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Clearwater advises Brand Institute Group on the sale to MS2 Invest

Transaction

Brand Institute Group on its sale to MS2 Invest

Sell-side

Undisclosed

Role

Adviser to Brand Institute Group on its sale to MS2 Invest

Sector

Business Services

Region

Denmark

We have advised Brand Institute Group, a leading creative brand consultancy, which owns and operates, among others, the largest modelling agency in Northern Europe, Le Management, on the sale to the investment company MS2 Invest. 

Brand Institute Group comprises Le Management, the largest Nordic and one of the world’s leading talent and modelling agencies, founded by Jannick Lindberg and Martin Lyne in 2010, representing more than 1,500 talents, models, and influencers. With offices in Aarhus, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Oslo, and Hamburg, over 100 employees service clients worldwide. Brand Institute Group has developed a visionary and effective platform that, in addition to its talent and modelling services, also creates global brands in collaboration with leading artists, the latest being the high-end jewellery brand Lié Studio. Additionally, Brand Institute Group includes the PR agency Hood Agency and the influencer management agency Le Management Society. 

MS2 Invest is a Danish investment company that invests in Danish growth businesses, entering as an active partner alongside management. In the new partnership, Jannick Lindberg and Martin Lyne will continue to develop Brand Institute Group, further strengthening Le Management’s leading market position within talent and modelling services as well as developing new collaborations and brands. 

Le Management people

Selling your life’s work and your ‘first child’, as our business is to us, is both a long process and a crazy journey. I can already feel that our previous fear of ‘sharing’ it with someone has now completely disappeared, replaced by a great sense of relief. With our new partners, we can now meet at the office in the morning, just as we always have, while being part of a competent group where tasks can be delegated among us, and this will be very healthy for our business. In such a sales process, it is essential to have an adviser you trust implicitly, someone who helps you make the right decisions – an ally, so to speak. We have experienced all of that and more in our collaboration with our professional team at Clearwater.

Jannick Lindberg, CEO and Co-founder, Le Management

Le Management is built on one of the most innovative business models I have ever worked with. It has been fascinating to follow a business that has turned ‘the normal way’ upside down in a somewhat traditional business and positioned itself as the leading modelling agency in the Nordics. I wish the owners all the best going forward, and I am sure that they will continue the impressive growth and build a range of new high-end brands.

Jesper Agerholm, Partner, Clearwater

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