Team Members
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Marc-Aurèle Taverna
Marc-Aurele Taverna Associate Director -
Felicia Nordin
Felicia Nordin Associate Director
Transactions
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Clearwater Advisers
Adviser to La Casa Immobilier on its €30m fundraising
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Clearwater Advisers
Adviser to Exerp on its sale of a majority stake to Technogym
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Clearwater Advisers
Adviser to Crédit Agricole Nord de France on its sale of Lens football club to Gervais Martel (Private investor), associated to Azerbaijani Baghlan
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The European automotive market is subject to opposing developments, on the one hand, the pressures on supply chains, and the availability of preliminary products and raw materials are easing however, on the other hand, the lower pre-COVID-19 cost level is looking unattainable.
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In Q3 2019, the number of deals in the Automotive sector increased by 27% compared to Q3 2018, however, deal value was slightly lower than in the previous quarter.
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The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic are no longer a major concern for the automotive industry, as government support programmes have allowed the industry to cope with the pandemic better than initially anticipated.
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Despite another increase in COVID-19 case numbers globally, transaction activity increased sharply in Q4 after slowly picking up in Q3 and is now well above 2019 levels.
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Rising energy and transport costs, the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, and low purchase volumes from OEMs, are putting automotive suppliers under enormous pressure.
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Geopolitical tensions, record prices for oil and raw materials, as well as high inflation and increased interest rates weighed on the automotive sector in the second quarter of 2022.
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In Q2 2019, the number of deals in the Automotive sector decreased by 30% compared to Q2 2018. However, when compared to the previous quarter, both the number of deals and total deal value in Q2 2019 increased.
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Rising COVID-19 case numbers and repeat lockdowns have continued to impact deal activity in Q1 2021, causing the automotive sector to fall short of its Q4 2020 momentum.
