Success stories that speak for themselves.
Many successful entrepreneurs placed their trust in me and allowed me to support them through the change of ownership of their company. A selection of my references can be found here.
Financial Services / Insurance broker
Advised Hoesch Group AG and its private shareholders on the sale of Hoesch & Partner GmbH to Global Service GmbH (Global Group).
Consumer Goods & Food & Beverages
Advised the Breuer shareholders on the sale of family business Georg Breuer GmbH to the listed DKSH Group as part of a succession solution.
Industrial goods / Shop fittings and fixtures
Initiation of the acquisition of a majority stake in ZOK System (Czech Republic) by Nordwest Industrie Group GmbH in an exclusive acquisition process.
Industrial goods / Measurement technology
Advised Dr. Engelhardt, Kaupp, Kiefer & Co. on the sale of ASE GmbH to JuHo GmbH, a company of the Ritter Group.
Consumer Goods / Furniture
Advised Wellemöbel GmbH on an equity capital increase in the course of the insolvency under self-administration.
Business Services / Food & Beverages
Advised Kaffee Partner Holding GmbH, a portfolio company of Swiss private equity firms Capvis and Partners Group, on a 80 mln Euro refinancing transaction (Deal 5 of 5).
Business Services / Consultancy
Initiation and execution of the merger between M&A International GmbH and Angermann M&A International GmbH.
Financial Services / Asset Management
Advised Spiekermann & CO AG on the entry of Horus Vermögensverwaltungs GmbH & Co. KG (family office of Lutz Helmig) as a new anchor shareholder (77.9%).
Healthcare / Mail Order
Advised the private shareholder of Ascopharm GmbH and Revomed GmbH on the sale to Adiuva Capital with lead investor Heinrich Bauer Verlag KG.
Business Services / Equipment Rental
Advised the family shareholders of Theisen Baumaschinen AG on the sale of the company to publicly listed Cramo plc (Finland).
Business Services / Food & Beverages
Advised the family shareholders of Kaffee Partner on the sale of a majority shareholding to Capvis and Partners Group (Switzerland) in the course of a tertiary buyout (deal 4 of 5).
Industrial Goods / Solar Technology
Advised Dr. Engelhardt, Kaupp, Kiefer UB and Scheuerle Vermögensverwaltung on strategic options for Solutronic AG prior to its IPO on the Entry Standard of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
Business Services / Energy Trading
Advised private equity firms BAF and KST on the sale of 75.1% of the shares in listed Rhein-Ruhr Energie AG to Kofler Energies Aktiengesellschaft.
Business Services / Energy Trading
Advised private equity firms BAF and KST on the acquisition of 51.24% of the shares in listed Rhein-Ruhr Energie AG from Corporate Finance Unternehmensberatung GmbH.
Business Services / Call Center
Advised the shareholders of Alex & Gross Communications GmbH (Founders, EKKUB) on the sale of the company to Tectum Group, a portfolio company of private equity firm Quadriga Capital.
Consumer Goods / Furniture
Advised the family shareholders of Erpo Möbelwerke GmbH on the sale of the company to private equity firm Afinum in a MBO transaction with management taking a minority stake.
Construction Chemistry / Sport and Leisure Surfaces
Advised the private shareholders of Advanced Polymer Technology Corp. (USA) on the sale to Sport Group, a portfolio company of Industri Kapital.
Construction / Fittings
Advised family-owned Zechbau Holding GmbH on the sale of non-core business Geniatec GmbH to family-owned gb Meesenburg OHG.
Construction chemistry / Sport and Leisure Surfaces
Advised the private shareholders of Sports Technology International (Hong Kong) on the sale to Sport Group, a portfolio company of private equity firm Industri Kapital.
Industrial Goods / Automotive
Advised the shareholders of HDE Solutions GmbH (Business Angel Fondsverwaltung, KdV, Nordholding, Management) on the sale of the company to Fischer Holding GmbH.
Consumer Goods / Furniture
Advised the family company Welle Holding and the management of Paidi Möbel GmbH on the sale of a minority stake in Paidi Möbel to DZ Equity Partner.
Business Services / Consultancy
Acquisition of M&A International GmbH in an MBI/MBO transaction and transfer of the activities of Gollnick Corporate Finance to M&A International GmbH.
Business Services / Food & Beverages
Advised Kaffee Partner Holding GmbH on the acquisition of i-Punkt GmbH and the partial reinvestment of seller into Kaffee Partner Holding (Deal 3 of 5).
Consumer Goods / Furniture
Advised Capvis Equity Partners AG (Switzerland) on the acquisition of Sede AG (Switzerland) in an LBO transaction with reinvestment of sellers.
Chemistry / Healthcare
Advised family-owned Lohmann GmbH & Co. KG on the sale of its shareholding in LTS Lohmann Therapie-Systeme AG to investment companies of the Hopp family.
Chemistry / Healthcare
Advised various private shareholders of LTS Lohmann Therapie-Systeme AG on the sale of shares to the shareholder Novartis AG (Switzerland).
Business Services / Food & Beverages
Advised the shareholders of Kaffee Partner (Founders, Bridgepoint Capital) on the sale to Odewald & Compagnie in a secondary buy-out transaction (Deal 2 of 5).
Industrial Goods / Automotive
Advised family company Bürger AG on the sale of Rhodius Group to private equity firm Nordholding in an MBO transaction.
