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I have a hands-on approach and bring energy, creativity and passion to every client transaction.
Eddie Krule
Managing Director
Chicago
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I am a rigorous advocate for my clients with a hands-on, communicative approach, focused on delivering intense advocacy and outlier results.
Sean Bennis
Managing Director & Co-head of Industrials
Chicago
I am enthusiastic about creating sustainable growth and the highest value for our clients and strive to leave a positive footprint beyond any successful M&A transaction.
Friedrich Bieselt
Managing Director & Head of Business Services, Europe
Frankfurt
I enjoy leading clients and realizing their objectives, while structuring solutions to issues that are both intriguing and challenging.
Øyvind Bjordal
Managing Director | Head of Switzerland
Zurich
I am inspired by working with entrepreneurs and innovators who feel passionately about what they are creating.
William Bowmer
Managing Director & Co-head of Technology, U.S.
San Francisco
I deliver a hands-on approach to provide strategic advice to my clients throughout the transaction and beyond.
Chris Brooks
Managing Director & Co-head of Technology, Europe
London
My goal is to inspire and motivate our people to make a true impact with their clients, their colleagues and their communities.
Robert Brown
CEO | Managing Director | GP-Director
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Lincoln International Managing Directors Recognized as Emerging Leaders
Lincoln International is pleased to share that The M&A Advisor named Managing Directors Adam Gifford, Brian Goodwin, Eddie Krule and Scott Molinaro as recipients in the Emerging Leaders Awards. These… Read More
Fabian Walisch
Fabian provides buy-side and sell-side mergers and acquisitions (M&A) advisory services to private equity as well as public and private corporate clients, with a focus on industrial technology. Leveraging his… Read More
Ovarro, a portfolio company of FFL Partners, has been refinanced
Ovarro Ovarro is a leading industrial technology business providing data driven solutions for the remote monitoring and control of critical infrastructure assets across the globe. Ovarro works with customers in… Read More
Fast Radius, Inc., a recently merged SPAC formerly trading on the NASDAQ, has been sold through a Section 363 Asset Sale to SyBridge Technologies
Fast Radius Founded in 2017, Fast Radius, headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, has become a leading provider of digital manufacturing solutions and has helped its customers produce over 15 million parts… Read More
High Road Capital Partners has sold Radix Wire & Cable to Windjammer Capital
Client: High Road Capital Partners Client Location: United States Target: Radix Wire & Cable Target Location: United States Acquirer: Windjammer Capital Acquirer Location: United States Radix Wire & Cable Radix Wire & Cable is a leading… Read More
Watermill Group has sold Tenere to CGI Manufacturing Holdings, a portfolio company of CORE Industrial Partners
Tenere Headquartered in Dresser, Wisconsin, Tenere Inc. is a market-leading provider of custom mechanical solutions serving innovative customers in the information and communications technology and renewable energy markets, including cloud… Read More
Automated Storage and Retrieval Systems – Combining Efficiency, Speed, Accuracy and Safety
E-commerce sales are currently approximately 22% of retail sales and are expected to increase to approximately 30% by 2025.[1] Increasing order volume, combined with an expectation of fast delivery and… Read More
Doug Paulus
Doug provides mergers and acquisitions (M&A) advisory services to clients in the industrials industry. He has experience executing cross-border sell-side and buy-side transactions and capital advisory engagements for leading private… Read More
Steele Solutions, a portfolio company of Wellspring Capital Management, has acquired Tiffin Metal Products
Tiffin Metal Products Tiffin Metal Products is a provider of custom-engineered chute systems for distribution and manufacturing facilities. Founded in 1903 and headquartered in Tiffin, Ohio, the company operates as… Read More
Hannibal Industries has been sold to Nucor Corporation
Acquiring Hannibal gives Nucor a new growth platform and further deepens its ability to serve warehouse and distribution customers. Lincoln acted as the exclusive financial advisor to Hannibal, working closely… Read More
