M&A
Advisory

Transactions need a secure foundation. Crucial to both buyers and sellers: taking prompt, targeted action and having a direct line to decision makers.

IDENTIFY, CONTACT,
BUY

With over 200 international sell-side and buy-side transactions totalling in excess of 25 billion euros, goetzpartners is one of the most successful mid-market M&A firms. We leverage our sector expertise, network of contacts and many years of M&A experience into creating value for buy-side stakeholders. Alongside carving out the best possible position for buyers in the transaction process, goetzpartners services include efficient process execution, strategic valuation analysis, advice on financing, and support and coordination through the entire buy-side process.

Our expertise for buy-side transactions:

Strong market and industry expertise, including deep-dive market analysis
Identification of suitable target companies as per investment criteria
Development of a targeted communication and positioning strategy
Advice on carve-out transactions, also international transactions
Support with coordination of due diligence providers, with preparation of business plans and company valuations
Advice on acquisition and refinancing, including modeling

OUR SECTOR EXPERTISE

GAIN THE
OPTIMUM

goetzpartners represents the interests of companies from all key industries all over the world. With over twenty years of experience, we think like entrepreneurs and have direct access to the decision makers that matter – all this and more forms the basis for our extraordinary success. goetzpartners has talented people with years of expertise in every element of the process – from bilateral talks to vendor-optimized auctioning. The outcome: we can provide our clients with definite advantage in sell-side transactions that serve to optimize value or ensure long-term security, even in challenging situations.

Our expertise for sell-side transactions:

Best possible tactical preparation and execution of the sales process
Prompt preparation of documents and coordination of vendor due diligence advisers
In-depth sector expertise ensures potential buyers are identified quickly
Wide range of investors can be approached owing to international presence and strong network of contacts
Optimization of financial and structural terms of sale
Extensive expertise in carve-outs, especially for complex, international structures
goetzpartners approaches potential financial backers though “lender education” and obtains term sheets

OUR SECTOR EXPERTISE

PERFECT
MATCHMAKING

goetzpartners has many years of experience in preparing, initiating and executing mergers and Joint Ventures. We know how stakeholders need to design the strategy, business model and organization of their JV in order to derive maximum value. Our customers have an experienced partner at their side to navigate and resolve the challenging issues of governance, leadership and risk. Each joint venture has to be crafted such that the objectives of its stakeholders are met. This takes relevant technical expertise – but also familiarity with the sector in which the venture will be operating.

Our expertise for Joint Ventures:

Independent advisory for all types of planned Joint Ventures
Joint Ventures initiation and execution
Performance-optimized design of each Joint Ventures
Specialist knowledge in all key areas, including valuation, advice on corporate governance and structuring

OUR SECTOR EXPERTISE

With the holistic approach, goetzpartners succeeded in highlighting the excellent strategic fit for the transaction within a very short time. This enabled us to achieve a highly attractive result.

Kai Roolf
Partner
Afinum Management GmbH

Client Case

goetzpartners advised Afinum, one of the leading medium-sized investment companies in the German-speaking market, as an M&A and commercial advisor. The investment company planned to divest the Garz & Fricke Group to SECO, an Italian embedded computing company. Thus, the objective was to outline a possible equity story, specifically independent growth options and synergy potentials with SECO.

Our Corporate Finance and Management Consulting teams worked closely together to quickly realise a commercial vendor due diligence and a business plan.

Thanks to the combined approach, goetzpartners was able to highlight the excellent strategic fit between the two companies in just two months, achieving an outstanding result and an attractive purchase price for its client.

