History

Lincoln International was born from the shared vision and mission to create a truly integrated, international mid-market M&A advisory firm.  The leadership of Lincoln International and its entire staff are dedicated to achieving this goal.

March 2010
Lincoln International continued its growth path by opening an office in Amsterdam, Netherlands, in order to enter the M&A market in the Benelux countries: Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg. Lincoln International considers the highly developed industrial Benelux market to be of utmost importance in future cross-border M&A activities. The Benelux countries are home to large local and international corporates who benefit from the liberal business climate and long commercial traditions. The Benelux countries are the biggest receivers of net foreign direct investment from North America. Lincoln International also targets to offer its services to the diversified private equity community in the Benelux countries. The opening of its Amsterdam office is another successful step in Lincoln International’s strategy to provide highly professional corporate finance services in the global mid-cap market.

July 2008
Lincoln International opened its office in Tokyo to establish a local presence within the increasingly cross-border M&A market in Japan and further extend its global reach. The Tokyo office of Lincoln International provides an enthusiastic and intense focus on mid-market transactions combined with substantial and very active M&A organizations in both North America and Europe. Because close to 90% of Japanese M&A transactions are mid-market in size, Lincoln International is positioned to provide significant value added assistance to Japanese companies.

The Tokyo office was started by a team that has experience working in the M&A department at major international investment banks including Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, Lazard and Lehman Brothers.  Two senior bankers in Tokyo worked together at one of these international investment banks where they developed a strong mutual respect.  Additionally, the leader of the Tokyo team previously worked with senior bankers at Lincoln-US in the 1990s.  The professionals in Lincoln International’s Tokyo office are highly experienced in sophisticated cross-border M&A transactions, and have a successful history of working with each other and with other senior members of Lincoln International.

Today Lincoln International continues to look for strategic opportunities to expand its reach into all of the key economies of the world, while remaining focused on our goal of being the world's premier mid-market M&A advisory firm.

February 2008
Lincoln International opened its office in Madrid to add to its global presence.  The Madrid office provides Lincoln International with a dedicated local team and will allow the firm to strengthen ties with Spain and Portugal-based companies.  Also, this team will allow to better access private equity firms taking advantage of the emerging presence of national and international financial sponsors.

Following the launch of the Madrid office, Lincoln International is represented in Chicago, Frankfurt, London, Los Angeles, Madrid, New York, Paris and Vienna.

January 2008
Lincoln International opened its office in London to further develop its global presence.  As increasingly the world's leading financial center, a presence in London enables Lincoln to fully serve its international client base.

April 2007
Lincoln International opened an office in Vienna to expand its reach into Austria and Central and Eastern Europe (CEE).  Vienna has long been a central point for coordinating deals in the CEE, which is experiencing a significant growth in M&A activity. 

September 2006
Lincoln International opened an office in Los Angeles to expand its presence and contacts on the West Coast of the United States.

April 2006
Lincoln International entered into a strategic partnership with China Everbright Limited (China Everbright), which has investment banking offices in Hong Kong, Beijing and Shenzhen and through its affiliate, Everbright Securities Co. Ltd. (ESCL), in Shanghai . China Everbright and ESCL have over 100 investment bankers combined, and ESCL is the eighth largest securities firm in China.  Through this partnership, Lincoln International has enhanced its ability to reach buyers and acquisition targets in China.

January 2006
Lincoln Partners and Peters Associates, two leading mid-market investment banks based in the U.S. and Germany respectively, and a group of experienced corporate finance professionals in France joined to form Lincoln International.  At the time of its formation Lincoln International had offices in Chicago, Frankfurt, New York and Paris.