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Meet our Senior Team in Consumer & Industrials
I design strategies and offer solutions that fit the unique ambitions of each client I serve.
Brian Little
Managing Director
Los Angeles
I empower my clients to achieve positive outcomes in the dynamic digital consumer landscape, leveraging deep sector expertise and a trusted, hands-on approach.
Monika Nickl
Managing Director & Co-Head of Consumer, Europe
Munich
Through honest advice, passionate client service and hands-on execution, I strive to deliver outlier results for my clients.
Christopher Petrossian
Managing Director & Co-Head of Consumer
Los Angeles
Jeremy Mau
Jeremy provides mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and debt advisory services to publicly traded companies, leading private equity groups and their portfolio companies and owner-entrepreneurs across a variety of industries. Jeremy’s… Read More
Preparing for Discussions with Potential Investors in Uncertain Times
As COVID-19 continues to wreak havoc on the economy, being recession resilient is no longer enough. Investors are looking for businesses that can withstand the unanticipated and unimaginable – circumstances… Read More
Increased E-commerce Sales Generate Opportunities for Material Handling Automation Investors
Rapidly growing e-commerce sales, both in total dollars and as a percentage of total retail sales, is driving demand for more automated warehouse and distribution solutions. This has transformed warehouse… Read More
Maxime Bazin
Maxime provides mergers and acquisitions (M&A) advisory services involving private equity-backed companies, privately-held businesses and corporate carve-outs. He has gained valuable expertise on a variety of financial engineering, financings and… Read More
Mint | Specialty Chemicals Biz Pique PE Players’ Interest
Originally published by Mint on July 3, 2020. Preet Singh, Managing Director in Lincoln International’s Industrials Group, discusses why chemicals companies in India are greatly attracting investors. Click here to… Read More
Food & Beverage transactions continue to close during unprecedented times
During times of market volatility, investors gravitate to the stable, recession-resistant qualities of the Food & Beverage sector. In the current environment, with in-home consumption up meaningfully, Food & Beverage… Read More
CNBC Squawk Box Feature | Should Amazon Buy Macy’s?
View original post from CNBC on June 30, 2020 here. As brick-and-mortar shops maintain over 80% of retail sales, e-commerce platforms are exploring opportunities to take a slice of that revenue.… Read More
Lincoln International Adds Three Healthcare Investment Banking Leaders
Lincoln International, a leading global investment banking advisory firm, today announced that three leaders specializing in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) advisory for the healthcare sector have joined the firm’s Frankfurt… Read More
Dirk-Oliver Löffler
Dirk co-heads Lincoln International’s Healthcare Group in Europe and leads the firm’s mergers and acquisitions (M&A) advisory efforts in that industry. He executes sell-side and buy-side M&A transactions for private… Read More
Jens Gerlach
Jens provides mergers and acquisitions (M&A) advisory to clients across the entire healthcare spectrum. He has experience in complex sell-side and buy-side transactions, as well as capital advisory engagements, and… Read More
Julian Knirim
Julian advises shareholders, management teams and financial sponsors on complex private and public mergers and acquisitions (M&A) transactions in the global healthcare sector. He has extensive experience in sell-side and… Read More
Time to Get In: Resiliency & Continuation of the “Electronics Super-Cycle” Power Investor Interest in EMS
Now more than ever, digital connectivity is critical as COVID-19 creates physical distance between people and businesses. The electronics super-cycle is driven by demand for the connection of everything. While… Read More
Bright Road Ahead for Investors in the Automotive Aftermarket
As Americans keep close tabs on their budgets and have more time on their hands while at home, the thought of personally performing maintenance and repairs, such as changing a… Read More
Emerging IoT Innovations Attract Corporate and Private Equity Investment
The Internet of Things (IoT) has experienced steady uptake in recent years, offering businesses a range of cost-saving benefits including improved productivity, enhanced situational awareness and a reduction in human… Read More
Safeguarding the Smart Grid: Why Partnering Makes Sense for Utilities & Infrastructure and Cybersecurity Companies
The threat of cyberattacks has increased across the globe, with organizations seeing a 67% increase in the last five years. While protecting against cyberattacks is top-of-mind for nearly every business,… Read More
Engineering & Consulting Services Sector Adjusts Amidst COVID-19 Uncertainty
While construction has been deemed an essential service across most of the country since the start of the pandemic, there nonetheless has been an impact for Engineering & Consulting (E&C)… Read More
What is the New Normal? A Closer Look at Automotive Demand & Supply Chain Impact
In April, U.S. light vehicle sales fell almost 50% year on year and resulted in a seasonally adjusted annualized rate (SAAR) of just 8.6m – significantly lower than any other… Read More
Education Technology & Services Market Update: Q1 2020
All subsectors took a hit in Q1 2020 as stock performance trended downward.
E-commerce and the Compression of Retail Disruption
In recent years, the consumer shopping experience was already experiencing rapid upheaval with e-commerce growing from 6.5% of total retail sales in 2014 to 11.0% in 2019(1); COVID-19 only accelerated… Read More
Dietrich Biller
Dietrich executes sell-side mandates on behalf of private equity clients, small and medium-sized enterprises and multinational corporations and has significant experience in a wide array of industries. As a member… Read More
Awakening of the Healthcare Consumer
Since the beginning of the Information Age, there has been discussion around the importance, emergence, and empowerment of the health care consumer. This has been enabled and driven by rapid… Read More
Seven Software M&A Takeaways for Life After COVID-19
As technology investors consider where to be active amidst the COVID-19 crisis and the months that will hopefully follow later this year, we are increasingly being asked what “the market”… 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
Consolidation in Automotive Services Set to Accelerate with COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has drastically altered the way people behave and how businesses operate. As part of those changes, society has also altered the way it moves. More specifically, in… Read More
Pet Sector M&A Insights and the Implications of COVID-19
In times of market volatility and economic downturns, investors gravitate to certain recession-resistant sectors. Generally, the pet care category grew through the Great Recession when compared to the broader economy,… Read More