Member since 03/2014. Elected Chairman 04/2015. With 34 companies and 21 sales offices all over the world, the Hansgrohe Group is one of the few global players in the sanitation industry. Established in 1901, ownership rests with the US based Masco Corp. (68%) as well as the founding family (32%). During the 2022 financial year, the faucet mixer and shower specialist employed around 5,600 people and supplied its products in 143 countries, generating total sales of € 1,528 million and an operating result exceeding € 250 million.

Ringmetall is listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and a leading global specialist in the packaging industry. In the Industrial Packaging and Industrial Handling Divisions Ringmetall develops, produces and markets product solutions for applications in the chemical, petrochemical, petrochemical and pharmaceutical industries, the food industry and the logistics branch.The development and production of the individual system solutions takes place on twelve production sites in seven countries and on three continents. Through its subsidiaries, Ringmetall is now the world market leader for drum clamping rings with a market share of approximately 70 percent. Among the more than 800 employees there are predominantly engineers, machinists, as well as product and sales specialists with long-standing branch expertise. They generate sales of more than EUR 200 million per annum for the Ringmetall Group.

WINTERSTEIGER AG is an Austrian engineering and machine building specialist and has focused on technically sophisticated niche markets since its founding in 1953. The business fields of the company consist of: SEEDMECH (agricultural field research equipment) SPORTS (ski and bike services machinery and logistics) WOODTECH (wood processing machinery) and METALS (leveling technology). WINTERSTEIGER is the world leader in its SEEDMECH, SPORTS and WOODTECH divisions. In 2022 sales reached € 215 Mio.

Mergers & Acquisitions Advisory

Founded in 1965 as a subsidiary of the traditional Heinrich Otto spinning mills group, OKALUX has readily turned into one of the international market leaders for functional, innovative and design- oriented production of insulating glass.

ISIMAT excels in designing and manufacturing advanced printing machines for direct printing onto packaging containers. Print quality, reliability and productivity make ISIMAT’s printing machines the preferred choice in the global market of direct container printing. After the untimely passing away of the owner and managing director Peter Detzner, it was possible to stabilize Isimat through active involvement of the board, achieving record sales and earnings in 2016. With the sale of the shares to the Leonhard Kurz Group, a 5th generation worldwide leader in hot stamping and coating technology with over 4,900 employees as well as Isimat's partner in innovative technical solutions such as in-line foiling, the future of the company is now secure. We could once more demonstrate our strength of combining M&A and Corporate Governance excellence in transition periods. With the closing of the transaction the mandate has been fulfilled.

A leading, publicly listed (until 7/2014) manufacturer of tents and mobile space solutions for industrial clients and large events. Resigned the mandate following the delisting and subsequent sale of the company to the RAG foundation 02/2015.

ZEAL Network SE is a London based company, founded in Germany in 1999 as Tipp24 SE. In November 2014, the company was renamed in today's ZEAL Network SE. Its shares are listed on the Prime Standard of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and are included in the SDAX index. ZEAL is a holding company specialized in the area of online lottery and offering consumer facing lottery-based games as well as business to business solutions.

One of the first independent Mergers & Acquisitions advisory firms in Germany specializing on mid-market transactions.

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Mexican Private Equity group active in numerous Latin American countries.