IT-Service, Software &amp; Digital Transformation

Digital transformation is on the agenda of all companies, across all industries, providing a wide range of growth opportunities, especially for companies in IT service/security, software
development and online trading sectors.

Having an experienced and wealthy partner at your side allows your organisation to reach its full potential:
Greater investments in new technologies and IT infrastructure allows you to attain a higher level of infrastructure allows you to attain a higher level of "Digital Competence".

With our expertise and our exclusive network, we can match you with the right partner in an investment process enabling your company to ascend to its next level of growth. Contact us.

Our experts for IT-Service, Software & Digital Transformation

Fabian Lautenschlager
Partner

Roman Gronau
Partner

Matthias Knoke
Partner

Oliver Steinberg
Partner

Jaime Fernández Pinilla
Partner / Head of Iberia

Guido Ebbing
Partner / Head of Benelux

Fabian Lautenschlager

Partner

Fabian Lautenschlager is partner at the Ravensburg office since 2019 and is responsible for the needs of our mid-market clients in buy and sell mandates. After a career at the Boston Consulting Group and over 10 years at the global mid cap M&A consultancy GCA Altium in Munich and London, he became part of the Sancovia team. Fabian Lautenschlager thus brings bundled expertise from national and international M&A practice through more than 15 years of relevant professional experience to our processes.

Fabian Lautenschlager holds a degree in economics with a focus on finance and studied at the University of Ulm and the University of Bologna.

Roman Gronau

Partner

As a Partner Roman Franz Gronau is our TMT (Technology, Media and Telecommunications) expert in Munich, and advises on both buy- and sell-side M&A mandates. He began his career at EY in transaction services (focussed on TMT assignments) where he spent seven years, latterly as a manager. He subsequently joined Evidensia, a portfolio investment of EQT. After more than 2 years as an Investment Manager, including several successful transactions, he moved to Becker Büttner Held as a Senior Manager and was responsible for their TMT M&A practice.

Roman studied at Munich Business School in Germany, Fudan University School of Management in China and Northwood University in the USA.

Matthias Knoke

Partner

As a Partner in our Düsseldorf office, Matthias Knoke is responsible for both buy-side and sell-side mandates. He started his professional career in the business recovery services department at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Düsseldorf. Starting in 2012, Matthias successfully accompanied numerous buy and sell side mandates at Oaklins, a renowned M&A advisory, and was most recently responsible for the Stuttgart Oaklins office. In 2017 he joined QuEST Global, an international engineering and hi-tech service provider in Munich, as Head of M&A Europe. In addition to national and international buy-side projects, he was responsible for the further development of QuEST's Corporate Development Team.

Matthias Knoke is a trained banker and holds a degree in business administration (Int. Business Administration and Finance & Asset Management) from ISM Dortmund.

Oliver Steinberg

Partner

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

Partner / Head of Iberia

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.

Guido Ebbing

Partner / Head of Benelux

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.

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Our experts for IT-Service, Software & Digital Transformation

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