Zerbach & Company, founded in 2014, is an independent corporate finance advisory firm based at Gut Maarhausen, a heritage-protected estate in Cologne.
We advise owner-managed companies, international family businesses, family offices, investment companies and start-ups on mergers and acquisitions (M&A), the implementation of corporate successions, business valuations, debt advisory as well as corporate finance projects. In addition to individual, holistic transaction advisory, we offer our clients modular products with a predefined scope.
A maximum degree of trust, discretion, professionalism and quality is the basis for the success of our advice and the recommendation of our clients.
Since 2014, we have successfully closed well over 65 M&A projects with companies and investors from 18 international countries. The transaction size ranged from € 5 million to € 200 million in enterprise value.
Our international network gives us direct access to companies, investors and local expertise worldwide. Our databases include more than 3,500 financial investors and family offices as well as more than 800,000 companies from Germany and abroad.
Zerbach & Company is also supported by its advisory board of industry experts, consisting of 12 renowned entrepreneurs from various industries.
The senior team has been working together successfully and trustingly in an unchanged constellation for almost 20 years. Together we have over 95 years of cumulative professional experience. This continuity and experience enables us to have an in-depth understanding of the needs of owner-managed, medium-sized companies on the one hand and professional investment companies, family offices or large international groups on the other.
We are the right partner to reconcile the often complex requirements of these interest groups, and we are also able to find unusual solutions. As a result, our clients benefit from professional advice on an equal footing that does not deliver a dogmatic transaction process, but instead realises your individual requirements and goals in the best possible way.
| why zerbach & Company |
Seniority and
Discretion
We guarantee our client senior management attention throughout. We are professional, committed, discreet and responsible.
Experience and
Continuity
Almost 100 professional years of accumulated corporate finance experience of the team as well as more than 15 years of successful cooperation within the senior team in unchanged constellation.
International
Network
Our databases include more than 3,500 financial investors and family offices as well as more than 800,000 domestic and international companies. Thanks to the international network we have built up over many years, we have direct access to companies, investors and local expertise worldwide.
Mid-Cap Focus
We understand the needs of owner-managed, mid-cap companies as well as those of professional investors and multinational corporations and family-owned businesses.
Industry Expert
Advisory Board
Our advisory board of experienced entrepreneurs and industry experts support the team on industry-related and strategic issues, bringing the members’ extensive networks and contacts to bear.
Highest Professional Standards
The highest level of process and methodological expertise as well as state-of-the-art information sources form the basis of our advisory services through the availability of industry-leading financial information services and transaction databases.
