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Roland Berger has successfully completed its acquisition of Amane Advisors, a strategic consulting firm specializing in water, and resource and energy recovery.

With the acquisition of Amane Advisors, Roland Berger strengthens its expertise and offering in water consulting and builds a leading position in this field. The two consulting firms are a strategic and geographic fit, with complementary offerings in water and waste management. Amane Advisors becomes an integral part of the dedicated water consulting team at Roland Berger and will be fully integrated.

Stefan Schaible, Global Managing Partner at Roland Berger: “We are delighted to have the team of Amane Advisors joining our Roland Berger family. With our new colleagues, we welcome experts with a strong network and many years of experience in the industry. Together, we will be able to develop even more comprehensive and tailored solutions for our clients. The acquisition is in line with our strategy of embedding sustainability in all our projects and is another step on our way to achieving EUR 2 billion in revenues by 2028.”

Geoff Gage, Senior Partner at Roland Berger and former Managing Partner at Amane Advisors: “Studies show the financial impact of climate change will primarily be felt through the water cycle, meaning the demand for strategic advice on water has never been greater. We believe we have found the ideal place, in Roland Berger, to empower and support a wide range of businesses, utilities, and municipalities across the globe in developing, optimizing, and scaling water-related solutions to meet the challenges and capture the opportunities ahead. We look forward to leveraging our passion and expertise to demonstrate water as the critical enabler that it is and to benefit Roland Berger clients around the world.”

Headquartered in Oxford, UK, and with c. 50 professionals in seven offices worldwide, Amane Advisors leads more than 100 strategic projects across the water, waste and energy recovery sectors each year. The company has extensive industry expertise and proprietary water and waste knowledge assets. Blue-chip companies, public organizations, and investors in the water industry based in Europe, North America, and the Middle East make up the majority of Amane Advisors’ clients. Historically, Europe has been Amane Advisors’ strongest market, but the company has experienced particularly strong growth in North America in recent years.

Against the backdrop of progressing climate change, water management has become a top priority for business and governments. Relevant actors in the water ecosystem, such as investors, suppliers and utilities are facing complex business and environmental challenges and increasingly require in-depth knowledge and timely insights on diverse end markets, niche sectors and emerging technologies. This leads to an increasing need for advice. Roland Berger’s water consulting team will provide insight and support decision-makers that need to navigate these strategic challenges.

Roland Berger to become major player in water consulting through acquisition of Amane Advisors

• Acquisition of strategic consulting firm specializing in water, and resource and energy recovery
• Expansion of expertise and offering in line with its strategy to incorporate sustainability into all Roland Berger projects
• Advancing Roland Berger’s international growth and path towards revenues of two billion euros by 2028

Munich/Oxford, December 2023: Roland Berger has signed an agreement to acquire Amane Advisors, a strategic consulting firm specializing in water, and resource and energy recovery. With this acquisition, Roland Berger is expanding its expertise and offering in line with its strategy to incorporate sustainability into all its projects. By acquiring Amane Advisors, Roland Berger will benefit from in-depth industry know-how and a team of experts with a strong network in the fast-growing water and waste management markets. Roland Berger is thus strengthening its expertise and knowledge in water consulting and will now become one of the largest players in this field. Amane Advisors will become an integral part of the dedicated water consultancy team at Roland Berger and will be fully integrated.

Stefan Schaible, Global Managing Partner at Roland Berger: “Amane Advisors and Roland Berger are a perfect strategic and geographic fit, with complementarities in water and waste management consulting. Combining Amane Advisors’ deep market knowledge and focused expertise with Roland Berger’s strong brand and global presence will create new opportunities for our joint future. The acquisition of Amane Advisors further advances our international growth and propels us towards our goal of reaching two billion euros in revenues by 2028. It is also in line with our ambition to further embed sustainability in all our practices and projects. Together with the team of Amane Advisors, we will accelerate the expansion of our offering and expertise in water consulting and build a leadership position in sustainability consulting.”

Torsten Henzelmann, Head of the Global Regulated Platform at Roland Berger: “Amane Advisors has built a competitive advantage through its extensive expertise, database, and proprietary water and waste knowledge assets. The company has experienced strong growth over the years, responding to the increasing need for consultancy in the water sector. We are very much looking forward to working together with the team.”

Geoff Gage, Managing Partner at Amane Advisors: “Water is not only the world’s most critical resource, it’s a strategic imperative that sits at the heart of sustainability and climate change. Everyone at Amane is passionate about water and we look forward to bringing our expertise and know-how in water and integrating our distinctive waste and energy recovery experience to benefit Roland Berger’s clients around the world.”

