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Claire Grimes | Financial Advisory

Director - Transaction Services

+353 1 4172603 clgrimes@deloitte.ie

Claire is a Director with Deloitte Transaction Advisory and has over fifteen 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.).

Selected credentials include:

  • Asteria Group, a Waterland portfolio company (2022): Financial due diligence support on Asteria Group’s acquisition of Label Craft [TBC].
  • Aerodrome Propco Limited: Vendor due diligence on the sale of Aerodrome Propco to [TBC].
  • Elysian Capital (2022): Financial due diligence on Elysian’s acquisition of Fastway Couriers.
  • Ogier LLP (2022): Due diligence on the merger of Leman Solicitors with Ogier Legal LLP.
  • East Cork Oil (2022): Financial due diligence support on the acquisition of Atlantic Oil.
  • DomusVi (2022): Financial due diligence support on the acquisitions of Cairnhill Nursing Home and Elmgreen Nursing Home.
  • Aedifica (2022): Financial due diligence on Aedifica’s acquisition of a portfolio of three nursing home properties in Dundalk, Duleek and Riverstick.
  • Datalex plc (2021): Reporting accounting services to Datalex plc on its €25m fundraising and migration to Euronext Growth.
  • AIB (2021): Financial due diligence on the acquisition of Goodbody Stockbrokers.
  • Orpea Care Ireland (2021): Financial due diligence on Orpea Care Ireland’s acquisition of the FirstCare nursing home group.
  • DomusVi (2021): Financial due diligence support on DomusVi’s acquisition of the Trinity Care nursing home group, Drakelands House Nursing Home and Annabeg Nursing Home.

Healthcare

  • Aedifica (2022): Financial due diligence on Aedifica’s acquisition of a portfolio of three nursing home properties in the East and South of Ireland.
  • Orpea Care Ireland (2021): Financial due diligence on Orpea Care Ireland’s acquisition of the FirstCare nursing home group.
  • Aedifica (2021): Financial due diligence on Aedifica’s acquisition of a portfolio of four nursing home properties in the South-East of Ireland.
  • DomusVi (2021): Financial and tax due diligence support on DomusVi’s acquisition of the Trinity Care nursing home group. We subsequently provide due diligence support on the acquisition of :
  1. Drakelands House Nursing Home (2021);
  2. Annabeg Nursing Home (2021)
  3. Elm Green Nursing Home (2022)
  4. Cairnhill Nursing Home (2022).
  • Sunrise Medical (2020): Financial and tax due diligence support on Sunrise Medical’s acquisition of James Leckey Design Limited.
  • Cardinal Capital Group (2020): Financial and tax due diligence support on the acquisition of the Mowlam Healthcare group.
  • BGF (2018): Financial due diligence on BGF’s €10m investment in Brindley Healthcare.

Reporting accountant:

  • Datalex plc (2021): Reporting accounting services to Datalex plc on its €25m fundraising and migration to Euronext Growth.
  • T Stamp Inc. (2020): Reporting Accountant to Trust Stamp on its admission to the Euronext Growth Dublin market.
  • Allied Irish Bank plc (2017): Due diligence as Reporting Accountant on AIB’s IPO.
  • Kenmare Resources plc (2016): Reporting Accountant to Kenmare Resources plc on its US$275m capital raise and capital restructuring via a cornerstone placing, firm placing and placing and open offer on the Irish and London Stock Exchanges.

Real Estate:

  • Aerodrome Propco Limited (2022): Vendor due diligence on the sale of Aerpdrome Propco to [TBC].
  • Aedifica (2022): Financial due diligence on Aedifica’s acquisition of a portfolio of three nursing home properties in the East and South of Ireland.
  • Aedifica (2021): Financial due diligence on Aedifica’s acquisition of a portfolio of four nursing home properties in the South-East of Ireland.
VDD:
  • Aerodrome Propco Limited (2022): Vendor due diligence on the sale of Aerodrome Propco to [TBC].
  • Mergon (2018): Provided Vendor Due Diligence to Mergon Group Limited prior to its sale to Elysian Capital.
  • Rothco (2017): Vendor due diligence on the disposal of Rothco, an Irish creative agency, to Accenture Interactive.