Meet Our Senior Team in Europe

I am enthusiastic about creating sustainable growth and the highest value for our clients and strive to leave a positive footprint beyond any successful M&A transaction.
Friedrich Bieselt
Managing Director & Head of Business Services, Europe
Frankfurt
I enjoy leading clients and realizing their objectives, while structuring solutions to issues that are both intriguing and challenging.
Øyvind Bjordal
Managing Director | Head of Switzerland
Zurich
I deliver a hands-on approach to provide strategic advice to my clients throughout the transaction and beyond.
Chris Brooks
Managing Director & Co-head of Technology, Europe
London
By linking my experience in debt advisory and mergers and acquisitions, I look forward to delivering flexible and innovative financing solutions to make an impact that matters with long-term target clients, as Lincoln does best.
Daniele Candiani
Managing Director & Co-head of Capital Advisory, Europe
MilanRelated Perspectives

Lincoln International Celebrates Sustained Growth in Europe
Lincoln International is pleased to celebrate another outstanding year globally. In 2021, the firm advised on a record number of transactions and achieved significant growth across all of its M&A industry sectors and… Read More

Eugene Lee
Eugene provides advisory services to sponsors, shareholders, lenders, debtors, bondholders, creditors and court-approved representatives of financially stressed and distressed companies. He has more than 30 years of experience in both… Read More
Lincoln International’s Global Capital Advisory Group Achieves Record Results in 2021
Continued market share gains and strong growth in acquisition financings and technology financings drove record transaction activity across the U.S. and Europe in 2021 Lincoln’s Global Capital Advisory Group (CAG)… Read More

Lincoln International Adds Sander Thiadens as Managing Director
Lincoln International, a leading global investment banking advisory firm, is pleased to announce that Sander Thiadens has joined the firm’s Amsterdam office as a Managing Director in the Capital Advisory… Read More

Sander Thiadens
Sander has almost 20 years of experience in structuring bespoke financing solutions for private equity owned and privately owned companies. He specializes in debt advisory, special situations and growth equity,… Read More

Career Path Options for Prospective Investment Bankers
If you are seeking an opportunity in a fast-paced environment where you can learn a wide variety of skills and advise clients on mergers and acquisitions as well as raising… Read More
2021 Record Results
Lincoln International is pleased to celebrate another outstanding year. In 2021, the firm advised on a record number of transactions and achieved significant growth across all of its M&A industry… Read More

Debtwire | Private Credit to Keep up Frenzied Pace in 2022, but Macro Pressures Cloud Long-Term Picture
Originally published by Debtwire on December 31, 2021. Ron Kahn, Managing Director and head of Lincoln’s Valuations & Opinions Group, discusses the impact of rising interest rates on lenders and borrowers… Read More

The Nordic Private Debt Landscape: Strong Growth Projections for Year Ahead
The Nordic region has bounced back stronger than its European counterparts following the COVID-19 pandemic. The gross domestic product (GDP) has largely recovered from a less significant pandemic downturn, whereas… Read More

Lincoln International Recognized with Two 2021 Turnaround Management Association Awards
Lincoln International is pleased to have won two Turnaround Management Association’s (TMA’s) 2021 Turnaround/Transaction of the Year Awards. Lincoln won the Small Company Award for the Valeritas transaction, led by… Read More

From Corporate Social Responsibility to PE Impact Funds: Investor Interest in ESG and Sustainability Gains Pace
Institutional investors are increasingly accountable for how they deploy capital. More so than the widespread divestment from fossil fuels over the last decade, some capital allocators today are seeking to… Read More

Webinar | Q4 2021 Dynamics in M&A & Financing
On Tuesday, September 21, 2021, Lincoln International’s global Capital Advisory Group hosted a webinar to discuss the latest dynamics and developments in the M&A and financing markets amidst what is… Read More

Real Deals | Consumer Business on Verge of Breaching Covenants
Originally published by Real Deals on September 27, 2021, by Simon Thompson. Private consumer businesses in the UK and Europe are close to breaching their lenders’ covenants. That is according to… Read More

PE News | Debt Funds Seek Ways to Fund the Adoption of Technology
Originally published by Private Equity News on September 20, 2021. Xenia Sarri, Managing Director in Lincoln’s Debt Advisory Group, discuss with PE News on how Covid has created a spike… Read More

Private Debt Investor | How Lenders are Adapting to Today’s Favoured Sectors
Originally published by Private Debt Investor on August 31, 2021. Xenia Sarri, Managing Director in Lincoln’s Capital Advisory Group, speaks with Private Debt Investor for its September’s edition on ways… Read More

Summer of Spending: Opportunity for Investors as UK Leisure Industry Rebounds
With the UK falling in and out of lockdown since March 2020, the Bank of England is anticipating the biggest surge in household spending since 1988 upon the planned reopening… Read More

Real Deals | Taking the Temperature on Debt
Originally published by Real Deals on August 12, 2021. Aude Doyen and Xenia Sarri, Managing Directors in Lincoln’s Debt Advisory Group, discuss with Real Deals their perspective on the state… Read More

Tyler Furste
Tyler provides debt advisory services across a broad spectrum of industries to private equity and corporate clients, primarily focused on mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and corporate finance capital structure execution,… Read More

Webinar | The Latest Trends in Global Financings
On Wednesday, June 9, 2021, Lincoln International’s global Capital Advisory Group hosted a webinar to discuss market insights from the 20+ financing transactions Lincoln has completed to date in 2021.… Read More

Webinar | The Latest Trends in Global Financings
On Wednesday, June 9, 2021, Lincoln International’s global Capital Advisory Group hosted a webinar to discuss market insights from the 20+ financing transactions Lincoln has completed to date in 2021.… Read More

Dividend Recap Activity Reaches All-Time High
What drives this activity and what risks do boards face? As the initial economic fallout from COVID-19 dissipated towards the end of 2020, the drought of dividend recaps in 1H20… Read More

Webinar | Spring 2021 European Insights: Key Takeaways from our Capital Advisory, M&A, and Valuations & Opinions Groups
With one quarter of 2021 under our belts, Lincoln’s capital advisory, M&A and valuation & opinions professionals convened in a recent webinar to discuss current trends and their outlook for… Read More

Webinar | Spring 2021 European Insights: Key Takeaways from our Capital Advisory, M&A, and Valuations & Opinions Groups
With one quarter of 2021 under our belts, Lincoln’s capital advisory, M&A and valuation & opinions professionals convened in a recent webinar to discuss current trends and their outlook for… Read More

Webinar | Software Financings and the Rise of the Non-Bank Lending Market
On Wednesday, April 14, 2021, Lincoln International hosted a webinar to discuss the latest trends in software financings. With a shift in the market towards non-bank lenders, software businesses that… Read More

Webinar | Software Financings and the Rise of the Non-Bank Lending Market
On Wednesday, April 14, 2021, Lincoln International hosted a webinar to discuss the latest trends in software financings. With a shift in the market towards non-bank lenders, software businesses that… Read More