Consumer Goods / Furniture
Advised family-owned Welle Holding AG + Co. and the trustee Streitbörger Speckmann on the restructuring of Paidi Möbel GmbH with management becoming minority shareholders.
Real Estate
Advised Agiv Real Estate on the reorganization of its shareholder structure through a reallocation of Agiv Real Estate shares from ING BHF-Bank to private investors.
Business Services / Food & Beverages
Advised the founding shareholders of Kaffee Partner on the sale of the company to Bridgepoint capital in an LBO transaction with significant reinvestment of the founders (Deal 1 of 5).
Healthcare / Dental labs
Advised Flemming Dental AG, a portfolio company of Capiton AG, on the entry of CMP Capital Management Partners as a new shareholder through a capital increase.
Construction / Doors & Frames
Advised the private shareholders of Garant Türen- und Zargen Produktions- und Handelsgesellschaft on the sale of their company to Doorwin B.V. (Netherlands).
Industrial Goods / Retail Shopping Trolleys
Advised private equity firm BayBG on the sale of its shareholding in Brüder Siegel GmbH + Co. KG to Quest Capital Beteiligungs Ges.m.b.H. (Austria).
Media / Publishing House
Advised Könemann Verlagsgesellschaft mbH on the entry of Langenscheidt publishing group and IKB Beteiligungs-gesellschaft as new shareholders.
Industrial Goods / Mechanical Engineering
Advised family-owned Amman Group (Switzerland) on the sale of Dr.-Ing. G. Soltau GmbH to the shareholders of Wirth Maschinen- und Bohrgeräte-Fabrik GmbH.
Industrial Goods / Mechanical Engineering
Advised AGIV AG (subsidiary of BHF-Bank) on the sale of Andritz (Austria) to a consortium of private equity firms (Carlyle, Deutsche Beteiligungs AG, Unternehmens Invest AG) and management.
Consumer Goods / Food & Beverages
Advised Zuckerraffinerie Tangermünde Fr. Meyers Sohn GmbH on the acquisition of Theodor Kattus GmbH from Vlasic Foods International Inc. (USA).
Consumer Goods / Furniture
Advised family-owned Welle Holding AG + Co. on the sale of Rolf Benz AG to family-owned Hülsta-Werke Hüls GmbH & Co.
Business Services / Management Consulting
Advised Lufthansa Consulting GmbH on its strategic realignment and initiated the acquisition of ETC Transport Consultants GmbH by Lufthansa Consulting (75.1 %) and Deutsche Bahn AG (24.9 %).
Business Services / Energy
Advised KWR Kraftübertragungswerke Rheinfelden AG on a company valuation of EnBW AG and the sale of its shareholding in EnBW to EnBW in the course of its share buyback program.
Industrial Goods / Automotive
Advised Rapid S.A. (France) on the acquisition of K.K.P. Konstruktive Kunststoff-Produkte GmbH & Co. KG from the company founder.
Healthcare / Consulting
Advised the private shareholders of DGGL Deutsche Gesellschaft für Gesundes Leben mbH on the sale of their company to Charterhouse Development Capital
Technology / Software
Advised the private shareholders of IXOS Software AG prior to the IPO with dual listing (Neuer Markt, Nasdaq) and ensuring BHF-Bank a position in the consortium.
Chemicals / Sport & Cable Compounds
Advised the private owner of Melos Carl Bösch GmbH & Co. KG on the sale of his company to M.A. Hanna Company (USA) in the course of a succession arrangement.
Business Services / Holding Company
Advised one of the two shareholder groups of Hermann Voith Beteiligungen GmbH on the reorganization of the shareholder structure of the company by sale to the other shareholder group.
Industrial Goods / Electrical Engineering
Advised the shareholders of Lindner GmbH (BayBG, Siemens, Lindner family) on the sale of the company to Gould Electronics Inc. (USA).
Industrial Goods / Packaging
Advised the private shareholders of Kramp & Comp GmbH & Co. KG on the sale of their company to a private investor.
Financial Services / M&A Division
Execution of the merger of the m&a activities of IKB Deutsche Industriebank and BHF-Bank at BHF Bank with integration of the subsidiary Frankfurt Consult into BHF Bank.
Consumer Goods / Food & Beverages
Advised the private shareholders of Heimfrost Schumacher GmbH & Co. on the sale of their company to MZO Oldenburger Botterbloom Milch eG.
Industrial Goods / Measurement and Control Technology
Advised Dr. Johannes Heidenhain GmbH on the purchase of major asstes of Grossenbacher Elektronik and the acquisition of Anilam Group from Grossenbacher Holding AG (Switzerland).
Financial Institutions / Private Equity
Advised on the reorganization of the shareholder structure of Hannover Finanz with M.M. Warburg & Co. acquiring a minority shareholding from Hannover Rück.
Construction Industry
Advised the Treuhandanstalt (German Trust Agency) on the privatization of Ostsächsische Baugesellschaft via sale to Olympia Bau Union, a subsidiary of SGE Société Générale d´Entreprises (France).
Consumer Goods / Food & Beverages
Advised Awint S.A.S. of Prince Windisch-Graetz (Italy) on the acquisition of D. Lazzaroni & C. S.p.A. (Italy) from Campell Soup Company (USA).
Consumer Goods / Household Appliances
Advised a group of major shareholders of Robert Krups GmbH & Co. KG on the sale of their shareholding to Moulinex S.A. (France).
Construction Industry
Advised Philipp Holzmann AG on the increase of its shareholding in Nord France S.A. (France) from a minority stake to a majority stake.