News-Kategorie: People

Munich/Mannheim — Since March, Dr. Burk­hard Weber (photo) has streng­the­ned the six-member part­ner group of IMAP M&A Consul­tants and will from now on be jointly respon­si­ble for advi­sing clients in the capi­tal goods sector. He has parti­cu­lar exper­tise in the fields of mecha­ni­cal and plant engi­nee­ring, the cons­truc­tion and buil­ding mate­ri­als indus­try, and the paper indus­try. Burk­hard Weber joins IMAP from the US invest­ment bank Raymond James, where he was Mana­ging Direc­tor respon­si­ble for the expan­sion of consul­ting in the capi­tal goods sector in German-spea­king count­ries. Prior to that, the doctor of busi­ness admi­nis­tra­tion spent almost seven years as Mana­ging Direc­tor for the inter­na­tio­nal M&A boutique Lincoln Inter­na­tio­nal in Frank­furt and New York. There he led nume­rous cross-border tran­sac­tions of German and Ameri­can compa­nies, among others advi­sing the German Würth Group as well as Bilfin­ger on tran­sac­tions in the US.

Previously, Burk­hard Weber was Mana­ging Direc­tor and co-part­ner of the German corpo­rate finance advi­sory subsi­diary of the British invest­ment bank Close Brot­hers. He star­ted his career in the tran­sac­tion busi­ness in 1996 at KPMG Corpo­rate Finance, where he was most recently a member of the German M&A manage­ment team for a time.

“We are deligh­ted to welcome a new colle­ague with such exten­sive exper­tise and diverse expe­ri­ence in cross-border tran­sac­tions to our circle of part­ners,” empha­si­zes Karl Fesen­meyer, CEO of IMAP Germany.

About IMAP
Foun­ded in 1973, IMAP is one of the oldest and largest Mergers & Acqui­si­ti­ons orga­niza­ti­ons in the world with offices in 35 count­ries. More than 400 M&A advi­sors in inter­na­tio­nal sector teams specia­lize in corpo­rate sales, cross-border acqui­si­ti­ons and stra­te­gic finan­cing issues. Its clients are prima­rily family-owned compa­nies from the midmar­ket, but also include large natio­nal and inter­na­tio­nal corpo­ra­ti­ons as well as finan­cial inves­tors, family offices and insti­tu­tio­nal inves­tors. World­wide, IMAP accom­pa­nies about 200 tran­sac­tions per year with a total volume of more than USD 12 billion.

Hamburg — Dr. Nils Koffka (55, photo) joins Allen & Overy ’s Hamburg office to head the German private equity prac­tice. The 55-year-old has spent his entire profes­sio­nal career at Fresh­fields Bruck­haus Derin­ger, and has been a part­ner since 1997.

He is one of the leading lawy­ers for advi­sing on billion-dollar private equity tran­sac­tions: With the move of Dr. Nils Koffka to Allen & Overy LLP, the law firm conti­nues to catch up with the market leaders in Germany. Nils Koffka joins the firm’s Hamburg office as a part­ner. Previously, he worked for Fresh­fields Bruck­haus Derin­ger, whose private equity prac­tice he played a key role in shaping over the years. Most recently, Nils Koffka confirmed his repu­ta­tion in the field of large cap tran­sac­tions by assis­ting BC Part­ners, which he has been leading for years, in connec­tion with the acqui­si­tion of Ceram­Tec (€2.6 billion) from Cinven. Other well-known names on his mandate list are Apollo or RHI.

The exact start date at Allen & Overy has not yet been determined.

Berlin — Osborne Clarke expands its Berlin office with a part­ner. As of Febru­ary, Robin Eyben (39) is trans­fer­ring from Morri­son Foers­ter. He worked there for three and a half years, most recently as a senior associate.

Eyben recently regu­larly advi­sed clients from the tech­no­logy, media and tele­com­mu­ni­ca­ti­ons indus­tries, prima­rily on finan­cings and tran­sac­tions. He also assis­ted start-ups from incep­tion to exit. After gradua­ting, he initi­ally joined Gibson Dunn & Crut­cher in Benno Schwarz’s team in Munich. Eyben joined Morri­son Foerster’s Berlin office about a year after it opened there.

Osborne Clarke had announ­ced that it would signi­fi­cantly expand its Berlin office. It was staf­fed for seve­ral years by an asso­ciate who was conside­red well-connec­ted in the VC market there. After his depar­ture, howe­ver, the capi­tal office — in compa­ri­son to Colo­gne and to some extent Munich — did not make much progress in VC. Eyben will now work prima­rily with Colo­gne-based VC part­ner Nico­las Gabrysch, who also spends a lot of time in Berlin. An asso­ciate will also be added in March.