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THE ART OF THE DEAL
A busy summer for Seneca Corporate Finance has seen the team
involved in a record number of deals. We caught up with the Head
of Seneca Corporate Finance, Gordon Lane, to find out more about
what lies behind this recent success.
The Seneca Corporate Finance
team have been in the news a lot
recently - it sounds like you have
had a busy summer?
Yes you could say that! What we
have seen recently is a flurry of
fantastic deals which actually
represents the culmination of a
lot of hard work by the team over
a number of months, and in some
cases years. We invest a lot of time
getting to know local businesses
and their owners and it's very
satisfying when all that time pays
off and we help deliver a transaction
that exceed our clients expectations.

Which deal would you say has
given you the most satisfaction?
They are all satisfying in their own
way and it is hard to single one
deal out, but clearly it has been
well publicised that the Clarke &
Clarke sale was a market leading
transaction. We first met Lee and
Emma Clarke back in 2014 and
have worked with them on a growth
strategy and exit plan since then. It
is extremely gratifying when all that
hard work pays off and we are able
to help deliver such a great outcome
for our clients. Lee and Emma have
built Clarke & Clarke over many
years into a first class business and
the result was richly deserved.

It's a bit of a cliché but there really
isn't a typical deal for us. We have
purposefully brought together
a team with a broad range of
skills and experience to enable
us to work alongside the wide
variety of businesses and deal

What plans does the Seneca
Corporate Finance team have for
the future?
It's an exciting time for the team
at the moment. The recent deals
have given us some great publicity,
there is a lot of interest in the wider
Seneca business and we have a
strong pipeline of future deals. We
are keen to keep this momentum
going and will continue with
our strategy of engaging with as
many businesses as possible to
understand how we might be able
to help them. Over the next couple
of years we expect to continue the
strong growth of our corporate
finance business and ensure that we
continue to be an important player
in the Northern deals market.
Thanks to Gordon for his time. For more
information regarding Seneca Corporate Finance,
please contact a member of the team on 01942
295 983. In the meantime, highlighted on the
following pages you will find details of two of the
team's recent successes, being the fundraise for
Rockar and the sale of Clarke & Clarke.

ONSIDE WINTER 2016 |

What does a typical deal look like
for you?

types that we see in the North.
This is best demonstrated by our
recently completed deals; the
sale of Clarke & Clarke to a PLC
trade buyer for up to £42.5m, a
£5m growth capital fundraise for
an innovative technology business
and the management buy-out of a
£70m brick supplier to a specialist
private equity buyer. This range of
experience of different businesses
and deal types gives us credibility
when we talk to clients, as well as
ensuring that no two days are ever
the same.

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