Jeremy Thomas

WORK HISTORY

EDUCATION

ABOUT JEREMY THOMAS

Jeremy is a Chartered Accountant and has developed significant transaction experience having spent 10 years within Deloitte\'s M&A Advisory practice. Jeremy joined Clearwater in 2024 and is a Director in the Industrials team.Jeremy has extensive experience in Industrials including Automotive Services (contract hire, leasing, fleet management, mobility) and has also advised on a number of transactions in the Equipment Rental, Business Services, Training and Employability.Jeremy\'s experience covers a wide range of transaction types across multiple sectors, with a focus in both private equity and corporate M&A (buy and sell-side lead advisory).Selected transaction credentials:*Advised the shareholders of NRG Fleet on the sale of the business to Astatine Investment Partners (Apr-24)*Advised RCI Bank on their investment in Select Car Leasing and the formation of Select Lease by Mobilize (Nov-23)*Advised the shareholders of Reece Group on the disposal of Pearson Engineering and Responsive Engineering to Rafael Advanced Defence Systems (Sep-22)*Advised Aurelius on the acquisition of Ceramic Tile Distribution, a carve-out of Saint-Gobain (Apr-22)*Advised IDHL Group on the MBO backed by Bridgestone Development Capital (Mar-21)*Advised Palatine Private Equity on their investment in NRG Fleet Services (Sep-20)*Advised on the sale of a discount retailer to a private investor (Jan-20)*Advised Aurelius on the acquisition of BT Fleet, a carve-out of BT Group plc (Aug-19)*Advised the shareholders of AFI Up-lift on the sale of the business to Pricoa Capital (Aug-19)*Advised the shareholders of Prohire on the MBO backed by NorthEdge Capital (Apr-18)*Advised LDC on their investment in Pelsis Holdings (Aug-17)*Advised the shareholders of CVL on the sale of the business to Bridgepoint (Mar-17)*Advised Equistone Partners on its acquisition of T.O.M. Vehicle Rental (Dec-16)*Advised Shepherd Group on the disposal of Shepherd Engineering Services and Shepherd FM to Wates Group (Sep-15)*Advised the shareholders of Working Links on the sale of the business to Aurelius (Jun-15)*Advised Endless LLP on the sale of FMG to Redde plc (Apr-15)*Advised LDC on its acquisition of SSP Holdings (Dec-14)*Advised shareholders of A4e on the sale of the business to Staffline plc (Sep-14)Jeremy is passionate about developing strong and long lasting relationships with his clients, whilst using Clearwater\'s bountiful resource in providing the best solutions in order to achieve business needs.