Thierry Noel, Founding Partner of Amane Advisors: “Water is now on top of the climate adaptation agenda and society, utilities, businesses, industry, and municipalities need to accelerate in designing and implementing solutions. By joining Roland Berger, a leader in sustainability consulting, we can take the water topic globally, at an accelerated pace to address the growing urgency, and put water at center-stage of sustainability. For our people and for our loyal clients, Roland Berger is the ideal home sharing values, a common vision around the importance of water, and vastly expanding the offering beyond anything that Amane could have ever dreamt of providing.”

Headquartered in Oxford, UK, and with c. 50 professionals in seven offices globally, Amane Advisors drives innovative and forward-thinking solutions in the areas of water, resource, and energy recovery for clients worldwide. The majority of Amane Advisors clients are blue-chip companies, public organizations and investors in the water industry and are based in Europe, North America and the Middle East. While historically Europe has been Amane Advisors’ strongest market, the company has experienced strong growth in North America in recent years.

Climate change has made water management a top priority for business and politics. Relevant actors in the water ecosystem, such as investors, suppliers, or utilities are facing strategic issues that are leading to an increasing need for advice.

This transaction is subject to customary closing conditions and is expected to close in the first quarter of 2024.

In this issue: Climate change is already here, how do we adapt to it? Plus, five industry trends to watch in 2023 across water, resource recovery, and energy recovery, a look at the growth of voluntary carbon marktes and tips for more successful PPP projects.

You can now access the digital magazine or read via Amane’s website.

ICFG members from all over Europe, the US and Hong Kong from our international network ICFG met for a 2-day conference hosted by HMT LLP, our UK member in Henley, UK. 20+ participants were able to join from our members Match Plan Corporate Finance, Westbury Group LLC, Carmin Finance, Wintergerst Societät für Unternehmer-Beratung GmbH & Co. KG, Juan Capurro Boltendahl, CIGP – Compagnie d’Investissements et de Gestion Privée, AVaccani & Partners and Deomenos.

It was two very productive days discussing ICFG’s strategy for the network combined with superb social activities organized by HMT in beautiful Henley-on-Thames.

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AVP Managing partner, Amedeo Vaccani, presented at the “11^th IRRC Waste-to-Energy” held in Vienna, Austria on September 5 and 6, 2022 

The 11th IRRC Waste-to-Energy took place at the Vienna University of Technology. The IRRC is a forum for exchange of information about materials flow management, closed substance cycle, applied technologies and organisational forms for countries complying with the EU-norms and those that are in the beginning of this development (https://www.vivis.de/konferenzen/irrc/).

With the title “Global Supplier Structure for Delivery of EfW Plants, Including Alternative Processes, and Key Trends”, the presentation was very timely and well received.

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As always, amane currents addresses an array of important topics. In this issue, we look at new applications in the circular economy that are already disrupting the value chain of economic sectors like resource recovery or regeneration. We also provide an update on the status of new tighter regulations and enforcement plans for PFAS in the U.S. drinking water supply, and share insights from three leaders in t he water-focused venture capital community into what they see as the most exciting technology development(s) in the water/wastewater sectors.

We also explore the important role that development finance institutions (DFI) can play in attracting private finance for drinking water access projects in peri-urban and rural areas. And we report on some of the outcomes from the recent United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC) pertaining to the Blue Economy and the health of our oceans.

End of July 2022, Infravia Capital (“InfraVia”), a leading independent private equity firm, specialized in private markets across European infrastructure & technology investments, closed the transaction with Waterland Private Equity (“Waterland”) for the acquisition of a majority stake in Blue Phoenix Group (“BPG”), a leading player in the waste recycling infrastructure industry and world’s largest incinerator bottom ash (IBA) processor.

A.Vaccani&Partner, Amane Advisors together with ENEA Consulting provided Technical and ESG due diligence to InfraVia.

For more details, click “More Info” and the official press release.

Job Opening in Singapore Office for Knowledge Management Analyst (Circular Economy/Environment) at Amane Advisors, parent company of AVP)

For more details, refer to Amane Advisors – Knowledge Management Role. For the job description, click Job Description.

AVP Managing partner, Amedeo Vaccani, presented at the “Berliner Abfallwirtschafts- und Energiekonferenz” (Berlin waste management & energy conference) held June 23 – 24, 2022.

On June 24, 2022, Amedeo Vaccani presented “Stand und Umsetzung von EU-Vorgaben sowie Marktauswirkungen und -trends wie CCS/CCU und Wasserstoff-Technologie im Bereich Energy-from-Waste” (Status and Implementation of EU Regulations as well as Market Effects and Trends such as CCS/CCU and Hydrogen Technology in the Field of Energy-from-Waste”) . This conference was held in German. For more information, please refer to their website: (https://www.vivis.de/konferenzen/baek/).

