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We are excited to announce a new specialised division of InterFinancial; IFL Ventures. IFL Ventures is a specialist corporate advisory division focusing on IP-Rich enterprises with a value of between $1m-$20m, in contrast to InterFinancial’s focus on the mid-market range of $20m to $250m. IFL Ventures is being led by Graeme McKellar and supported by […]

Clairfield International held its most recent partner meeting in Milan on May 24-25, 2018, organized by the local Italian partner K Finance. Partners and colleagues from 22 countries gathered both for presentations from experts in the financial community on the sector’s most pressing issues and for discussing internal best practices and evaluating outlooks. The sessions […]

Clairfield International is pleased to announce that Canyon Venture Partners has joined Clairfield International as its exclusive partner for Turkey. The new Clairfield Turkey, based in Istanbul, was founded in 2013 from the partnership among seasoned financial executives in the region. Founder and chairman Metin Ar served as the president and CEO of Garanti Securities, […]

Clairfield International sponsored a learning and outreach event for students at the Frankfurt School of Finance earlier this month. The invitation-only event for the top students at this leading business school gave a taste of life in the corporate finance world. The afternoon consisted of a workshop on valuation and a roundtable on opportunities and […]

At InterFinancial’s recent M&A Insiders event, we were fortunate enough to have Darren Stanley from Citadel Group discuss a few key learnings from his years across roles in the military, the IT industry, and most recently as Citadel Group’s Chief Executive Officer. Citadel’s M&A strategy is structured around the core purpose of keeping people safe. […]

David Hassum recently attended the annual Rural Property Market update presented by Herron Todd White (HTW). Below are some of our key take-outs from Mick’s presentation, with David’s added spin on them. Productivity gains can do it World-wide agricultural productivity has been increasing at about 2% pa. If that trend continues, productivity gains alone should […]

We are pleased to make available our look back at M&A in 2017 and a forecast of what’s to come in 2018, including sector outlooks with the contributions of esteemed clients, senior advisors, and friends. Read the publication.

A few years ago, our newsletter explored the succession planning paradox. That is, many businesses don’t have a clear succession plan in place, despite this being essential for value preservation and risk management. A number of studies on the topic have been published since this time, and overall it seems that not much has changed. […]

Clairfield International is pleased to announce that Clairfield has once again been ranked at the top of the league tables for financial advisors by Thomson Reuters. Clairfield International stands out among boutique investment banking firms in achieving high ranks alongside bulge-bracket banks, placed 17th in the small-cap segment worldwide and 12th in Europe by number of […]