Andrew Bauer
Andrew provides mergers and acquisitions (M&A) advisory services within Lincoln’s Industrials Group for leading private equity firms, public companies, successful entrepreneurs and private business owners. Andrew utilizes his extensive M&A… Read More
Lincoln International Adds Andreas Bienert as Managing Director
Lincoln International is pleased to announce that Andreas Bienert has joined the firm’s Frankfurt office as a Managing Director in the Global Industrials Group. Andreas will lead the firm’s advisory… Read More
Andreas Bienert
Andreas focuses on advising private equity and corporate clients on mergers and acquisitions (M&A) transactions and leads Lincoln International’s industrial technology advisory business in the German-speaking region. Andreas has more than 15… Read More
TGW has sold its U.S. conveyors business unit to MHS Holdings, Inc., a portfolio company of Thomas H. Lee Partners
Based in Norton Shores, Michigan, TGW U.S. Conveyors designs, develops and manufactures highly dynamic conveyor and sortation technologies. Serving warehouse, distribution and fulfillment end markets, the company has continued to… Read More
Deere & Company has sold SABO Maschinenfabrik GmbH to Mutares SE & Co. KGaA
Client: Deere & Company (John Deere) (DE (NYSE)) Client Location: U.S. Target: SABO Maschinenfabrik GmbH Target Location: Germany Buyer: Mutares SE & Co. KGaA Buyer Location: Germany Target Description: SABO is Europe’s leading manufactures of lawnmowers and… Read More
Industrial Technology Leaders are Likely Buyers for First Wave of Post-Pandemic Industrials M&A
The COVID-19 pandemic has already brought significant changes to the deal-making landscape. While regular-way deal activity has ground to a halt, strategic Industrial Technology buyers largely remain “open” and accessible.… Read More
ILSCO Corporation has been sold to ECM Industries, a portfolio company of Sentinel Capital Partners
ILSCO is a vertically integrated manufacturer of electrical connectors, tools and accessories serving commercial, industrial, utility and original equipment manufacturer (OEM) customers. The company offers a complete line of specification… Read More
Founders and shareholders have sold Applied Micro Electronics to Gimv
Headquartered in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, Applied Micro Electronics (AME) is an independent developer and manufacturer of high-quality smart electronic modules. The company uniquely combines electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, software development… Read More
NORDholding has sold Rademacher Bewegt mehr. to Cross Equity Partners and Pinova Capital
Client: NORDholding Client Location: Germany Target: Rademacher Holding GmbH Target Location: Germany Buyer: Cross Equity Equity Partners AG / Pinova Capital Buyer Location: Switzerland / Germany Target Description: Rademacher is… Read More
Global Industrials Group Ranks #1 for Sell-Side Transactions Again in 2018
Lincoln International’s Global Industrials Group finished 2018 with 73 sell-side deals, keeping it at the top of Mergermarket’s industrials league table for a second consecutive year. The group led all firms… Read More
Edward Hanlon
Ed is a senior banker in Lincoln’s Global Industrial Group. He has over 30 years of experience providing mergers and acquisitions (M&A) advisory services to private equity groups, large corporate… Read More
Tom Williams
Tom provides mergers and acquisitions (M&A) advisory services for international industrial companies and manages the firm’s strategic efforts in the sector. He has 30 years of experience working with large… Read More
Adam Hunia
Adam provides both sell-side and buy-side mergers and acquisitions advisory services for clients. He has significant experience working on numerous transactions for leading private equity firms, privately held businesses and… Read More
Ben Farris
Ben provides advisory services on mergers and acquisitions (M&A) to clients in the industrials sector. He has 20 years of M&A experience, focused on sell-side transactions for private equity groups,… Read More
Robert Reifman
Bobby advises clients on the best approach to maximize their investment returns on businesses they hold in the industrial space. He has significant mergers and acquisitions (M&A) advisory experience, working… Read More