Cases
Buy & Build
A new story can be old
A new story can be old
We bought, integrated and sold companies. It always worked out. Our focus was not only leverage of scale and segment extension. Buy and build is only sustainable if there is a simple why your people can believe in. That's where you can find motivation. And the real money.
A new story can be old
A new story can be old
A new story can be old
We transformed a publishing company simply by going back to basics. Our premise: a new story only works if it blends with stability of the core and DNA of the people. Once we accelerated change within the core, EBITDA doubled. And people had more fun.
Hightech or lowtech
A new story can be old
Hightech or lowtech
Digital is both opportunity and risk. We strongly believe it only enables businesses if it increases customer value or back office efficiency. Starting from there, we successfully transformed the legacy portfolio of a company to a merely digital offering. In 3Y yet step by step.
Restructuring
Restructuring
Hightech or lowtech
We have put our hands on a virtually bankrupt company that became best of class again after only a few years. With less people and reduced fixed costs. Sometimes there is just no other option. It was not about the cash as such. It was about the time cash grants you to have sustainable success afterwards.
Refinancing
Restructuring
Culture rules
We know. Financing a business is never easy. Yet our experience is that you can always find a sustainablefinancial partner if you are honest and transparent. We negotiated bank deals even for companies with a track record of negative EBITDA and only a promise of doing better. It worked.
Culture rules
Restructuring
Culture rules
Now we are talking. If there's something we are really proud of, it is that we brought change that was accepted by our colleagues. Changing people is never about bullying and yelling. And more about listening than talking. If you only push, it bounces back.