
Clearwater expands into France and Germany

Clearwater International has merged with @visory Partners Corporate Finance in Germany and Easton Corporate Finance in France.
Following the deal, both groups have become part of Clearwater International. The newly combined corporate finance firm now counts 15 office locations, employing 200 people across Europe, the US and Asia.
Easton co-founder Thomas Gaucher and @visory co-founder Ralph Schmücking both join Michael Reeves, Phil Burns, Søren Nørbjerg, Francisco Gomez and Natasha Eden on the Clearwater International board.
Clearwater has grown acquisitively in recent years. In June 2014, the firm joined forces with Danish group Advizer and Spain- and Portugal-based ImapLynx. At the time of those deals, unquote" caught up with Clearwater CEO Mike Reeves to discuss the increasing importance of cross-border private equity deals.
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