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Business Services
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Business Services
The business services industry is an extensive industry that embraces many different categories of business operations. Advertising, marketing, consultation, logistics, waste handling, staffing services, shipping, administration, and security services are some examples. Virtually every business in operation needs at least one of the different service types offered by this industry.
Our market view
We recently created this Industry Group due to the number of done deals in this Industry. We, therefore, aim to emphasize our team experience in this area as well as organize our empiric knowledge for our clients.
Taking a clear market picture is more challenging these days as more players, sectors, rules, products, and innovations have to be combined. For this reason, our group of experts has been considered as a reference due to their extensive experience in closing deals and helping clients to support innovative growth strategies.
Market Outlook
Fragmented audiences create super attractive niches
More sellers active for M&A
Players more patient for the best deal
Buyer more cautious on valuations
Latest Transactions
Team
Reach us at one of our offices:
Dr. Axel Steuernagel
Sidney Serval
Christian Albersmeier
Mateusz Hoffses
Tom Soentjens
Felipe Meirelles
Cyril Schlup
Partner
Dr. Axel Steuernagel
Axel has more than 25 years of experience as CEO, entrepreneur, M&A and McKinsey strategy consultant. In CEO positions he led various entrepreneurial companies with up to 400 Mio. EUR, belonging to family-held groups such as Bertelsmann as well as renowned Private Equity firms. Axel has managed many successful M&A transactions as well as growth & transformation projects across industry sectors such as media, e-commerce, software, consumer goods and real estate. He leads our Consumer & Retail and Internet, Software & Technology groups and is also active across other industries. Axel has worked across Western and Eastern Europe and speaks five European languages. He is part of our Munich team.
Industry Experience:
Consumer goods; Technology and Service industries.
Leader of the Business Services Industry Group.
Partner
Sidney Serval
Nearly 20 years of experience in Financial Engineering, Private Equity, and Mergers & Acquisitions;
He started at PWC and Siparex, then joined Linkers as a partner from the very beginning by Philippe Delecourt in 2000.
Led more than 60 missions of all kinds (acquisition, company sale, fundraising, LBO, valuation).
Member of the Business Services Industry Group.
Industry experience:
Financial services; Food; Information technology; Insurance; Security; Transport & logistics.
Partner
Christian Albersmeier
An MBA and MBE, with over 15 years of experience in management top and management functions in medium-sized and large companies.
Broad B2B experience in companies of different international industries.
Partner of S&P since 2023.
Industry experience:
Automotive; Engineering / Mechanical engineering; Energy & renewables; Drive technology; Pulp & paper; Business services;, Education & training.
Member of the Business Services Industry Group.
Manager
Mateusz Hoffses
Mateusz has a broad knowledge of finance, accounting and financial analysis. Mateusz gained experience by participating in advisory projects in the area of M&A, private equity and corporate finance. In recent years, he has worked at M&A Department of Santander Bank, Nextline Search Fund and PwC Poland.
Industry experience:
Business services; Engineering; Healthcare; Information technology.
E-mail:mhoffses@m-a-worldwide.com
Consultant Corporate Finance
Tom Soentjens
Post-bachelor in Accountancy at Hogeschool Arnhem & Nijmegen.
Master of Finance at Tilburg University
International Business Economics at Fontys University of Applied Sciences
Joined Aeternus in 2021.
Industry experience:
Automotive; Business services; Chemicals; Education and training; Engineering; Financial services; Transport & logistics
Member of the Business Services Industry Group.
E-mail:tsoentjens@m-a-worldwide.com
Analyst
Felipe Meirelles
Analyst at Galapagos Cypress with more than 3 years of experience in Investment Banking having concluded M&A transactions in several industries, mainly in the insurance and technology segment.
Industry experience:
Information technology; Insurance; Real estate & facility management.
Member of the Business Services and the Financial Services Industry Group.
Principal
Cyril Schlup
Expert in Finance and Working Capital Improvement. Led major organizational transformation and performance improvement projects for large multinational corporations—extensive corporate and consulting experience across Europe and the USA.
Industry experience:
Automotive; Business services; Healthcare; Media, printing, and publishing; Retail and franchising; Telecom.
