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Field · 8 themes

Succession and Transfer

A large share of the German Mittelstand is approaching a change of ownership. Anyone who advises on, finances or intends to acquire such a business needs to know where the transition is due and in what constellation.

Typical need

Valuation, transfer, sale, financing, search for a successor

Typical clients

Succession advisers, M&A boutiques, tax advisory firms, banks, private equity investors

The themes in this field.

Companies ahead of succession Companies whose management is reaching the age at which the handover to a next generation becomes a matter for decision. 285,782 companies Handovers within the family Family run companies in which the next generation already holds responsibility and the transfer of shares is due. 36,731 companies Companies without successor management Companies in whose entire management and representation no younger generation is apparent that could carry the business forward. 195,125 companies Acquisition targets in consolidating industries Owner managed companies ahead of succession in those industries in which buyer groups have been acquiring systematically for years. 36,923 companies Property companies ahead of a handover Companies that hold and manage their own real estate and whose management faces the question of what is to become of the portfolio. 64,004 companies Founder led companies approaching retirement Long established limited liability companies managed by a single person who is approaching retirement. 120,279 companies Agricultural companies in eastern Germany Agricultural corporations in Brandenburg, Mecklenburg Western Pomerania, Saxony, Saxony Anhalt and Thuringia whose management is approaching a change. 1,200 companies Dormant companies Companies in which nothing has changed for a long time, which no longer have a management or whose management is of advanced age. 130,079 companies

Further fields.

Risk and Continuity → Growth and Capital → Leadership and People → Market and Sales → Industry and Regulation →