Various Partners from AVP attended the IFAT Munich held in Munich, Germany on May 30 – June 3, 2022.

IFAT Munich (www.ifat.de/en) is the world’s leading trade fair for water, sewage, waste and raw materials management. After several years of only virtual meetings due to COVID, we are looking forward to presenting AVP’s new services and offerings personally to our contacts.

A. Vaccani & Partner AG (AVP) merges with Amane Advisors Limited (AAL), combining leading expert advisors in water, resource recovery and the circular economy.

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AVP Partner, Deepak Khajouria, attended and gave a presentation at the PowerGen International® (www.powergen.com), taking place in Dallax, TX during May 23-25, 2022. PowerGen International “is the largest network and business hub for electricity generators and solution providers engaged in power generation”.

On Tuesday, May 24, 2022, Deepak presented “Hybrid Analytics to Improve Steam Generation Plants” in his role as Business Development Executive at Expert Microsystems Inc. For more details, click on the following link: https://www.powergen.com/powergen-international-2022-conference-sessions/hybrid-analytics-to-improve-steam-generation-plants

AVP Partner Edmund Fleck will attend the ISWA 2022 World Congress, to be held in Singapore on September 21-23, 2022.

Anyone wishing to meet Edmund Fleck at the ISWA congress can contact him at e.fleck(at)avp-group.net. With the theme “Don’t Waste Our Future”, the congress is aiming to create a platform to showcase the Waste Management industry more dynamically, provide a channel for businesses to access ideas and opinions to increase productivity and standards in the waste management industry. For more information on the event, please refer to their website: https://iswa2022.org/iswa-2022/.

AVP Managing Partner, Amedeo Vaccani, attended the CO2 Capture, Storage & Reuse Conference being held in Copenhagen, Denmark on May 17-18, 2022

For more information on the conference, please refer to their website: https://fortesmedia.com/co2-capture-storage-reuse,4,en,2,1,19.html#details

Worldwide award volume for Energy-from-Waste (EfW) plants in 2021 shows strong markets in EMEA and China, a mixed picture in Japan, Southeast Asia, and Oceania, with continued low activity in North and South America.

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AVP partner Edmund Fleck recently participated in the ISWA Working Group Energy Recovery (ISWA WGER) spring meeting held in Stockholm, Sweden on April 28 and 29, 2022. Being the first in-person meeting since the outbreak of COVID, attendance was comparatively low, but it was an exciting and very successful event.

The WGER addresses energy recovery from MSW, comprising the combustion processes, efficient production of energy, control of emissions and handling of residues. For more information, please refer to their website: https://www.iswa.org/event/wger-meeting/?v=1ee0bf89c5d1

ICFG members were delighted to meet in person again on October 14 and 15 for the annual ICFG Conference 2021 hosted by our German member in Stuttgart, Wintergerst Societät für Unternehmer-Beratung GmbH & Co. KG. Sixteen members were present, represented by members in Germany, UK, France, Switzerland, Italy, USA, Netherlands, Hong Kong and Spain. It was very productive and great to meet again after months of “online only” meetings to discuss international M&A opportunities and exciting plans for the future of ICFG.

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AVP Partners Ronald Schlegel and Amedeo Vaccani held a workshop on succession planning at the 1st Zurich Unterland Business Symposium, which took place on October 1, 2021. Numerous business leaders from the Zurich North region were present.

The event, organized by the Zurich Unterland location, offered keynotes and workshops on the subject of “Production” throughout the day.

Economics Director Carmen Walker Späh presented the first keynote presentation regarding the economic situation in the Canton of Zurich and the challenges of the past few months.

In the second keynote speech, Philip Mosimann, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Bucher Industries, presented his view of the topic of location factors and mentioned some important recipes for success from his point of view.

For more information about the event and phots, please click the links below.

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On August 20, 2021 Steinmüller Engineering GmbH takes over the essential business parts of ENVIROTHERM GmbH in an asset deal as part of ENVIROTHERM’s self-administered insolvency process.

A.Vaccani&Partner (AVP) was commissioned by the creditors’ committee to carry out a competitive investor process.

