Metzler Corporate Finance

We are “the” independent German M&A advisor – pro-active, highly experienced and focused solely on your best interest – and can lead your domestic and international transactions to full success. You can benefit from our bundled excellence in every respect – from idea development to best-in-class execution – characterized by commitment, genuine enthusiasm for M&A and by Metzler’s unique value culture.

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Mergers & Acquisitions

Benefit from our comprehensive know-how and long-standing transaction experience across the entire M&A spectrum: sell-side and buy-side advisory, mergers, carve-outs, leveraged buy-outs and privatizations.

In a sell-side process, our clients rely on our excellence and experience in handling key success factors, e.g.:

Selection and presentation of targeted information to investors
Development of the best equity story and anticipation of critical issues
Design and organization of tailor-made, competitive sell-side processes
Definition of key success criteria for buyer selection

In a buy-side process, our unique network is a differentiating success factor. We have excellent access to all relevant companies, decision makers and other important stakeholders. Thus we can help you position yourself and your company as the most suitable buyer and incorporate the goals of the seller into your considerations.

Reorganization of shareholder structures

In succession situations or when a realignment of shareholder structures becomes necessary, we develop flexible concepts tailored to your specific needs.

As a successfully managed private bank with an unbroken tradition of family ownership in the twelfth generation, advising family businesses has always been one of Metzler’s core strengths.

Therefore, we can offer an exceptionally profound understanding of:

Heterogeneous ownership structures
Specific family topics and decision-making processes
Complex situations and relationships
Potential conflicts of interest within owner families

Public transactions

For public transactions, we combine our excellent understanding of the capital markets with the respectively applicable regulatory requirements and the relevant process know-how for:

Public takeovers
Acquiring, building up or selling stakes in listed companies
Defense against hostile takeover bids.

Furthermore, we utilize the bank’s capital market know-how and settlement expertise.

You can rely on our extensive transaction experience as a long-standing M&A specialist. We work in a variety of different sectors with particular focus on the Automotive, Industrial, Technology, Consumer & Distribution, Financial Services and Business Services sectors.

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The shareholders of Neureichenau, Germany sold 100 percent of the shares to Freising, Germany. We advised the sellers.

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The shareholders of

Neureichenau, Germany sold 100 percent of the shares to

Freising, Germany.

We advised the sellers.

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Nürnberger Lebensversicherung AGNuremberg, Germany sold 100 percent of the shares in Nürnberger Pensionsfonds AGNuremberg, Germany to Frankfurt/Main, Germany We advised the buyer. – Pending –

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Nürnberger Nürnberger Lebensversicherung AGNuremberg, Germany sold 100 percent of the shares in

Nürnberger Pensionsfonds AGNuremberg, Germany to

Metzler Pension Management Frankfurt/Main, Germany

We advised the buyer.

– Pending –

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The Shareholders of ConMoto Strategie & Realisierung GmbHMunich, Germany sold 100 percent of the shares to Horn & Company Group GmbHDüsseldorf, Germany a portfolio company of Waterland Private Equity GmbHMunich, Germany. We advised the sellers.

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