12 Industry Groups

Automotive

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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

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Team

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Partner, Head of Automotive Group D/A/CH

Tilman Georg Eckstein

Partner, Head of Automotive Group D/A/CH

Tilman Georg Eckstein

Tilman has more than 35 years of experience in the banking, automotive and management consulting sectors. He began his career in International Sales and Marketing at the BMW Group. For two Munich-based consulting firms, he worked on numerous transformation projects and in the investment sector (VC / PE). Over the past 15 years, Tilman has led numerous M&A transactions. He is a trained banker (Dresdner Bank) and holds a degree in business administration from the University of Cologne. At S&P, he heads the Automotive & Mobility industry group and is a member of the Logistics and Health Care groups. He has international experience in the UK, USA, South Africa, Eastern Europe and the Middle East. Tilman speaks German, English and French. He is part of the Munich team of S&P and lives in the Bremen area.

Industry experience:

Advertising, PR & marketing, Automotive, Beverages, Healthcare, Transport & Logistics.
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