Consulting

Flexible and focused provision of expertise and resources for individual corporate finance projects.

  1. Analysis and Evaluation of Strategic Options

  2. Optimization and Support of internal Processes

  3. Establishment of neutral Information and Analysis Basis in the Context of Negotiations with other Stakeholders

  • Targeted consulting of management/owner on selected topics
  • “Quick Check” of Financial Profile
  • “Transaction Readiness” Assessment (Financing and/or M&A)
  • Integrated Financial Planning
  • Scenario Analysis
  • Project Structuring
  • Independent Business Review
  • Fairness Opinion
  • Reporting/Communication with Financing Partners and Investors
  • Individual Workshops

Our Consulting projects are mostly confidential and therefore undisclosed. If you have questions regarding our services in Consulting please do not hesitate to contact us directly.

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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.