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In June/July 2021 the German Company EEW issued the first green bond in the Energy-from-Waste industry with a total amount of € 400 million, and the concepts seems to be spreading with next project announced in Singapore

This successful green bond issue is on one hand proof of the strength of the business model of EEW. And on the other hand, shows unquestionably that green bonds and EfW-based business models are compatible, offering attractive new options to finance Energy-from-Waste and Resource Recovery related infrastructure. In August 2021 it was published in Singapore that the  upcoming integrated waste treatment facility in Tuas, will be the first infrastructure project by a statutory board in Singapore, that will be financed through green bonds, according to the Minister for Sustainability and the Environment Grace Fu.

For more information on green bonds in the EfW industry, click below.

Hitachi Zosen Inova, the Swiss-Japanese cleantech company and global leader in energy-from-waste (EfW) acquire from the global family business, Viessmann, 100% of the business activities of Schmack Biogas Service GmbH and microbEnergy GmbH, both well-established companies in the German biogas market.

AVP initiated the transaction and supported the interests of the buyer.

Valmet has completed the acquisition of EWK Umwelttechnik GmbH following the agreements that were announced on June 10. EWK Umwelttechnik is a German company manufacturing and supplying air emission control systems and after-installation services. EWK Umwelttechnik will be included in Valmet’s financial reporting for the first time in Valmet’s third quarter financial reporting 2021.

Valmet Oyj is the leading global developer and supplier of process technologies, automation and services for the pulp, paper and energy industries.

EWK Umwelttechnik is a manufacturer and supplier of pollution control equipment. The Company offers electrostatic precipitators, fabric filters, catalytic systems, and heat recovery products.

For more details on the acquisition, please follow the link: Valmet has completed the acquisitions of EWK Umwelttechnik and ECP Group to strengthen its environmental systems business – Valmet Oyj (cision.com)

A.Vaccani&Partners (AVP) have supported Valmet on the due diligence of EWK Umwelttechnik.

We are pleased to announce that Edmund Fleck has joined AVP and will be strengthening AVP’s Sustainability and Waste Activities.

For more information view their profiles under Team or click below.

We would be very happy to provide you with further information and to organize a personal meeting.

Despite ongoing COVID-19 restrictions in 2021, global M&A market value more than doubled to the highest first quarter total on record with appetites for deals in the first half of 2021 remaining strong and with high valuations,. Our performance as an international network over the first half of this year echoes that trend, with an optimism for continued growth during the next six months.

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In June 2021 the succession solution of Docucom could be successfully finalized with the 100% sale to ELCA Group.

A.Vaccani&Partner (AVP) managed the entire process as exclusive advisors to the sellers.

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Worldwide award volume for Energy-from-Waste (EfW) plants in 2020 shows dramatic growth in EMEA and Japan, a mixed picture in China and Southeast Asia, and continued low activity in North America.

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We are delighted to announce that independent investment boutique Boltendahl International Partners has joined our M&A network, ICFG, strengthening and developing our presence in Spain and bringing a strong expertise in the Pharmaceutical field.

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ICFG member Wintergerst Societät für Unternehmer-Beratung, based in Stuttgart, delivered an online training session to 38 members of the network encompassing 11 countries across the world on Thursday December 3rd 2020.

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On October 16, 2020, Amedeo Vaccani presented at the virtual IRRC Waste-to-Energy Conference regarding “Possible Impact of COVID-19 on the Development of the Global Energy-from-Waste Markets”.

ICFG is delighted to announce that another new member has joined in 2020! We are proud to welcome the Dutch consultancy firm Match Plan Mergers & Acquisitions, further strengthening our presence in a key European market and bringing new opportunities for cross-border transactions to all parties. Headquartered in The Hague, Match Plan is an independent corporate finance firm specializing in family-owned and medium-sized enterprises in the Netherlands.

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ICFG has enjoyed a strong start to 2020 despite the challenges and constraints caused by COVID-19, with 15 deals completed so far and a new member joining the network from India.

2020 has proven to be a challenging year globally, but the ICFG members have continued to successfully advise clients throughout the pandemic. The network is very pleased to announce that 15 deals were closed in 8 countries during the first 6-month period of this year, across a wide range of sectors and industries.

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ICFG is delighted to announce the new membership of India based Pantomath Group to the network, strengthening the global reach of ICFG, as well as broadening international opportunities for the Mumbai headquartered Investment Bank.

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We are happy to announce our new partnership with trend:research, one of the largest market research institutes in the energy utilities and waste management industry, headquartered in Germany. With over 1,000 references representing over 90% of the German energy utilities and waste management market, they have been active in market and trend research since 1997, focused on the energy, waste and wastewater markets ever since. They are a great addition to the core business intelligence and M&A activities of AVP. More information about trend:research and their activities can be found under Partnerships or on their website: www.trendresearch.de.

