Clearwater advises RWL Advanced Solutions on its sale to GCG

Transaction

RWL Advanced Solutions sold to GCG

Sell-side

Undisclosed

Role

Adviser to RWL Advanced Solutions on its sale to Genuine Cable Group

Sector

Industrial & Chemicals

Region

Ireland

Clearwater has advised RWL Advanced Solutions Limited (“RWL”), a leading value-added distributor of data cabling and network infrastructure solutions across Europe, on its sale to GCG, a leading value-added distributor of connectivity, automation and supply chain products and solutions in the US. GCG is owned by Audax Group (“Audax”), a leading private equity investor into US middle-market companies.

Founded in 2005, RWL has grown to become one the leading independent European distributors of data networking products, offering a full suite of solutions to companies in the data centre, telecoms, commercial, governmental and pharmaceutical industries. Headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, RWL has offices in the UK and the Netherlands and has expanded rapidly across Europe over the past 2 years.

RWL’s customer-centric proposition and broad technical expertise, combined with significant penetration and growth within the data centre, telecom, and data networking markets, has seen the company achieve significant growth to date. The partnership with GCG offers RWL the ability to scale upwards as the company targets increased market-share in the data centre, commercial and pharmaceutical markets across Europe and beyond.

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The depth and breadth of GCG’s offerings across its business areas will be extremely beneficial to RWL as we continue to grow and expand. With a common customer-first mentality, RWL joining GCG will be very smooth and allow us to quickly capitalise on the benefits for our customers and suppliers. I would like to thank John, Daniel, Chris, Matthew and the Clearwater team, who provided invaluable insight and guided us through every stage of the transaction, playing a crucial role in delivering a great result for all parties involved.
Robert Walsh, Co-Owner and Managing Director, RWL Advanced Solutions

We serve leading customers in dynamic, growing markets with evolving and more complex, global needs. Being a part of GCG will allow us to keep up with our customers’ growing needs, now and into the future. I would like to thank the Clearwater team for all of their help and hard work throughout the process. The Directors would like to thank the RWL team for their hard work on the journey to date and we’re looking forward to the next phase together with GCG.
Sean Kirby, Co-Owner and Sales Director, RWL Advanced Solutions

RWL and GCG are both customer-centric solutions providers. Being nimble and responsive to market demands has made RWL a success in Europe, and makes them a perfect fit for GCG. We are extremely excited about the combined organisation’s ability to even better service our customers and supplier partners globally.
Steve Maucieri, CEO, GCG

We are delighted to have advised Robert, Sean, and Kevin at RWL on its sale to GCG. RWL’s reputation as a market leading independent distributor of data cabling and network infrastructure solutions across Europe, coupled with its customer-first mentality, will no doubt lead to a successful partnership with GCG.
John Sheridan, Managing Partner, Clearwater