corporate finance in europe background & value cfie
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CORPORATE FINANCE IN EUROPE
Background & Value CFIE
Index CFIE
This presentation contains the following items:
Background CFIE
Objectives CFIE
International approach
Team CFIE
Country Focus
Industry Focus
Search Assignments
Customer profiles
References & Contact Info
Background CFIE
Funded in 2001 after team members previously gained M&A and CF experience at investment banks and multinationals
View of GAP in European cross border M&A support for middle-sized SME’s (20 – 400 employees)
International experience and background team members
Flexible and pragmatic structure with high quality (investment banking) M&A services
CFIE team has long experience in the European M&A market
OBJECTIVES CFIE Help customers find suited targets in Europe
Bring people from different countries together hence improving the quality of businesses
Make the M&A market of European economies more efficient
Assist in buy and build strategies
Fill the GAP left by large investment banks who don’t focus on middle-sized SME’s
CFIE team helps European companies in their growth strategies
International (European & US) approach
CFIE’s team uses it’s international background:
All team members lived and worked in various countries
Strategic partnership with Vercor Advisor (US)
Business is internationalizing
Strategic International focus
Background Team CFIE Govert Derks (NL): Finance experience in various European countries
Eric Lipman (BE): Tax background and expert in fiscal structuring
Winfried Weigel (CH): Involved in large (investment bank, 100M+) transactions
Massimiliano Pifferi (GE, IT): Financing structures and local markets
Flora Prieto (ES): Banking and research experience
CFIE team has international background and broad skills
Background team CFIE
Frédéric Ventre (FR): Automotive and Insurance background
Piet Aarts (NL): Negotiation and general management
Amanda Rae (UK): Strong Accounting skills
Teoman Kerman (TU): Banking supervision
Joost Derks (NL): International finance and business systems, MBA, CMA, CFM
CFIE team has international background and broad skills
Country Focus Western Europe: Netherlands, Belgium, France, core basis of team
Central Europe: Switzerland, Austria, Germany, local people on the ground
Southern Europe: Spain, Italy, working experience and local people
Eastern Europe: Projects worked on in Hungary and Romania
Turkey: A large network via local partners
USA: Strategic partner Vercor advisor
CFIE team has a pan European focus and local people
Industries CFIEFocus on CFIE’s core industries (but not limited to):
IT & Internet
Records Management
Transportation / Forwarding / Logistics
High Tech
Plastics
Financial Services
Industry specialization specific strategy CFIE
Search assignmentsCFIE’s team focuses on search assignments (compared to sell side):
Subscriptions to company databases to find adequate buyers
based on specific criteria
Experience with Internet screening to get to possible buyers
Focus on search and marketing
Strategic focus on search side
Customer profile
Overview CFIE’s type of customers:
Large US/UK multinationals
Private Equity houses (buy and build)
Strategic buyers with value-add for targets
All customers are interested in expanding internationally
