a business

Norbert-Markus Roth

I support the German-speaking countries of Clearwater as a Senior Adviser and together with our debt advisory team, I advise medium-sized companies and groups on a variety of financing issues and accompany them throughout the transaction process. Before joining Clearwater, I was Head of Origination Corporate Finance / Equity Capital Markets at Commerzbank AG having joined in 1999. At Commerzbank AG I advised on transactions with a focus on mid and large-cap companies in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. I started my career as a Security Trader at FSE and continued as Head of Syndicate at DZ Bank AG responsible for mid-cap transactions. As a corporate finance expert, I specialise in advising IPOs, capital raising, secondary offerings, spin-offs, private equity buy-outs and debt advisory.

Søren Nørbjerg

I have worked in M&A since the 1990s when the discipline was still in its very beginning and have been a part of Clearwater's journey from a small start-up to the position we hold today. The many years of advising have taught me that no two transactions are the same and that it is essential to be able to immerse in our clients' reality to understand their business and their visions for the future. Besides my role in Clearwater, I practice my great passion for wine as co-owner and manager of a vineyard in Bourgogne.