During June and July 2020, AVP held three market webinars regarding the energy-from-waste (EfW) and waste management industry. Two webinars were held for our VIP contacts giving a snapshot of the “Summary of 2020 Market Share Report and EfW Market Outlook”, whereas a detailed webinar was held for the customers of the 2020 edition of the report.

This format was very successful and we are planning more webinars. Follow us on LinkedIn to keep updated on any upcoming webinars and dates.

On July 9, we held our webinar to present the key findings of the global survey on the COVID-19 Impact on the EfW & Waste Management Industry, which was conducted in June.

Since the COVID–19 Crisis (2020) is an unprecedented event, to get a first idea about its possible impact, we started with the historical analysis of the impact of the financial crisis and other disturbances on the EfW & waste management market.

The webinar gave an overview of the survey results and took a deeper look at critical uncertainties and COVID-19 assumptions. Also shown were scenarios developed for the EfW and waste management industry and the possible COVID-19 impacts on AVP’s 5-year market forecast.

For a recording of the webinar, please click the “COVID-19 Recording” below.

For a copy of the webinar presentation, please click the “COVID-19 Presentation” button below.

AVP is conducting a survey to understand what impacts the COVID-19 pandemic may have on the energy-from-waste (EfW) and waste management industry in your country/region and globally in the short to medium term. The survey is aimed at collecting various factors, which in your opinion will have the strongest impact on your business.

The results of the survey will be analyzed and shared with the contributors in one or several dedicated webinars, which we will run in June and July. Factors, their impact and uncertainty level will be used for scenario planning and market monitoring, e.g. a management cockpit.

Your opinion is important to us and we would greatly appreciate if you would take 10-15 minutes to complete the survey.

In order to collect and analyze the data in time for webinars in June and July, we would appreciate if you could complete the survey by Wednesday, June 17, 2020. For any questions, please feel free to contact Suejean Asato under the number +41 79 372 6120 or by e-mail sj.asato(at)avp-group.net.

We are happy to announce that Ms. Tania Lehmkuhl Ador and Mr. Hoonsik Bae have joined the AVP team.

Tania Lehmkuhl Ador joins AVP as Practice Leader for Family Office Services and Strategy & Corporate Governance as a Partner.

Hoonsik Bae joins AVP as Associate Partner and strengthens our services in M&A, post-merger integration, strategy development and implementation.

For more information view their profiles under Team or click below.

We would be very happy to provide you with further information and to organize a personal meeting.

Decision-making in a Complex and Ambiguous Environment: Setting up your business for post-crisis recovery

A natural approach to decision-making in high uncertainty situations is to:

1. Collect and review any meaningful intelligence as fast as possible to get valuable input and guidance
2. Consider possible scenarios, i.e. how the outside world may develop, what this would mean for us, and what we would do if either scenario was to materialize
3. Evaluate all available data and “what ifs”, decide on a general set of assumptions and a course of action
4. Thereafter, make consistent decisions (small and large), which will steer you in the right direction

AVP Scenario Planning and Strategy Sharpening Proposition

To work through these steps with the key management team in a structured and fast approach, AVP has developed a dedicated scenario development and planning process backed by its established business intelligence and expert knowledge.

Our scenario planning proposition is based on (a) understanding the world a business operates in, and (b) developing views on alternative worlds that a business may be operating in. Key business stakeholders will actively participate in developing alternative scenarios and assessing a potential impact each of them will have on their operations, finances and other. With input from AVP’s business intelligence practice, businesses will identify their blind spots, evaluate consequences and get asked the right questions to navigate through the possible alternative worlds and to develop a sound framework (a sharpened strategy)  for “coming out of the Covid-19 crisis and speeding up in the new breeze”.

All process steps and workshops are held on-line, and participants are connected remotely. Therefore, the AVP Scenario Planning and Strategy Sharpening proposition is highly efficient and adaptable as to the number of involved team members and their location.

To discuss the AVP Scenario Planning proposition or how it can benefit businesses, please contact Suejean Asato to make an appointment: sj.asato(at)avp-group.net.

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ICFG is positioned at 3 different stages of the COVID-19 crisis, with Partners located across the globe from Hong Kong to the USA, and a dense presence across Europe.

Each week, ICFG is trying to mobilize an “around the world” perspective to identify an emerging set of best practices aimed at overcoming this sharp curve, from a pragmatic and hands-on perspective.

ICFG is happy to share the evolving key takeaway messages below.

Worldwide award volume for Energy from Waste (EfW) plants in 2019 shows a mixed picture in the different regions . While EMEA showed approx. 23% growth, the global volume decreased due to lower recorded awards in the Chinese market.

