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Automotive
The Automotive Group provides corporate finance services and in-depth transaction expertise for the automotive industry globally. With skillful professionals in more than 46 offices with global coverage, the group provides a full range of financial advisory services at the highest standards. These services include mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, equity, debt financings, and financial restructuring.
Our market view
The automotive sector has been undergoing a global reshaping for a long time. Our experts are aware of the latest trends and future outlooks. Large OEMs, suppliers, and smaller companies have come up with strategies and innovations which have made an impact on M&A activity. Therefore, we can currently observe deals, acquisitions, and consolidation activity very closely. This close scrutiny creates added value for our clients’ transactions.
This Industry Group aims to analyze the impact of M&As on the automotive industry overall. It analyzes the past and current M&As and their impact on participating companies as well as the automotive industry as a whole.
Market Outlook
More Consolidation is expected
Focus on efficiency gains
More M&A focus on OEM and suppliers
More opportunities for applied technologies
Latest Transactions
Team
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Gregor Piechowiak
Gerhard Abel
Nitin Arora
Philippe Amidieu
Simon Delamarre
Michael J. McGregor
Avantika Vaish
Isabella Zuo
Managing Partner
Gregor Piechowiak
Has over 18 years of professional experience in managing M&A national and cross-border projects from various sectors including automotive, facility management, IT & services, manufacturing, real estate, agriculture, as well as food & beverages.
Industry experience:
Agriculture; Automotive; Beverages; Business services; Electronics; Information technology; Real estate & facility management.
Leader of the Automotive Industry Group.
Partner
Gerhard Abel
Experience in M&A and Corporate Finance for more than 30 years. 20 years as MD in investment banking. Advice, project management in mid-cap transactions, mostly cross-border.
Industry experience:
Automotive; Building & construction; Business services; Energy & renewables; Real estate & facility management; Transport & logistics.
Email:abel@m-a-worldwide.com
Director
Nitin Arora
With over 15 years of experience, Nitin heads the National team in Transaction Advisory with a diverse skill portfolio which includes private & strategic equity placement, partner search, mergers & acquisition, business & regulatory valuation, financial due diligence, financial modeling, and negotiation.
Member of the Automotive and of the Business Services Industry Group.
Industry experience:
Advertising, PR & marketing; Chemicals; Engineering; Plastics; Transport & logistics.
Email:arora@m-a-worldwide.com
Partner - Marseille
Philippe Amidieu
Graduated from Aix-Marseille University in International Business and Finance and an MSc in Financial Engineering from Kedge Business School. During his studies he was brought to work with the teams of Sinopia Asset Management (HSBC), of Allianz AG in Munich, then in merger-acquisition for 8 years within different teams dedicated to SMEs, notably in London than Paris and accompanied numerous external growth operations in the United Kingdom on behalf of large groups before specializing in valuation for SMEs in regulatory, litigation, or transactional contexts.
Member of the Automotive Industry Group.
M&A Project Manager
Simon Delamarre
Simon is a graduate of the Grande Ecole Finance programme at Kedge Business School.
Prior to joining MBA Capital, Simon worked in Dior’s Controlling Central team and at BDO Luxembourg on legal and contractual audits.
Member of the Automotive Industry Group.
E-mail:sdelamarre@m-a-worldwide.com
Managing Director
Michael J. McGregor
Managing Director at Robertson & Foley Investment Bank. Founder of 3 start-up businesses. Corporate and field experience at Bridgestone/Firestone.
Industry expertise:
Automotive; Business services; Healthcare; Life sciences; Retail and franchising.
Senior Associate
Avantika Vaish
Mid-market Transaction Advisory Services with experience across the deal life cycle.
Industry experience:
Automotive.
Member of the Automotive Industry Group.
E-mail:avaish@m-a-worldwide.com
Senior Analyst
Isabella Zuo
In France (both in Paris and Lyon), I did a grand ecole master program in a French business school, majored in investment banking finance. During the curriculum, I interned in two French conglomerates in the banking and automobile industries. Subsequently, I debuted my career in a Fortune 500 information technology company as an enterprise analytics consultant where I created business intelligence user cases to pitch potential clients.
Industry experience:
Automotive; Energy & renewables; Financial services; Information technology.
Member of Automotive industry Group.
E-mail:izuo@m-a-worldwide.com
