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Metzler Corporate Finance

We transform your potential into success

Metzler is one of Germany's leading investment banks. Our clients rely on the independence and continuity of a bank with 330 years of tradition, professionalism and discretion.

The Corporate Finance activities are incorporated under B. Metzler GmbH, an affiliated company of Bankhaus Metzler. Specialized in providing independent advice, we support national and international companies, private equity investors as well as the public sector in preparing and executing acquisitions and divestitures, both, capital market transactions and in arranging finance. Our clients include listed companies as well as family-owned companies from the medium-sized corporate sector.

Metzler Corporate Finance

Mergers & Acquisitions

Capital Markets Advisory

Privatizations

Capital Restructuring / Special Topics

  • Purchase and sale of German Companies for:
    - German and
       foreign groups
    - "Mittelstand"
    - Financial Investors
  • Mergers/Joint ventures
  • Advice on IPOs, Secondaries, capital increases
  • Public tender offers/share buy-backs and squeeze-outs
  • Fairness opinions
  • Equity advisory/defense advisory
  • Sale of participations and assets of public sector clients
  • Privatization of municipal services
  • Public-Private- Partnership
  • Capital markets advice
    - Capital structuring
    - Provision of capital
  • Portfolio structuring
  • Fiduciary business

Proven long-term track record

Capital markets know-how without own financing or placing activities

Innovative concepts and continuity

Independence and discredtion



  • In the Mergers & Acquisitions division, companies mandate us to execute acquisitions or divestitures, mergers or restructurings. Our outstanding features include years of transaction know-how and the ability to manage complex processes.

  • In the Capital Markets Advisory division, we offer advice for IPOs, secondaries, takeover bids and squeeze-outs as well as for strategic issues, such as equity advisory or defense strategies - all this independent of any placement or financing interests of our own.

  • Public-sector clients use our advice for preparing and executing the Privatization of public-sector services or for disposing of/optimizing the use of assets or shareholdings. Creativity and transaction experience are among our strengths.

  • Clients also seek our support in matters of Finance Advice and Special Topics which we are able to offer discretely, thanks to our independence and product neutrality, and solely in the interests of our clients.


International Network
The company's main offices are in Frankfurt am Main. As an investment bank with the backing of strong local expertise and international connections, we are also represented on all key international markets either with our own offices or through cooperation partners. Over the past five years, we have brought to a successful conclusion more than 130 transactions with a total volume of over EUR 35 bn, three quarters of which were cross-border transactions.

Independence and experience
Our strengths are our advantages: clients are able to profit from the unique combination of long-term transaction experience, independence and optimal contacts. Independence means consciously refraining from any placement or financing interests of our own, own-account trading in stocks and private equity business for own account. Our business partners can be certain that we are committed solely to them, representing their interests and theirs alone. Thus, in all phases of a transaction our innovative solutions are geared exclusively to our clients' needs. Talk to us and find out yourself what makes our Corporate Finance advice so unique!