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AVP would like to thank ICFG clients who are utilizing their skills and technology to support the battle against the global pandemic: Chargeurs started producing hydroalcoholic solutions for healthcare professionals and critical sectors, as well as providing protective masks in industrial mass quantities. UAP Limited are now using their 3D printers to manufacture laser cut gadgets designed by Automotive and Manufacturing Advanced Practice to allow people to open doors without having to touch handles.

For more information, click on the link below.

Under this title, Rahn + Bodmer, the oldest private bank in Zurich, organized an event for entrepreneurs and owners of family businesses on November 18, 2019 where A. Vaccani & Partners (AVP) shed light on the challenges and opportunities of selling a company as part of a succession solution. The example of the sale of Lamineries Matthey SA, where AVP represented the owners, showed the successful handover of a family-owned company to an industrial buyer that is also a family-owned company.

Preparation, support and implementation of a successful successor solution is a multi-month, complex, interdisciplinary process that must be carefully planned and structured. Succession planning has a project character and, in most cases, cannot be handled by the entrepreneur in addition to day-to-day business without professional external support.

Under competent project management, many topics have to be addressed: verification of the strategy and the business plan, valuation of the company, creation of professional sales documentation, identification of potential buyers as well as tax and legal aspects.

AVP has handled more than 100 transactions in recent years.

Please find below the links to the two presentations, which are available in German only. If you would like to receive more information regarding this project as well as others, please feel free to contact us.

We are pleased to announce that Mr. Willem Roos has joined the AVP team leading AVP’s Energy & Renewables Practice, further strengthening our consulting, merger & acquisition activities.

For more information view his profile under Team or click below.

ICFG is delighted to announce the new membership of US-based Westbury Group to the network, strengthening the global reach of ICFG, as well as broadening international opportunities for the New York area boutique M&A and corporate finance firm.

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Twelve members from ICFG met in Stuttgart on October 17 and 18, 2019 for the annual ICFG Autumn conference, hosted by German member Wintergerst Societät für Unternehmer-Beratung GmbH & Co. KG.

The event took place over 2 days and was represented by members in Germany, UK, France, Switzerland, Czech Republic, as well as Hong Kong, Poland and Italy via remote link up.

ICFG were also delighted to formally initiate newest US member, Westbury Group, into the network.

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Amedeo Vaccani was interviewed by ICFG, our M&A partner group. To read the full interview, click button below.

We are pleased to announce that Mr. Raafat Morcos has joined the AVP team as an Associate Partner in AVP’s Plant practice and will be involved in the financial advisory and modelling of M&A mandates. Mr. Morcos is an economist with an MBA from INSEAD and is a UK qualified chartered accountant.

For more information view his profile under Team or click below.

ICFG met in Milan on May 14 and 15, 2019 for the network’s annual Spring Conference.  This year’s event was hosted by Palmer Corporate Finance Managing Partner Sandro Scaccini, at his offices in central Milan.

The conference took place over two days and was attended by ICFG members on a global scale representing Italy, France, Poland, UK, Czech Republic, Germany, Switzerland, Hong Kong and South Africa.

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Worldwide award volume for Energy from Waste (EfW) plants in 2018 reached an all-time high driven by the Chinese market returning to its 2016 peak level and sharply increasing award volumes throughout Asia.

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YMC Co., Ltd. (Kyoto, Japan) , an international private life science company with 400 employees, acquired ChromaCon AG (Zurich, Switzerland) on April 1, 2019. ChromaCon is a Swiss life science tool company. They are a leader in continuous chromatography technologies, selling laboratory-scale purification systems, and out-licensing their technology for industrial applications worldwide. ChromaCon will continue to operate as part of the YMC Group of companies.

AVP led the transaction and supported the sellers through the entire process.

On April 9, 2019, Amedeo Vaccani presented at the 5th International VDI Conference – “Energy and Materials from Waste” – in Antwerp, Belgium: “Emerging Countries and Markets for Waste-to-Energy”.

We are pleased to announce that Mr. Charles Depasse has joined AVP and will be leading AVP’s health care practice. Mr. Depasse started his career with Pfizer in product development, then moved on to Smith and Nephew before joining Nycomed.

For more information view his profile under Team or click below.

On March 15 and 16, 2019 the 3rd Annual AVP ITM took place in Zurich, Switzerland. AVP team members and Associate Partners from Europe, North America and Asia were in attendance. We had the pleasure of introducing three new members to our team, strengthening and complementing our team even more. The meetings were once again a huge success and the AVP team continues to have successful joint projects with a healthy pipeline of projects.

