Leander Zerbach

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

Education

Selected Transactions

KÖNIG + CO.
2025 · Sale

KÖNIG + CO. → HBH Holdings

Machinery & Plant Engineering, USA

Arvikon
2024 · Sale

Arvikon → TRUMA

Mobility & Smart Home

Bahama
2023 · Sale

Bahama → BPE

Consumer, Succession

Tonies
2019 · Sale

Tonies → Armira

Digital Audio / Children

Schmetz
2016 · Sale

Schmetz

Industrial Needles

Schleich
2006 · Sale

Schleich → HgCapital

Toys (prior to Z&C founding)