Munich/Mannheim — Since March, Dr. Burk­hard Weber (photo) has streng­the­ned the six-member part­ner group of IMAP M&A Consul­tants and will from now on be jointly respon­si­ble for advi­sing clients in the capi­tal goods sector. He has parti­cu­lar exper­tise in the fields of mecha­ni­cal and plant engi­nee­ring, the cons­truc­tion and buil­ding mate­ri­als indus­try, and the paper indus­try. Burk­hard Weber joins IMAP from the US invest­ment bank Raymond James, where he was Mana­ging Direc­tor respon­si­ble for the expan­sion of consul­ting in the capi­tal goods sector in German-spea­king count­ries. Prior to that, the doctor of busi­ness admi­nis­tra­tion spent almost seven years as Mana­ging Direc­tor for the inter­na­tio­nal M&A boutique Lincoln Inter­na­tio­nal in Frank­furt and New York. There he led nume­rous cross-border tran­sac­tions of German and Ameri­can compa­nies, among others advi­sing the German Würth Group as well as Bilfin­ger on tran­sac­tions in the US.

Previously, Burk­hard Weber was Mana­ging Direc­tor and co-part­ner of the German corpo­rate finance advi­sory subsi­diary of the British invest­ment bank Close Brot­hers. He star­ted his career in the tran­sac­tion busi­ness in 1996 at KPMG Corpo­rate Finance, where he was most recently a member of the German M&A manage­ment team for a time.

“We are deligh­ted to welcome a new colle­ague with such exten­sive exper­tise and diverse expe­ri­ence in cross-border tran­sac­tions to our circle of part­ners,” empha­si­zes Karl Fesen­meyer, CEO of IMAP Germany.

About IMAP
Foun­ded in 1973, IMAP is one of the oldest and largest Mergers & Acqui­si­ti­ons orga­niza­ti­ons in the world with offices in 35 count­ries. More than 400 M&A advi­sors in inter­na­tio­nal sector teams specia­lize in corpo­rate sales, cross-border acqui­si­ti­ons and stra­te­gic finan­cing issues. Its clients are prima­rily family-owned compa­nies from the midmar­ket, but also include large natio­nal and inter­na­tio­nal corpo­ra­ti­ons as well as finan­cial inves­tors, family offices and insti­tu­tio­nal inves­tors. World­wide, IMAP accom­pa­nies about 200 tran­sac­tions per year with a total volume of more than USD 12 billion.