Mergers & Acquisitions

We provide you with comprehensive support throughout the entire process of an M&A transaction.

  1. Acquisition of Companies, Parts of Companies or Equity Stakes

  1. Sale of Companies, Parts of Companies or Equity Stakes

  2. Mergers/Joint Ventures

  3. MBO/MBI

  4. Carve-Outs

  5. Special Situations

  • Identification, analysis and approach of potential targets or buyers
  • Preparation of company or project valuations
  • Development of integrated and flexible financial planning
  • Advice on transaction structure and process
  • Coordination and management of the transaction process
  • Preparation of transaction documents (e.g. information memorandum)
  • Preparation and support of management meetings and due diligence processes (incl. data room management)
  • Support in term sheet and contract negotiations
  • Optional: provision of support on all financing issues that may arise in the course of M&A transactions

Your contacts

Sebastian Bauch

MANAGING DIRECTOR/CO-FOUNDER

Sebastian Bauch is Managing Director at ARGONAS und has more than 15 years of experience in Corporate Finance Advisory und Consulting. 

At ARGONAS, Sebastian leads M&A and financing projects across a broad spectrum of industries, sectors and company situations. Sebastian’s focus areas are the sectors Software / Technology, Healthcare and Retail / E-Commerce as well as the support of growth businesses. 

Selected transaction references comprise inter alia the sale of Nissen & Velten Software to Main Capital as well as the buyout financing of Italpresse for Auctus Capital Partners. 

Prior to co-founding ARGONAS, Sebastian worked for IEG – Investment Banking in Berlin between 2006 and 2011, where he advised midmarket companies as well as multinational corporations on midmarket M&A transactions in Germany, Eastern Europe, Turkey and India. Sebastian previously also worked at BearingPoint in Frankfurt and KPMG in Hanover. 

Sebastian holds a degree in business administration from Humboldt-University Berlin.

Christian Berkhoff

Managing Partner/Co-Founder

Christian Berkhoff is Managing Partner at ARGONAS und has more than 20 years of experience in Corporate Finance Advisory und Investment Banking. 

At ARGONAS, Christian leads M&A and financing projects across a broad spectrum of industries, sectors and company situations. Christian’s focus areas are businesses in the Industrial & Automotive and Business Services space as well as complex financing solutions and M&A situations. 

Selected transaction references comprise inter alia the sale of the Siemens subsidiary Symeo to US-listed Analog Devices, the sale of Tecno Plast to Swedish Indutrade Group in the context of a succession solution, the carve-out and sale of a business segment for the international Auria Solutions Group as well as multiple financing and M&A projects for Feuer powertrain. 

Prior to co-founding ARGONAS, Christian inter alia worked for J.P. Morgan in London and Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein in Frankfurt, where he predominantly advised multinational corporations and large midmarket companies on structured debt and hybrid capital solutions.

Christian holds a degree in business administration from Goethe-University Frankfurt and a Masters in Finance degree from London Business School.

 

 

Mergers & Acquisitions: selected references

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