16/06/2023 - Market news
Manchester team score treble win at the Business Desk North West Rainmaker awards
Clearwater International’s Manchester team celebrated a triple win at the North West Rainmaker Awards last night, taking home the much sought-after Corporate Finance Team of the Year award, and deal awards for both Private Equity Exit and Small Cap.
Clearwater advised Maven’s acquisition of ProofID, specialist providers of identity and access management services, received the Small Cap award, whilst Soho Square’s sale of Alpine Fire, specialist providers of mechanical fire suppression systems, to WestBridge received the Private Equity Exit award.
The team were also nominated for several other awards within the Private Equity Exit category, having advised Sykes Holiday Cottages on its acquisition of Forest Holidays and Beech Tree’s sale of BCN Group to ECI Partners.
the region really is a powerful center for funding and advice
Around 400 professionals from across the corporate finance community came together at the Midland Hotel in Manchester to mark the event and celebrate key milestones over the last 12 months. Speaking of the night, North West Business Desk Editor, Michael Taylor, said, “It was such a good night, proving once again that the region really is a powerful center for funding and advice for the region’s risk takers and entrepreneurs”.
Mark Taylor, UK CEO, added:
“Well done to our North West team following the Rainmaker Awards last night. They continue to make an impact in the dealmaking community and work diligently with clients to achieve successful results. Whilst there have been some challenging market conditions over the last months, the team has remained pretty busy, as can be seen by last night’s nominations! Pleasingly, we do not anticipate any let-up in our activity levels.
Our offices across the UK have collected a stream of team of the year award wins within the last 12 months, demonstrating the strength of our teams in their respective regions. We’d like to thank the Business Desk and the dealmaking community for their ongoing support.”
