Walter Helm Overview

  • Primary Position
  • Managing Partner

  • Primary Industry
  • Healthcare

Walter Helm General Information

Biography

Mr. Walter Helm serves as Managing Partner at Clairfield International. Walter Jackson "Jack" Helm has been advising crossborder corporate finance and mergers & acquisitions for over thirty years. Educated in both the US and Germany, Jack was trained at Citibank and Lehman Brothers in New York and relocated to Frankfurt in 1988 to open Lehman Brothers' new German corporate finance practice. With an interest in the life sciences, he has closed numerous transactions primarily in the chemicals and healthcare sector as well as diversified industrial segments. In 1996 he became managing director and country head of the mergers & acquisitions specialty investment bank Wasserstein Perella. Upon the acquisition of Wasserstein Perella by Dresdner Bank in 2001, Jack returned to his native Virginia to pursue venture capital opportunities. He reentered the German advisory business in 2011. Jack has a bachelor's degree from the University of Virginia and a masters in international business from Georgetown University.

Contact Information

Primary Position
Managing Partner, Clairfield International
Education
Georgetown University, Master's
University of Virginia, Bachelor's
Gender
Male
Email
wj
Phone
+49 069
Address
  • Mainzer Landstrasse 33a
  • 60329 Frankfurt
  • Germany
+49 069

Walter Helm Positions (1)

Firm name Firm type Title Location Industry Since
Clairfield International Service Provider Managing Partner Geneva, Switzerland Financing Advisory

Walter Helm Lead Partner on Deals (5)

Walter Helm has been the lead partner on 5 deals. Their latest deal was with Life Extension Europe, a pharmaceuticals company. The deal was made on 08-May-2023.

Company Deal Date Deal Type Deal Size Deal Status Industry Location
Life Extension Europe 08-May-2023 Corporate Completed Pharmaceuticals Copenhagen, Denmark
Pluradent 12-Jul-2022 Completed Distributors (Healthcare) Offenbach, Germany
Pluradent 04-Jun-2020 Completed Distributors (Healthcare) Offenbach, Germany
Gesellschaft für Labortechnik 14-Dec-2018 Merger/Acquisition Completed Medical Supplies Burgwedel, Germany
Noah Precision 20-Sep-2014 Merger/Acquisition Completed Machinery (B2B) Vancouver, WA

Walter Helm Network (16)

Portfolio Executives (16)

Name Company Role Deal date Location
Gitte Friis Life Extension Europe Owner & Director, Human Resources 08-May-2023 Copenhagen, Denmark
Brian Friis Life Extension Europe Chief Executive Officer & Board Member 08-May-2023 Copenhagen, Denmark
Pluradent Managing Director 12-Jul-2022 Offenbach, Germany
Gesellschaft für Labortechnik Co-Founder 14-Dec-2018 Burgwedel, Germany
Gesellschaft für Labortechnik Managing Director 14-Dec-2018 Burgwedel, Germany

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