Roman Franz Gronau

- Managing mergers & acquisition as well as capital raise processes for technology focused companies (artificial intelligence / cyber security / B2B fleet management software) - Analyses and assessments of technology markets regarding potentials areas for mergers & acquisitions - Establishing client realtionships by issuing market reports on technology topics (cyber security)

- Establishing and managing relationships with potential transaction targets and processes - Valuation of transaction targets and preparation of documents to be submitted to the investment board - Negotiation of Sales and Purchase Agreements

- Managing transaction project teams in accordance with client expectations - Advising clients on Sales and Purchase Agreements with respect to potential financial exposure - Establishing client relationships by issuing opportunity papers on potential transaction targets

- Advising preferred private equity clients on buy-side transactions with respect to quality of earnings, adjusted EBITDA and net debt - Analyses of client related key areas (e.g. sustainability of revenues, working capital, debt structure) and challenge target management teams on key assumptions Industries Served: Automotive, TMT (Technology, Media & Telecommunications) and RCP (Retail & Consumer Products)

- Set-up of valuation models regarding the valuation of nominal assets – analyses of peer groups, betas and multiples - Calculation of the cost of capital by determine inherent factors – risk-free-rate, market risk premium, beta, country risk premium and other risk premiums - Consulting on capital debt financing structure in regard of the company rating – analyses on the debt to equity structure

- Economical analyses of target companies for sell- and buy-side - Collocation of information on the business of the target company and on critical M&A factors - Preparation of reports concerning M&A transactions

- Audit of annual financial statements on accordance to national and international financial reporting standards - Audit of several audit items (Confirmation of Balance – Other Current Liabilities – Other Current Assets – Non-Operating Income – Non-Operating Expenses – Fixed Assets) - Proof-Reading of Appendix and Management Report

- Internal Control over Financial Reporting (ICFR) documentation under the Sarbanes–Oxley Act - Setting up of an Internal Control System (ICS) under the German Accounting Law Modernization Act (BilMoG) - Legal Reporting with Navision-Citrix & Hyperion - Preparation of monthly reports - Support on forecast & periodical processes - Accounting of incoming & outgoing invoices

- Valuation and Financial Statement Analysis - Multinational Financial Management - Investments - Applied Macro & International Economics - China Funds

Specialization: - International Finance - Corporate Finance - Portfolio Management

Specialization: - Statistics - Quantitative Methods - International Finance