For the Food & Beverage M&A market, our colleagues Jürgen Schwarz and Florian Ismer expect a further increase in the number of transactions with rising valuations in the second half of 2025. After several years marked by inflation, rising costs, supply chain issues, and the war in Ukraine, market participants have largely adapted to the supply chain disruptions and inflationary pressure.
Jürgen and Florian were recently guests on the CLOSE THE DEAL podcast, where they spoke with host Kai Hesselmann about, among other things:
- how to maximize valuation in a sales process,
- the current state of the Food & Beverage market,
- how this is impacting M&A deals in the sector,
- the role of strategic buyers, ESG criteria, and cross-border deals,
- how the merger of Capitalmind and Investec took place,
- and what they expect for the future of Food & Beverage M&A.
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In an increasingly demanding M&A market, the topic of ‘exit readiness’ has become increasingly important: strategy, key figures, equity story, vendor due diligence – how exit planning as an early component of strategic corporate development is becoming a decisive factor for success.
What could company managers and owners actually learn from the kings of deals – private equity investors – when it comes to preparing for a sale in order to make optimal sales proceeds more predictable?
In this episode of What’s up, Corporate Finance?, Investec Managing Partner Thorsten Gladiator and Managing Director Sebastian Markowsky talk to financial editor Michael Hedtstück about what entrepreneurs can learn from private equity firms about strategic exit preparation.
The key questions:
1. What can entrepreneurs actually learn from the kings of deals – the financial investors – when it comes to exit preparation?
2. Is there a noticeable discrepancy between the long-term perspective with which PE investors prepare their exits and the M&A planning horizons of entrepreneurs?
3. Which issues should be clarified in advance of an M&A process rather than leaving them to the potential buyer? How essential is it to rehearse the equity story and management presentation intensively?
4. What is the reality for medium-sized companies? How willing are entrepreneurs to learn from PE?
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Ambitious plans and highly complex deal strategies: our experts play multi-dimensional M&A-related-chess – with concrete tips on what it takes to do buy-and-build at this level.
Plenty of targets and lower purchase prices: The current market situation does not provide a bad environment for bold buy-and-build strategies – even for particularly aggressive ones.
Investec Managing Partner Ervin Schellenberg and Thorsten Gladiator talk with financial editor Michael Hedtstück in this episode of ‘What’s up, Corporate Finance?’ about opportunities for buy-and-build strategies in the current market situation – with a special focus on strategic and financial planning. They discuss current trends and opportunities, risk management and financing and analyse best practice examples and their success factors.
The key questions:
- What makes buy-and-build strategies particularly strong?
- What is the best way to integrate strategic planning, risk management and financial planning?
- Why do you need entrepreneurs who are hungry but can also let gonnen?
- How long does it actually take to save Ervin’s and Thorsten’s Excel models?
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‘What’s up, Corporate Finance?’ is a blog & podcast of the Finance Think Tank Network. With regular analysis and deep dives on topics related to private equity, private & venture debt, corporate & investment banking, M&A, financing and restructuring, they explain the world of corporate finance with expertise and journalistic passion.
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Interview
As we enter 2024, the M&A landscape shows signs of recovery, albeit cautiously.
In the episode of the February 20, 2024 of No Ordinary Wednesday, Jeremy Maggs in conversation with Investec experts Jürgen Schwarz, Marleen Vermeer, and Kilian de Gourcuff, Investec’s Head of Cross-Border Finance and International Advisory Charles Barlow, on what key sectors, trends and risks to keep an eye on in 2024.
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Where does opportunity lie for dealmaking in 2024? (investec.com)
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