WestLB

West LB AG – Mergers and Acquisitions

Type of business: Corporate Finance / Mergers & Acquisitions

Industry focus: Broad sector approach with focus on consumer & industrial goods, energy, healthcare & chemicals, mobility as well as TMT

Transactions size: Up to €750 m

Reference Deals: For current references please visit our website.

Profile: West LB is an international investment bank with a strong homebase in Germany,advising German and international companies, private and public-sector institutions as well as financial investors with focus on medium-sized businesses. Within the corporate finance advisory area we offer customized solutions for structured equity and debt capital, mergers & acquisitions as well as rating debt advisory.

Services: West LB advices on both buy-side and sell-side transactions, spin-offs, mergers and alliances, public take-overs, squeeze-outs as well as LBO-, MBO- and MBI transactions. Furthermore, we provide advisory services for all capital market related isssues regarfing equity capital-, mezzanine- and debt capital financing, structuring and optimization of corporate financing as well as rating advisory.

Management: Dr. Dietmar Nienstedt (Mergers and Acquisitions) – Christian Fuest (Equity Capital Markets) – Ludger Hahn (Strategic Advisory – Martin Mierswa (Corporate Debt Finance) – Stefan Hübner (Structured Acquisition Finance)

Size of team: n.a.

Year of founding: 1969

Offices: Duesseldorf – Frankfurt/Main – London – New York - Paris – Sao Paulo – Singapore –Sydney – Tokyo a.o.