Finance Monthly M&A Awards Winners Edition

FINANCE MONTHLY M&A AWARDS 2020 45 since inception. FCF is a specialized Investment Bank and Financing Specialist, advising public and private small/mid- market companies in the German speaking regions. FCF structures, arranges and places equity and debt capital transactions and supports its clients’ growth, IPO/Pre-IPO, acquisition and standard balance sheet (re-)financing strategies. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in Munich, FCF has direct relationships and works with all leading German, European and international financiers, lenders and investors addressing German small/mid- cap companies. OUR PROFESSIONALS Our professionals have close to a century of collective investment banking experience with some of the leading European and Anglo-American investment banks. We are trusted by our clients with the most confidential information, relying on us to provide them with the most effective solutions. OUR CLIENT DEDICATION We take time tounderstand the individual requirements of each client in order to realize bespoke solutions. Our business model provides for a high level of senior staff attention to each individual transaction. We sincerely pursue long-term relationships that last beyond the single transaction process. OUR INTELLIGENCE We actively pursue new market trends and opportunities to maintain our leading position with regards to the provision of creative financing solutions. Our product and market know-how in combination with our execution skills are the basis to successfully structure and close complex transactions. OUR NETWORK We can build on comprehensive market knowledge derived from a constant and active dialogue with investors and financial institutions; their experience and resources are available, as appropriate, to our clients. Our extensive network provides for direct access to all relevant equity and debt investors as well as to Ultra High Net Worth individuals. FCF structures financial solutions • at the lowest cost, • with the highest flexibility, • in the shortest period of time, • with the highest closing probability, • with financial partners that integrate well into their strategy. ABOUT KAI FRÖMERT Kai is a Managing Director in FCF’s Corporate Finance Team. He joined FCF in 2011 with a focus on debt capital markets and is heading FCF’s MidCap team. Kai studied business economics in Frankfurt, Germany and San Diego, USA and holds a Diplom-Betriebswirt (FH) degree from HfB-Hochschule für Bankwirtschaft / Frankfurt School of Finance & Management. Prior to joining FCF, Kai gained more than 15 years of debt capital markets experience while working for the Markets & Investment Banking division of UniCredit and HypoVereinsbank as well as the investment banking arm of Bank Vontobel. During the last 20 years, Kai focused on capital markets based corporate finance and project finance transactions. FIRM PROFILE FCF Fox Corporate Finance GmbH – founded in 2005 – is a specialized investment banking firm providing corporate financing solutions to private and public small- / midcap companies. FCF is managed by Arno Fuchs, who can build on an extensive track-record as a Managing Director within the Anglo-American and European investment banking industry. In collaboration with a team of specialists who add their individual experience from leading international investment banks, FCF is in a position to provide its clients with creative, custom-tailored corporate financing solutions. To date FCF has successfully advised more than 100 public and private clients regarding debt and equity financing transactions, including capital increases, PIPEs, blocktrades, acquisition financing, US Private Bonds, leasing and factoring transactions with a combined transaction volume of more than € 4 billion