Contributors

I strive to be a strong advocate for my clients and offer a fresh and creative perspective to financing situations that exceed expectations and provide the flexibility needed to grow their businesses.
Christine Tiseo
Managing Director & Global Head of Capital Advisory
ChicagoMeet Professionals with Complementary Expertise

I design strategies and offer solutions that fit the unique ambitions of each client I serve.
Brian Little
Managing Director
Los Angeles
I take a long-term approach to building relationships and understanding clients' businesses in order to provide timely and relevant advice.
Alex Masters
Managing Director & Co-Head of Consumer, Europe
London
I empower my clients to achieve positive outcomes in the dynamic digital consumer landscape, leveraging deep sector expertise and a trusted, hands-on approach.
Monika Nickl
Managing Director & Co-Head of Consumer, Europe
MunichRelated Perspectives

Food & Beverage transactions continue to close during unprecedented times
During times of market volatility, investors gravitate to the stable, recession-resistant qualities of the Food & Beverage sector. In the current environment, with in-home consumption up meaningfully, Food & Beverage… Read More

CNBC Squawk Box Feature | Should Amazon Buy Macy’s?
View original post from CNBC on June 30, 2020 here. As brick-and-mortar shops maintain over 80% of retail sales, e-commerce platforms are exploring opportunities to take a slice of that revenue.… Read More

Lincoln International Adds Three Healthcare Investment Banking Leaders
Lincoln International, a leading global investment banking advisory firm, today announced that three leaders specializing in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) advisory for the healthcare sector have joined the firm’s Frankfurt… Read More

Dirk-Oliver Löffler
Dirk co-heads Lincoln International’s Healthcare Group in Europe and leads the firm’s mergers and acquisitions (M&A) advisory efforts in that industry. He executes sell-side and buy-side M&A transactions for private… Read More

Jens Gerlach
Jens provides mergers and acquisitions (M&A) advisory to clients across the entire healthcare spectrum. He has experience in complex sell-side and buy-side transactions, as well as capital advisory engagements, and… Read More

Julian Knirim
Julian advises shareholders, management teams and financial sponsors on complex private and public mergers and acquisitions (M&A) transactions in the global healthcare sector. He has extensive experience in sell-side and… Read More

Time to Get In: Resiliency & Continuation of the “Electronics Super-Cycle” Power Investor Interest in EMS
Now more than ever, digital connectivity is critical as COVID-19 creates physical distance between people and businesses. The electronics super-cycle is driven by demand for the connection of everything. While… Read More

Bright Road Ahead for Investors in the Automotive Aftermarket
As Americans keep close tabs on their budgets and have more time on their hands while at home, the thought of personally performing maintenance and repairs, such as changing a… Read More

Emerging IoT Innovations Attract Corporate and Private Equity Investment
The Internet of Things (IoT) has experienced steady uptake in recent years, offering businesses a range of cost-saving benefits including improved productivity, enhanced situational awareness and a reduction in human… Read More

Safeguarding the Smart Grid: Why Partnering Makes Sense for Utilities & Infrastructure and Cybersecurity Companies
The threat of cyberattacks has increased across the globe, with organizations seeing a 67% increase in the last five years. While protecting against cyberattacks is top-of-mind for nearly every business,… Read More

Engineering & Consulting Services Sector Adjusts Amidst COVID-19 Uncertainty
While construction has been deemed an essential service across most of the country since the start of the pandemic, there nonetheless has been an impact for Engineering & Consulting (E&C)… Read More

What is the New Normal? A Closer Look at Automotive Demand & Supply Chain Impact
In April, U.S. light vehicle sales fell almost 50% year on year and resulted in a seasonally adjusted annualized rate (SAAR) of just 8.6m – significantly lower than any other… Read More

Education Technology & Services Market Update: Q1 2020
All subsectors took a hit in Q1 2020 as stock performance trended downward.
E-commerce and the Compression of Retail Disruption
In recent years, the consumer shopping experience was already experiencing rapid upheaval with e-commerce growing from 6.5% of total retail sales in 2014 to 11.0% in 2019(1); COVID-19 only accelerated… Read More

Dietrich Biller
Dietrich executes sell-side mandates on behalf of private equity clients, small and medium-sized enterprises and multinational corporations and has significant experience in a wide array of industries. As a member… Read More

Awakening of the Healthcare Consumer
Since the beginning of the Information Age, there has been discussion around the importance, emergence, and empowerment of the health care consumer. This has been enabled and driven by rapid… Read More

Seven Software M&A Takeaways for Life After COVID-19
As technology investors consider where to be active amidst the COVID-19 crisis and the months that will hopefully follow later this year, we are increasingly being asked what “the market”… Read More

Industrial Technology Leaders are Likely Buyers for First Wave of Post-Pandemic Industrials M&A
The COVID-19 pandemic has already brought significant changes to the deal-making landscape. While regular-way deal activity has ground to a halt, strategic Industrial Technology buyers largely remain “open” and accessible.… Read More

Consolidation in Automotive Services Set to Accelerate with COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has drastically altered the way people behave and how businesses operate. As part of those changes, society has also altered the way it moves. More specifically, in… Read More

Pet Sector M&A Insights and the Implications of COVID-19
In times of market volatility and economic downturns, investors gravitate to certain recession-resistant sectors. Generally, the pet care category grew through the Great Recession when compared to the broader economy,… Read More

Better Together… or Apart? Solutions for Struggling Joint Ventures and Minority Stakes in Portfolio Companies
As the world battles COVID-19 and businesses experience cash constraints, underperforming joint ventures and minority stakes will come under the microscope. Following evaluation, there are usually two basic options: 1. Exit… Read More

Human Capital Management Services Sector Update Amidst COVID-19
As Q1 2020 began, few could anticipate a disruption to the global economy of the breadth, depth and pace of that which we now face. Human capital services touch every… Read More

Outlook of COVID-19 Impact on Global Medtech M&A / Business Development
The Current Environment – Commentary COVID-19 is delivering a true one-two punch to the economy. The first punch stunned global markets with a complete shut-down of activity, but coming out… Read More

Lincoln International Welcomes Alexander Doll as Chairman of the Firm’s Lincoln International AG Supervisory Board in Germany
Lincoln International, a global investment banking advisory firm, today announced that Alexander Doll joined the firm as Chairman of the Supervisory Board for Lincoln International AG in Germany and as… Read More

unternehmeredition.de | State of M&A in Germany: COVID-19 and Beyond
Originally posted 4/24/2020 by unternehmeredition.de The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a drastic lockdown since March 2020, placing the global economy in unprecedented shock. The economic consequences are not yet… Read More