Leander Zerbach
Managing Director, Founder, Shareholder
40+ years of M&A experience
LinkedIn profile
Before founding Zerbach & Company, Leander Zerbach held senior positions at the cooperative central banks and played a key role in establishing and expanding the M&A Solutions and Primary Market team at WGZ BANK AG. From 2004 to 2014, as a member of the management / Managing Director, he was jointly responsible for building up VR Corporate Finance GmbH (today the M&A unit of DZ BANK). Leander Zerbach is a Diplomierter Bankbetriebswirt, Sparkassenbetriebswirt, and completed an apprenticeship as bank clerk (Sparkasse Köln Bonn). He speaks German, English, and Norwegian.
Professional Experience
Zerbach & Company
DZ BANK AG
WGZ BANK AG
Education
Akademie der Genossenschaften (ADG)
Rheinische Sparkassenakademie
Sparkasse Köln Bonn
Selected Transactions
2025 · Sale
KÖNIG + CO. → HBH Holdings
Machinery & Plant Engineering, USA
2024 · Sale
Arvikon → TRUMA
Mobility & Smart Home
2023 · Sale
Bahama → BPE
Consumer, Succession
2019 · Sale
Tonies → Armira
Digital Audio / Children
2016 · Sale
Schmetz
Industrial Needles
2006 · Sale
Schleich → HgCapital
Toys (prior to Z&C founding)