ELEVATE Hong Kong Holdings Limited, 100% owned by EQT, one of the largest stand-alone sustainability consulting groups globally, with 450 employees in 110 countries, buys 100% of BSD Consulting, which is an international consultancy headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland with 9 offices on 4 continents, providing knowledge and solutions for sustainable management and development

AVP has arranged bridge loan financing for the BSD Group to enable the transaction.

We are pleased to announce that Mr. Brian Heimbigner has joined AVP reinforcing the AVP Water Practice. Mr. Heimbigner has held several leadership positions, for example at ABB Automation, responsible for strategic planning and re-entry into the North American water market, and as Product/Technology Manager at Siemens Water Technology (former) USFilter.

For more information view his profile under Team or click below.

On November 15, 2018, Amedeo Vaccani, Managing Partner of AVP was a keynote speaker at the CleanConnect 2018, the 5th International Cleantech Cooperation and Investment Conference, in Nanjing, China. The annual conference was organized by AVP’s Associate Partner Umore Group (www.cleanconnect.cn).

On October 1, 2018 Amedeo Vaccani presented at the IRRC Waste-to-Energy Conference in Vienna, Austria: “Worldwide Waste-to-Energy Market – Where are the Upcoming Projects?”.

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The private shareholders of Compona AG, market leader for connector solutions in Switzerland, and its German subsidiary Cosy Electronics, a specialized niche service provider, with total 90 employees, sell 100% of their shares to TTI, Inc. USA, a subsidiary of Warren Buffet’s investment vehicle Berkshire Hathaway. With 3.5 billion USD turnover and 6’000 employees, TTI Inc. is one of the world’s leading specialty distributors of interconnect, passive and electromechanical (IP&E) components.

AVP led the transaction and supported the sellers through the entire process.

Christian Schärli, wimos’s Managing Director since 2015 acquires with his 1 Lee Holding AG, all shares of wimos AG from the founder and present owner. With 30 employees, wimos AG is a typical Swiss SME and this solution is ideal for all stakeholders.

AVP has led the transaction and supported the seller through the entire process.

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We are pleased to announce that Dr. Amir Golshani has joined AVP as Senior Partner. Dr. Amir Golshani holds a Master of Engineering in Physics and a Doctorate in Electronics Engineering from the Technical University of Vienna, Austria. He is also currently a Coach at the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Lab (ieLab) at the Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETHZ). Dr. Amir Golshani will step in as AVP’s Strategy Consulting Practice Leader, strengthening our team with focus on Strategy and Performance Improvement. For more information view his profile under Team or click below.

EBARA Environmental Plant Co., Ltd. (EBARA) and MARTIN GmbH für Umwelt- und Energietechnik (MARTIN) concluded a cooperation partnership for the Waste-to-Energy market in Japan. EBARA will have the exclusive right to MARTIN reverse-acting grate technologies for new plants and major refurbishments. AVP led Martin’s partner search in Japan and supported the transaction.

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Presentation and Panel discussion participation by Prashant Maniar: “Structuring and Developing Bankable Contracts in Waste to Energy in India” at Conference on Waste-to-Energy and Fuel, New Delhi, India. Click below for program.

Based in Munich, Germany, KÜTTNER MARTIN Technology GmbH was jointly founded by Küttner and Martin. Each company will hold 50% and jointly manage the new company, which will specialize in the sale and construction of plants for the thermal treatment of municipal sewage sludge. A.Vaccani & Partner (AVP) introduced the two companies.

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Umore’s findings indicate that after a 10-year growth, China’s environmental industry has entered into a mature phase with both the number and total value of M&A deals remaining stable. Privately owned enterprises impressed the industry with a number of large deals in 2017, while the investment activities of state-owned enterprises were restricted for policy reasons. The waste treatment industry, replacing water treatment, became the hottest field in China, although water treatment companies were still popular in cross-border deals.

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On March 2 and 3, 2018 the 2nd Annual AVP ITM took place in Zurich, Switzerland. With 100% turnout of all AVP team members and Associate Partners from Europe, North America and Asia, the meetings were a huge success. The meetings revealed that 2017 was full of achievements with all partners having successful joint projects and much more ahead in the pipeline.

We were also happy to welcome a few new members and some prospective members, which will complement and strengthen the AVP team even more.

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Prashant Maniar, AVP Associate Partner and Managing Director of Encito Advisors held a presentation and participated in the panel discussion regarding “Waste to Energy Project Development in Emerging Markets – India” at the 2018 Energy from Waste Conference in London, UK (http://www.efwconference.com).

