About me and my experience.

• Master in Business Administration, First State Exam in Law, Phd in Law (Scholarship of Konrad Adenauer Foundation).
• Started as a project manager at Hamburg-based private bank M.M. Warburg & CO.
• Management positions at IKB Deutsche Industriebank AG (Head of M&A, Managing Director), BHF-Bank AG (Head of M&A, Managing Director), Doertenbach & Co. GmbH (Managing Partner), M&A International GmbH (Managing Partner) and Oaklins Germany (Board Member, Partner).
• Gollnick Corporate Finance: an owner-managed advisory business with a flexible and passionate approach that ensures exceptional transaction results by working closely with company owners.

Corporate M&A transactions are my vocation and my passion. I advise successful entrepreneurs and family businesses with full commitment in order to find the right new owner for their lifework.

I am your guide and sparring partner ‘at eye level’ in all project phases up to the closing of the transaction. Excellence in preparation and execution will yield exceptional results for you. To date, numerous clients are grateful for my entrepreneurial advice and my focussed, proactive project management.

• 2024 Worldwide Financial Advisor Excellence Award – Corporate Finance Advisory Firm of the Year – Germany
• 2024 Worldwide Financial Advisor Continent Award – Corporate Finance Advisory Firm of the Year – Germany
• 2020 DealMakers Country Awards – Mergers & Acquisitions Leading Advisor – Germany
• 2019 Lawyers World Country Award – Best Corporate Finance Advisory Firm – Germany
• 2015 ACQ Global Awards – Gamechanger of the Year & Refinancing Deal of the Year – Germany
• 2014 Finance Monthly Top 100 International Advisor
• 2013 DealMakers Monthly Leading Advisor – Global Leading Advisors 100