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Erik Mattes

Erik Mattes is Managing Partner at the Ravensburg office. He has been part of the Sancovia team since 2015 and is one of our buy-side specialists, having successfully completed over 40 transactions. Erik Mattes owes his success not only to his many years of M&A experience but also to his empathy and ability to consider the needs of entrepreneurs. He looks back on a successful career at KPMG, goetzpartners and Jefferies. Before joining Sancovia, he worked most recently at the Schulz Group in the role of CFO.

Erik Mattes studied International Business Administration in Wiesbaden and San Sebastian. In addition to his diploma, he also holds a Master of Business Administration. 

Christopher Leek

Christopher Leek is a partner, based in Frankfurt, and specialises in buy- and sell-side transaction advisory services.

He has over 20 years experience in M&A accrued at PricewaterhouseCoopers and latterly FTI Consulting, where he jointly established its German corporate finance presence.  During that time he has advised on multiple large and mid-cap domestic and cross-border transactions, principally for financial sponsors.  He has a broad sector expertise including industrials, retail, education and services.

Christopher holds a degree in economics and accounting from the University of Bristol.  He is also a Chartered Accountant (ICAEW) in the United Kingdom.

Oliver Steinberg

Oliver Steinberg is M&A Partner at our Frankfurt office and advises our mid-cap clients on buy-side and sell-side mandates. 
With more than 17 years of M&A experience, Oliver has advised on numerous mandates for financial investors, small and medium-sized enterprises and multinational corporations both in Germany and abroad.
In the five years before joining Sancovia, Oliver worked for Lincoln International, a global mid-cap M&A advisory firm, where he was a member of the Financial Sponsors Group and responsible for business with family offices in the DACH region. Prior to that, he was an M&A advisor for Commerzbank and Bear Stearns, and in private equity for palero capital and Ellion Management. Oliver’s experience as an advisor, investor and entrepreneur has shaped his approach to consulting, which combines in-depth process know-how and goal orientation with empathy and understanding for the needs of his clients and their counterparts.

Oliver holds a Bachelor of Science (with Honours) from Cass Business School.

Jaime Fernández Pinilla

As a Partner in our Madrid office, Jaime Fernández is responsible for buy-side and sell-side mandates. Mr. Fernández started his career at Grupo Ahorro Corporación (ACF), where he worked in the strategy and analysis department advising Spanish listed companies in various sectors (TMT, broadcasting, industry...). Jaime then switched to Auren Corporate, where he advised successfully due diligence and valuation projects at buy- and sell-side mandates as Director.

Jaime holds a bachelor’s degree in Business & Administration from the university of CUNEF. He completed a semester abroad at the National Chengchi University of Taipei, Taiwan.

Pedro Moragues Prieto

Pedro Moragues manages buy- and sell-side mandates as Director at our Madrid office. He started his career at IESE Business School being Research Analyst with a special focus on Corporate, Banking and Real Estate industry. After that, Pedro joined ONEtoONE Corporate Finance in 2013 where he held different positions as Research Department Director, Director of Corporate Development in the firm for Europe and South America and M&A Manager. Pedro has over 9 years of M&A experience and has previously executed numerous M&A projects for medium-sized family businesses, financial investors as well as listed and smaller companies from various industries in Europe. 

Pedro holds a bachelor’s degree of Law and Business & Administration from the Complutense´s University in Madrid fulfilling his education with various programs within IESE Business School.

Guido Ebbing

Guido Ebbing serves our private equity clients as well as entrepreneurs and corporates on both sell- and buy-side mandates.
 
Guido started his career at Deloitte Corporate Finance in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Here, he specifically focused on mid-market M&A and was involved in a wide range of buy- and sell-side transactions. Clients varied from private equity, to privately held- and publicly traded companies across a variety of industries. Key focus sectors were the TMT and Consumer Business industries. Some 8 years of Big4 experience has made him into a widely educated and seasoned M&A professional.

Guido holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and a double Master; Marketing and Finance, both from the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.