S&W expands advisory business with agreement to acquire ClearViewIP

First established in 2007, ClearViewIP helps organisations generate value from their innovations through strategic management of their intangible assets. The London-based firm offers clients intellectual property (IP) strategy, operational, and transactional advisory services across a broad spectrum of market sectors. 

As part of the deal, two partners and 10 employees will join S&W’s advisory business from ClearViewIP. The ClearViewIP team comprises highly experienced IP professionals, with decades of experience in managing, protecting and commercialising innovation and ensuring best practise IP approaches are deployed to help clients win in the market.

The acquisition of ClearViewIP will complement the existing advisory services that S&W currently offers its clients including corporate finance, valuations, transaction services and forensic services, along with business tax, audit, consulting and business outsourcing services. 

Andrew Wilkes, CEO at S&W commented: “I’m delighted to welcome the team from ClearViewIP to S&W. ClearViewIP is a well-regarded and forward-thinking organisation with outstanding domestic and international growth potential. It is exactly the kind of high-quality firm we are looking to acquire as we accelerate our growth strategy in partnership with Apax Funds. 

“Broadening our range of complementary services is central to our vision of being the go-to professional services firm for dynamic businesses and private clients with complex needs. Our acquisition of ClearViewIP gives us the ability to respond to demand we are seeing for intellectual property advisory services and helps deepen our relationship with clients.”

John Rugman, head of advisory at S&W added: “In today’s fast-moving market, managing intellectual property is important for organisations to protect their innovations and deliver on their strategic objectives. ClearViewIP’s experienced team has a proven track record of helping organisations align strategies for intangible assets with business priorities. This deal enables S&W’s clients to access that expertise and maximise the value of their intellectual property investments.”  

Jon Calvert, partner at ClearViewIP added: “As ClearViewIP looks to continue its rapid expansion, S&W, with strong financial backing from Apax Funds, offered us a unique opportunity to scale quickly and rapidly build a team to meet the growing demand from our clients. As intangibles increasingly drive more value, the opportunity to embed our IP advisory services with an integrated advisory offering proved very compelling”.  

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Picture caption (l-r): Josue Ortiz-Ramirez (ClearViewIP), John Rugman (S&W) and Jon Calvert (ClearViewIP)