Profile
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.
Featured transactions
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Adviser to the MCR Group on its investment from Freshstream
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Adviser to The Institute of Education on its sale to Dukes Education
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Adviser to Eolas Recruitment on its sale to Erisbeg
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Advisor to DMC on its investment from BGF and its simultaneous acquisition of Swift Fine Foods
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Adviser to AerAdvise on its acquisition of Core Financial Systems Limited
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Advisers to Abbey Wealth on its MBO backed by Allied Irish Bank
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Adviser to ICT Project Management Limited on its sale to ActionPoint Group
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Adviser to SONAS Bathrooms on its MBO supported by Muzinich & Co.
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Adviser to Melior Equity Partners on its investment in BHP Insurance
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Adviser to VIGO Health on its investment from Irish Life Group
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Adviser to Welltel on its acquisition of Strencom
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Adviser to OneLook Systems on its sale to VelocityEHS
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