Latest Transactions

Aug 2023

(value not disclosed)

goetzpartners advised DUBAG Group on the
ACQUISITION FINANCING
for the acquisition of Emitec, the catalysts and filters business of Vitesco Technologies AG
Jul 2023

(value not disclosed)

goetzpartners advised Equivia on the
REFINANCING
of World Host Group GmbH and the set-up of an acquisition facility for future add-ons
Jul 2023

(value not disclosed)

goetzpartners advised Software Partners Group on the
ACQUISITION FINANCING
for the acquisition of Desk Software & Consulting and isales
Jun 2023

(value not disclosed)

goetzpartners advised Ronal Group on the
ACQUISITION & CDD
of Kudos Shower Products Limited
Apr 2023

€ 15.000.000

goetzpartners advsied Smart Reporting GmbH on its
FINANCING
from the European Investment Bank (EIB)
Feb 2023

(value not disclosed)

goetzpartners advised the insolvency administrator Dr. Frank Kebekus on the
SALE
of Oschatz Energy and Environment GmbH to Deurotech Group
Feb 2023

(value not disclosed)

goetzpartners advised the insolvency administrator Dr. Frank Kebekus on the
SALE
of Oschatz Bohemia s.r.o. to the existing management and Martin GmbH für Umwelt- und Energietechnik
Jan 2023

(value not disclosed)

goetzpartners advised 4D Global Energy Investments on the
SALE
of Rosehope Limited to a private investor
Dec 2022

(value not disclosed)

goetzpartners advised Deutsche Invest Capital Solutions with a
CDD & ACQUISITION FINANCING
on the acquisition of GLOBOGATE concept AG
Dec 2022

(value not disclosed)

goetzpartners advised PINOVA Capital and Dr. Andreas Seidl on the
SALE
of Assyst Group to Style3D
Dec 2022

(value not disclosed)

goetzpartners advised Wirelane GmbH on the
FINANCING
of the mass roll-out electric vehicle charging stations across Germany
Dec 2022

(value not disclosed)

goetzpartners advised CSS AG, a portfolio company of Carlyle, on the
ACQUISITION
of evidanza AG
Dec 2022

(value not disclosed)

goetzpartners advised GoStudent GmbH on the
ACQUISITION
of the Studienkreis GmbH
Dec 2022

(value not disclosed)

goetzpartners advised Cygna Labs Group, a portfolio company of INVISION and VR Equitypartner, on the
ACQUISITION
of NCC Group's DDI business division
Nov 2022

(value not disclosed)

goetzpartners advised Treïs on the
SALE
of its stake in the Cycleenergy Holding GmbH to a consortium of Austrian investors

goetzpartners acted as exclusive debt advisor to DUBAG and successfully secured a highly attractive financing solution for the acquisition of EMITEC, a company focused on the manufacturing of catalysts and filters for various industries and residential buildings with a major footprint in the automotive industry, contributing to the purification of exhaust gases from internal combustion engines and chimneys with sites in Germany and India. The acquisition was made through DUBAG’s exclusively managed LEO II. fund.

goetzpartners advised Equivia and successfully secured an attractive financing solution for the refinancing of World Host Group (“WHG”, or the “Company”), a leading web hosting and domain name provider with a truly global customer base, including the arrangement of a very sizable and committed acquisition facility to support the global buy-and-build strategy of WHG.

goetzpartners advised Software Partners Group and secured a bespoke financing for the acquisition of Desk Software & Consulting (“Desk”) and isales, and the formation of Software Partners Group (“SPG” or the “Group”), an active consolidator of the German market for products and services in the areas of enterprise resource planning (“ERP”) and human resources (“HR”) for small- and medium-sized businesses.

goetzpartners was mandated as exclusive M&A and Commercial Due Diligence advisor by leading global wheels manufacturer RONAL AG (“RONAL Group”) and its 100% subsidiary SanSwiss AG (“SanSwiss”) on the acquisition of Kudos Shower Products Limited (“Kudos” or “Kudos Group”), a UK-based manufacturer of shower enclosures and trays.

goetzpartners successfully advised Smart Reporting GmbH, a German health-tech start-up to raise a venture debt loan of €15 million from European Investment Bank.

Oschatz Energy and Environment GmbH, a leading engineering specialist for incineration technologies, energy recovery and waste recycling in plant engineering filed for insolvency on October 5th, 2022. goetzpartners exclusively advised the creditors' committee and the insolvency administrator Dr. Frank Kebekus on the sale of Oschatz, via an asset deal to the newly founded Oschatz Power GmbH, a subsidiary of Deurotech Group. Another part of the advisory mandate was the sale of the Czech subsidiary Oschatz Bohemia s.r.o., by share deal to the existing management and Martin GmbH für Umwelt- und Energietechnik.

