Jack Ware

About Jack

Jack Ware FCA joined Hawsons in 2011 and is a Director within the Corporate Finance team. Jack specialises in delivering comprehensive deal advisory and transaction support services to a wide range of clients and external funders. Jack’s experience includes, acquisitions, disposals, business valuations, financial forecasting, management buy-outs and buy-ins (MBOs/MBIs), employee ownership trusts (EOTs), due diligence, and raising finance to support growth or acquisition strategies. 

Jack joined Hawsons in 2011 and following an initial period in audit and advisory, he has spent the majority of his career focused on corporate finance. After graduating with a First-Class Honours degree in Accounting & Finance from the University of Sheffield, Jack qualified as a Chartered Accountant before subsequently becoming a Fellow Chartered Accountant with the ICAEW. Jack also holds the ICAEW Corporate Finance (CF) qualification, demonstrating his expertise in corporate finance advisory.

Away from the office, Jack is a keen ice hockey player and follower of the Sheffield Steelers. When not on the ice he spends his downtime with his young family.

Notable Deals

• £14.2m sale of J M McGill Group (14-site pharmacy chain) to Mr Pickford’s Pharmacies (Connection Capital)
• £5m sale of Wilson Field (restructuring and debt advisory specialists) to FRP Advisory
• £4m investment in MRMK (specialist manufacturer of machine knives) by Foresight Group
• Sale of Wolstenholme Machine Knives (TGW) to Blue Wolf Capital (a New-York based PE Firm with $3.5b AUM)
• £10m sale of Rocksure Systems to Send For Help Group (Peoplesafe)
• Acqusition of International Syalons by Calsitherm Verwaltungs GmbH
• Acquisition and fund raise of the Crown Hotel (Bawtry), a luxury hotel and wedding venue
• Management Buyout of CTW Hardfacing funded by NatWest
• Sale of Bank Park Group to Intelli-Park (Palladian Investment Partners)
• Sale of Mentat Technology to Bedford Consulting (Keensight Capital)
• Sale of Denley Hydraulics to SCX Special Projects (Elysian Capital)
• Sale of Traffic Management Services to Chevron Traffic Management (Triton Partners)

Specialisms

• Business acquisitions
• Business disposals
• Due diligence
• Raising finance and re-financing
• Financial forecasting
• Business planning
• Employee Ownership Trusts

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