Amedeo Vaccani was one of the keynote speakers at the Clean Connect 2017 – International Cleantech Cooperation and Investment Conference taking place on November 13-14, 2017 in Shanghai. The Clean Connect Conference is an annual event to facilitate international cooperation for global cleantech companies & organizations. For more information on the event, please visit the website: http://2017.cleanconnect.cn/. If you are interested in participating in this event in the future, please contact Suejean Asato (sj.asato(at)avp-group.net).

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We would like to welcome Simon Frei from FS Partners AG as a new Associate Partner of AVP. With his extensive experience as a CFO and financial expert, he is a valuable new member and addition to our team. More information about FS Partners AG can be found under “Partnerships” or on the FS Partner website: www.fspartners.ch.

AVP Partner, presented at the 2017 Shanghai International Exhibition on Boiler Technology at the invitation of the Shanghai Industrial Boiler Research Institute (SIBRI). The conference focus is on boiler and burner technology for industrial and power generation applications. Mr. Affelt’s presentation, entitled “Big Data & Digitalization: Big Confusion, Big Threat or Big Opportunity?”, focused on the opportunities for boiler companies to create new revenue streams by offering remote monitoring services to improve performance and reliability for their customer base using advanced analytical technologies. AVP Group helps OEMs in the energy segments create new Digital Strategies, Roadmaps and Value Propositions to take advantage of emerging opportunities in the Digital sector.

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We are happy to announce our new partnership with UMORE Group, headquartered in Shanghai, a global consulting firm focused on cleantech transfer and financial services. With four representative offices in Copenhagen, Dusseldorf, Toronto and Singapore for scouting top-notch clean technologies across 14 countries for Chinese clients, they are a huge asset to AVP and our clients. More information about Umore Group and their activities can be found under Partnerships or on their website: www.umoregroup.com.

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In July 2017, the succession of the Lamineries MATTHEY was successfully completed by the takeover of the operational business by Notz Metall AG in the form of an asset deal. A.Vaccani & Partner (AVP) led the entire process and supported the sellers as exclusive M&A advisors.

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Sustainability is becoming more and more important and is already today, a key success factor for many companies. The Handelszeitung interviewed AVP Senior Partner, Ronald Schlegel, who is also President of the Swiss Sustainable Building Council (www.sgni.ch).

Read the interview (only in German).

Lian Chinaherb AG located in Wollerau, Switzerland, the leading Swiss distributor of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), acquired the majority of Equilibre Sinovital and Mencius Distribution Sarl (Belgium / France) from private owners.

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Presentation by Amedeo Vaccani at the VDI International Conference Sewage Sludge Treatment in Copenhagen, Denmark: “International Market Developments in the Sewage Sludge Industry”

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In the February/March 2017 and April/May 2017 issues of the European Cleaning Journal (ECJ – www.europeancleaningjournal.com), AVP Partner, Ronald Schlegel contributed a two-part feature on „Facility Management – time to take responsibility“.

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As of April 1, 2017, we have moved to our new offices and look forward to welcoming you there soon.

Zollikerstrasse 141

P.O. Box 1682

CH-8032 Zurich

Switzerland

We would like to welcome Sabine Nowak from Five Elements Capital Ltd. as a new Associate Partner of AVP. With her extensive expertise in project and corporate finance, project development clean energy, waste-to-energy, circular economy and private equity, she is a valuable new member of our team. An overview of Five Elements Capital Ltd.’s services can be found in the link below. In addition, more information can be found on their website: www.5elementscapital.com.

On January 20 and 21, 2017, AVP’s first International Team Meeting (ITM) was held in Zurich, Switzerland. We are happy to report that the entire AVP team including Associate Partners were in attendance, even those from India, China and North America! It was a huge success with all participants successfully networking and discussing new business ideas. We are already seeing the fruits of our labor with new mandates and more intense cooperation between partners. Click on the link to get a glimpse of the entire AVP Group.

After FINMA approval in December 2016, the majority acquisition of the InCore Bank by Sobaco from Märki Baumann was closed on January 12, 2017. The two companies will become Switzerland’s largest private banking hub operating on the basis of the Finnova core banking solution.

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Encito Advisors, AVP’s partner in India, acted as exclusive advisor to EcoCentric.

AVP Partner, Scott Affelt, delivered a presentation on “Big Data and Analytics Opportunities for the Boiler OEM” at the annual meeting of the American Boiler Manufacturers Association (ABMA) on January 14, 2017. For more information, download his presentation.

In the largest Chinese acquisition in Germany so far, Beijing Enterprises Holdings Limited acquires 100% of the leading German energy-from-waste company.

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