Oschatz Energy and Environment GmbH ("Oschatz"), a leading engineering specialist for incineration technologies, energy recovery and waste recycling in plant engineering filed for insolvency on October 5th, 2022. goetzpartners exclusively advised the creditors' committee and the insolvency administrator Dr. Frank Kebekus (Kebekus et Zimmermann) on the sale of Oschatz, via an asset deal to the newly founded Oschatz Power GmbH, a subsidiary of Deurotech Group. Another part of the advisory mandate was the sale of the Czech subsidiary Oschatz Bohemia s.r.o., by share deal to the existing management and Martin GmbH für Umwelt- und Energietechnik.

goetzpartners represented 4D Global Energy Investments plc, a Dublin based investment fund specialized in the energy sector, on the sale of Rosehope Limited, an Irish holding company owning the specialty gases businesses Settala Gas S.p.A. and Synthesis Chimica S.r.l. and participations in gas engineering company Tecnogas S.r.l. and a controlling interest in heating, ventilation and air condition (HVAC) business Systema S.p.A.

goetzpartners was mandated by DI Capital Solutions as debt advisor on the acquisition of GLOBOGATE concept AG.

goetzpartners was mandated as exclusive M&A advisor by PINOVA Capital and Dr. Andreas Seidl on the sale of Assyst Group, the market leader for fashion technology in Germany, Austria, Italy, and Switzerland, to Style3D, a leading digital solution provider in the global fashion industry.

goetzpartners advised Wirelane GmbH, a full-service provider for electric vehicle charging infrastructure (hardware and software) in the European market, on the financing of its Wirelane Enterprise Solution for the mass deployment of EV charging stations to large and strategic customers in the hospitality and real estate sector across Germany.

goetzpartners advised CSS AG, a portfolio company of Carlyle Europe Technology Partners, on the acquisition of evidanza AG, a leading software provider for integrated business intelligence, business planning, and middleware solutions.

goetzpartners and GP Bullhound together advised GoStudent GmbH, an EdTech unicorn headquartered in Vienna, on the acquisition of Germany-based Studienkreis GmbH from IK Partners.

The highly specialized software developer and leading provider of DDI, cloud security, and compliance technology Cygna Labs Group GmbH, a portfolio company of INVISION and VR Equitypartner, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire NCC Group’s DDI business.

A consortium of Austrian investors, including INVEST AG, Industrieliegenschaftenverwaltung AG, and, the management team has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the Cycleenergy Holding GmbH, a biomass energy group with sites in Austria and Germany, from Treïs in a transaction that supports sustainable and regional energy production in Austria.

VIEW ALL TRANSACTIONS

Ulrich Kinzel Managing Director
Corporate Finance
Head of Healthcare

Vaclav Matatko Managing Director
Corporate Finance

Christian Muthler Managing Director
Corporate Finance
Industrials & Automotive

Serge Prager Managing Director
Corporate Finance
Head of France

Dr. Jan-Hendrik Röver Managing Director
Corporate Finance
Energy & Utilities

Matthias Stötter Director
Corporate Finance
Industrials, Healthcare

Gerwin Weidl Managing Director
Corporate Finance
Industrials & Chemicals

Dr. Herbert Werle Managing Director
Corporate Finance
IT-Industry, Healthcare

Philipp Widmaier Managing Director
Corporate Finance
Head of Debt Advisory

Qing Xu Managing Director
Corporate Finance
Advanced manufacturing & Healthcare,
China-Euro Cross Border M&A

M&A Advisory

Transactions need a secure foundation. Crucial to both buyers and sellers: taking prompt, targeted action and having a direct line to decision makers.

IDENTIFY, CONTACT,BUY

GAIN THEOPTIMUM

PERFECTMATCHMAKING

Client Case

Latest Transactions

Contact

M&A
Advisory

IDENTIFY, CONTACT,
BUY

GAIN THE
OPTIMUM

PERFECT
MATCHMAKING