Nicholas Clemens
Nicholas Clemens

Nicholas Clemens

Head of the Business Services M&A Advisory

Nicholas (Nick) Clemens is a managing director in the M&A Advisory group and Head of the Business Services M&A Practice. He has more than 17 years of corporate finance experience originating and executing mergers and acquisitions, exclusive sales and divestitures, private placements, and recapitalization transactions. At Kroll, Nick is responsible for marketing the firm’s services and executing M&A transactions, with a focus on working with privately-owned companies and financial-sponsor backed businesses.

Prior to joining the firm, Nick was with ABN AMRO Financial Services, Inc., a middle-market investment bank, where he focused on sell-side, buy-side and capital raising transactions primarily for private, middle-market companies operating in a variety of industries.

Nick has experience working with private companies, portfolio companies of private equity groups and publicly traded businesses across a broad array of industries, including marketing and media services, professional services, specialty consulting services, engineering and environmental services, telecom and infrastructure services, tech-enabled business services, industrial services, financial services, distribution, and education and training.

Nick received an MBA from the University of North Carolina's Kenan-Flagler Business School and a B.S. in management from Purdue University. He is an active member and on the board of the Charlotte Chapter of the Association for Corporate Growth. Nick holds FINRA Series 7 and 63 licenses.


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Corporate Finance and Restructuring

M&A advisory, restructuring and insolvency, debt advisory, strategic alternatives, transaction diligence and independent financial opinions.

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Advisory

Kroll’s investment banking practice has extensive experience in M&A deal strategy and structuring, capital raising, transaction advisory services and financial sponsor coverage. Duff & Phelps acquired Kroll in 2018 and unified under the Kroll brand in 2020.

Business Services Investment Banking

Business services expertise for middle-market M&A transactions. In 2018, Duff & Phelps acquired Kroll and unified under the Kroll brand in 2020.

Financial Sponsors Group

Dedicated coverage and access to M&A deal-flow for financial sponsors. In 2018, Duff & Phelps acquired Kroll and unified under the Kroll brand in 2020.

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