Finance Monthly M&A Awards Winners Edition

FINANCE MONTHLY M&A AWARDS 2020 87 FIRM PROFILE RIóN is anM&A-specialized advisory firm for companies who want more than a service provider to carry out their transaction. For over a quarter of a century, more than 125 families and companies have invited us to be part of their process, and today we are the largest team of M&A experts in Mexico. In every deal we go deeper than numbers; the specific dynamics of corporate stakeholders and each family, family member, and their situation have to be understood to ensure complete satisfaction. This approach provides the transparency, integrity and exacting level of execution that have earned and retained the trust of our clients. RIóN is known throughout the region for our access to decision makers in the business and finance communities as well as our partnership with M&A firms all over the world. More than two thirds of our closed deals have matched Mexican family companies with corporations, and one third has included participants from outside Mexico. Our responsibilities are bringing together the right parties to satisfy generations and generate profit to the families and companies who have chosen us. RIóN Approach RIóN specializes in M&A and related corporate finance advice to private and public companies. We are the largest team of M&A experts in Mexico and the most active M&A Advisory Firm in the Mexican Market. We are independent and unbiased, free of all conflict of interest. Our M&A advice is timely, precise, meaningful, and creates value. Our way of thinking No quality M&A advice has ever been provided by only thinking about fees. Services RIóN specializes in M&A and related corporate finance advice to private and public companies. Our Senior partners are recognized for their sensitivity and understanding of medium or large size family-owned companies. ABOUT ALEXANDER VON GRIESHEIM Alexander joined RIóN in 2005 as an Associate and since then he has successfully advised and closed transactions with over 20 customers in sell-side and buy-side mandates in the pharmaceutical, automotive, financial, business services, manufacturing, oil & gas, consumer, food and beverage sectors. Since joining RIóN, Alexander has managed to close deals between family owned companies and large multinational companies, sold companies during restructuring processes, acquired subsidiaries of larger companies, and has advised 2 companies under chapter 11 proceedings. Has also advised PE Funds in their exit of portfolio companies. In order to fulfil client’s needs, Alexander has managed to find creative solutions to bridge valuation gaps, as well as other relevant differences and needs of counterparties, taking into account that family owners and large corporates have different or diverse objectives. Prior to joining the firm, Alexander was an Associate at Aguilar Portilla y Asociados, S.C., a mid-market investment banking firm, where he successfully led various projects in the bottling, agribusiness, publishing, advertising and health care industries. Simultaneous with his responsibilities at Aguilar Portilla y Asociados, he was co-founder and regional manager at Secresi, S.C., a web-based company focused to follow up on creditors in the financial and industrial sectors. Alexander earned a BA in Business Administration from Universidad Iberoamericana (Special Honors), and an International MBA from Instituto de Empresa (IE) Business School (Spain).