12 Industry Groups

Logistics & Transportation

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Logistics & Transportation

 

The availability of new technologies and enhanced business processes have had a more significant impact on transforming both the transportation and logistics industries.

Today, tracking products is much more convenient, which has increased the transparency between multiple businesses and their customers. Thus, the logistics and transportation industries are both at their peaks of success with the help of new forms of technologies.

 

Our market view

The world has never been so small, advanced, and fast-paced. Down the road, the offline world needs to fit into the online reality. More companies have been encouraged to take special advantage of the most recent technologies in order to add value to their services.

This journey often presents opportunities for M&A because more skills and features need to be combined. Our professionals in the industry can offer the most relevant expertise required for a successful transaction.

Market Outlook

Emergence of e-commerce
Rise of digital literacy
Greater need for micro transport
More engagement among players for streamlining

Latest Transactions

Team

Reach us at one of our offices:

Chairman - Bordeaux

Isabelle Arnaud-Despreaux

Consultant Corporate Finance

Robbie Woodford

Partner

Wolfgang F. Fink

Managing Partner

Carlos Carvalho

Associate Partner

Piotr Kucharczyk

Managing Director

Eric Oganesoff

Partner

Vegard Brattum

Managing Partner

Uri Shaham

Associate

Rodrigo Althoff

Director

Koji Tauchi

Executive Director

Karl Bennett

Chairman - Bordeaux

Isabelle Arnaud-Despreaux


26 years experience in M&A advisory (5 years in leading M&A bank institution, 5 years at EY corporate Finance) + 2 years in strategy consultancy.

Managed more than 100 transactions ranging from large caps (ex France Telecom, Disney, etc) to small caps.

Leader of the Transports & Logistics Industry Group.

Industry experience:

Advertising, PR & marketing; Aerospace & defense; Agriculture; Beverages; Education and training; Information technology; Leisure; Life sciences; Luxury goods; Recycling; Steel, metal, and woodworking; Telecom; Trade; Wholesale.

Consultant Corporate Finance

Robbie Woodford

Master in Economics & Strat. Management. Universities in the Netherlands and Dublin. Working experience at ING and CapitalMind. Experience in M&A & finance >8 years, National and international. Joined M&A Worldwide Amsterdam in 2017.

Member of the Logistics & Transport team.

Industry Expertise:

Luxury goods; Retail and franchising; Textile & clothing; Trade; Transport & logistics; Wholesale.

Partner

Wolfgang F. Fink

Ph.D., M.B.A., and Industrial Engineer. CEO and CFO in private firms and major corporations: Blumenbecker, IMI Norgren,
Cooper Crouse-Hinds; manager in Siemens and ABB. Valuation of acquisitions shares and asset transactions, integration. 

Industry expertise:

Building & construction; Electronics; Engineering.

 

Managing Partner

Carlos Carvalho

More than 20 years of experience in M&A, Corporate Finance, Strategy, Retail, and Financial  Services. Coordinated several Corporate Finance projects in Portugal, Spain, Angola, France, England, Poland, and the US. Vertical specialization.

Industry experience:

Financial services; Retail and franchising.
Member of Financial Services & Logistic & Transportation Industry Groups.

Associate Partner

Piotr Kucharczyk

10 years of experience in corporate finance advisory that has focused upon national and cross-border M&A projects. Has expertise in valuations and due diligence processes. Has been involved in M&A and corporate finance projects in a range of sectors such as manufacturing, IT, pharmacy, and retail.

Industry experience:

Healthcare; Information technology; Retail and franchising; Transport & logistics; Wholesale.
Member of Internet, Software & Technology and Logistics & Transportation Industry Groups.

Managing Director

Eric Oganesoff

President and CEO, TracerNET, Inc.

CEO, GreenStone Industries, Inc.

President, Washington Resources Group, Inc.

White House appointment to NASA.

Industry expertise:

Aerospace & defence; Building & construction; Energy & renewables; Government; Information technology; Telecom.

 

Partner

Vegard Brattum

Director of M&A in the Norwegian Postal Group (Posten Norge AS) with responsibility for transactions, due diligence, integrations, value assessments, and strategic advice.

CFO of SpectrumOne AB, listed as a venture company

Project manager in The Norwegian Post (Porten Norge AS), with tasks such as restructuring projects, strategy, and concept development.

Board member of Bring Frigoscandia AB

Work areas:
Buying and selling companies

Strategy and business development

Valuations

Restructuring and cost reduction

Member of the Logistics & Transportation Industry Group

Industry experience:

Business Services, Information Technology, and Logistics & Transportation.

Managing Partner

Uri Shaham

Managing Partner Cukierman & Co., previously Head of Business Development Cukierman New Mobility.
Prior to that, Uri held various positions within the industry including the Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV) program at Elbit Systems (Nasdaq ESLT)

Member of the Logistics & Transportation Industry Group.

 

Associate

Rodrigo Althoff

Associate at Galapagos Cypress since 2019, having worked and led M&A and debt-raising deals as well as evaluation projects in a number of industries, mainly logistics, fintechs, technology, urban mobility and infrastructure.

Industry experience:

Energy & renewables; Financial services; Healthcare; Information technology; Transport & logistics.
Member of Logistics & Transportation Industry Group.

Director

Koji Tauchi

MBA in Waseda Business School.
Over 30 years experience in consulting and economic research field.
Worked in the consulting firm of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, focusing on cross-border alliance and M&A deals for mid-sized Japanese clients from various industries such as construction, global logistics, manufacturing etc.

Industry Experience:

Automotive; Building & Construction; Chemicals; Clean technology; Electronics; Energy & renewables; Engineering; Financial services; Food; Government; Healthcare; Life sciences; Real estate & facility management; Retail and franchising; Wholesale.
Member of the Logistics & Transportation Industry Group.

Executive Director

Karl Bennett

Karl Bennett has over 18 years of corporate finance experience in NZ, Australia, UK, USA & Poland involving mergers & acquisitions activity, due diligence, planning and executing debt & capital raising (including Initial Public Offerings or “IPOs”), systems (IT and operational) change management and the building, analysis of and reporting of financial and/or operating models for consolidated groups, joint ventures, companies or projects. Karl holds the CA qualification from Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand and is a member of the New Zealand Institute of Directors.

Industry experience:

Agriculture; Beverages; Building & Construction; Energy & renewables; Information technology.
Member of the Logistics & Transportation Industry Group.
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