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Claire Grimes

Managing Director | Deloitte Advisory – Transaction Services

Claire is a Managing Director with Deloitte Transaction Services and has over twenty years’ experience providing acquisition and vendor due diligence services to corporates, plcs and private equity houses across a range of sectors including healthcare, food & beverage, energy & resources and financial services. Claire also has significant experience in capital markets transactions, providing reporting accountant support on capital raisings and IPOs.

Claire is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants Ireland (FCA). She graduated from Trinity College Dublin with a degree in Business Studies and German (BBS (Lang.)) and was awarded a Masters in Accounting from University College Dublin (M.Acc.).

Recent credentials include:

  • Jabil Inc.: Financial due diligence and SPA advice on the acquisition of Hanley Energy, a provider of energy management and critical power solutions to the data centre infrastructure market.
  • Integrity 360: Financial due diligence and SPA advice on the acquisition of Cresco, a Belgium based cyber security services company.
  • Lowe Rental Group: Vendor due diligence on Lowe Rental Group, a Northern Irish provider of specialist refrigeration rental equipment.
  • Smithstown Light Engineering: Vendor due diligence on the sale of Smithstown Light Engineering, an Ireland based precision engineering company.
  • Mail Metrics: Lender and vendor due diligence services to Mail Metrics on its investment from MML and on the refinancing of its debt facilities.
  • Macquarie Asset Management: Financial due diligence on Macquarie Asset Management’s acquisition of Beacon Hospital.
  • Zartis: Financial vendor due diligence on Development Capital’s investment in Zartis.
  • Asteria Group, a Waterland portfolio company: Financial due diligence on Asteria Group’s acquisition of Label Craft.
  • Dairygold Health and Nutrition Limited: Financial due diligence on Dairygold Health and Nutrition’s acquisition of Vita Actives Limited.