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Bernhard Aigner
Director
Frankfurt Capital Advisory baigner@lincolninternational.com +49 69 97105-474I am striving to collaborate closely with my clients to achieve tailormade, best-in-class solutions to help them meet their strategic objectives and be well prepared for a dynamic industry environment.
Bernhard is a Director in Lincoln’s Capital Advisory Group. He advises corporate and private equity clients on raising financing for various occasions, including mergers and acquisitions (M&A), dividend recapitalizations and refinancings.
Bernhard has more than a decade of experience in corporate and financial sponsor driven acquisition financings. He successfully structured and executed a wide range of financing transactions across different sectors and business models for large, mid-sized and privately owned companies as well as private equity clients.
Prior to joining Lincoln, Bernhard was a Director at HSBC Germany’s leveraged and acquisition finance team. Previously, he worked in UniCredit’s investment banking division focused on leveraged finance, corporate structured finance and loan syndications.
Bernhard earned a Master of Business Administration from Vienna University of Economics and Business.
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By linking my experience in debt advisory and mergers and acquisitions, I look forward to delivering flexible and innovative financing solutions to make an impact that matters with long-term target clients, as Lincoln does best.
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I take an active role in every stage of the transaction process in order to achieve the goals of my clients.
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