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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

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Partner

Anders Bull

Senior Associate

Florent Coudray

Partner - Strasbourg

Pascal Kim

Partner

Philippe Laurent

Director

Adrian Ness

Director

Benn Oppy

Founder / President

Doug Robbins

Principal

Cyril Schlup

Partner

Sidney Serval

Senior Vice President

Ridhima Batra

Manager

Mateusz Hoffses

Consultant Corporate Finance

Tom Soentjens

Analyst

Felipe Meirelles

Partner

Dr. Axel Steuernagel

Partner

Anders Bull

MSc in Economics and Business. Consultant with PA Consulting Group focusing on financial valuation, strategy development, M&A, and project management. Joined DHT in 2008. Areas of expertise: Buying and selling companies, company valuations, mergers and de-mergers, ownership changes.

Member of the Business Services Industry Group.

Industry experience: 

Advertising, PR & marketing; Aerospace & defense; Agriculture; Automotive; Beverages; Building & Construction; Chemicals; Clean technology; Education and training; Electronics; Energy & renewables; Engineering; Financial services; Food; Government; Healthcare; Hotels & restaurants; Information technology; Insurance; Leisure; Life sciences; Luxury goods; Media, printing, and publishing; Plastics; Real estate & facility management; Recycling; Retail and franchising; Security; Steel, metal, and woodworking; Telecom; Textile & clothing; Trade; Wholesale.

Senior Associate

Florent Coudray

8 years of experience and more than 10 deals operated as an associate. After the first experience as a Private Equity Analyst at BPI France and SODICA Corporate Finance (Crédit Agricole Group) as M&A Analyst, he joined MAWW Paris in 2013 and has taken part in transactions in the business services sector.

Industry experience:

Advertising, PR & Marketing; Education and training; Information technology; Transport & logistics.
Member of the Business Services Industry Group.

Partner - Strasbourg

Pascal Kim

Currently advising small and midcap companies looking for global performance improvement, strategy definition, new business opportunities, resources alignment within MBA Capital, one of the leading French M&A consultancy networks.

Industry experience:

Business services; Financial services.

 

Partner

Philippe Laurent

34 years of experience and more than 100 missions completed.

Specialties: IT and digital services, software, B2B services, industry.

After an experience in an international IT consulting group with a specialization in accounting and management control, he joined the M&A division of an international investment bank.

Industry experience:

Automotive; Education and training; Financial services; Insurance; Leisure.
Member of the Business Services Industry Group.

Director

Adrian Ness

Experience in M&A 10+ years. Specializing in private, mid-market national and international deals. Involved with various industries across Australia.

Deals completed in Wholesale, IT, eCommerce, Business Services, Food, and Engineering.

Member of the Business Services Industry Group.

Industry experience:

Engineering; Food; Information technology; Wholesale.

 

Director

Benn Oppy

Experience in M&A 8+ years. Specializing in private, mid-market national and international deals. Involved with various industries across Australia.

Deals completed in Wholesale, IT, eCommerce, Business Services, Education & Training, and Engineering.

Member of the Business Services Industry Group.

Industry experience:

Education and training; Engineering; Information technology; Wholesale.

 

Founder / President

Doug Robbins

45 years experience in M&A, he has completed more than 1,000 assignments relating to advising clients; valuations; next-generation transfers; partnership resolutions; refinancing; and other consulting activities. He has completed more than 400 business sales; and invested in 32 businesses.

Member of the Business 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 expertise:

Automotive; Business services; Healthcare; Media, printing, and publishing; Retail and franchising; Telecom.

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.

Senior Vice President

Ridhima Batra

Finance professional with over 5 years of core Investment banking experience. Worked extensively on both Private Equity and M&A transactions for SMEs.Specialized in handling due diligence. Experience in working in the service industry with a specialization in fin-tech and media advertising.

Industry expertise:

Financial services; Media, printing, and publishing.

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.

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.

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.

Partner

Dr. Axel Steuernagel

Over 25 years of experience as CEO, founder, M&A and strategic consultant. As a CEO led portfolio companies of worldwide operating holdings. Managed M&A deals as an entrepreneur, executive and strategic advisor.

Expert in consumer goods, technology, and service industries as well as in Private Equity.

Industry Experience:

Consumer goods; Technology and Service industries.
Leader of the Business Services Industry Group.
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