12 Industry Groups

Logistics & Transportation

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Logistics & Transportation

 

The availability of new technologies and enhanced business processes have had a more significant impact on transforming both the transportation and logistics industries.

Today, tracking products is much more convenient, which has increased the transparency between multiple businesses and their customers. Thus, the logistics and transportation industries are both at their peaks of success with the help of new forms of technologies.

 

Our market view

The world has never been so small, advanced, and fast-paced. Down the road, the offline world needs to fit into the online reality. More companies have been encouraged to take special advantage of the most recent technologies in order to add value to their services.

This journey often presents opportunities for M&A because more skills and features need to be combined. Our professionals in the industry can offer the most relevant expertise required for a successful transaction.

Market Outlook

Emergence of e-commerce
Rise of digital literacy
Greater need for micro transport
More engagement among players for streamlining

Latest Transactions

Team

Reach us at one of our offices:

Chairman - Bordeaux

Isabelle Arnaud-Despreaux

Consultant Corporate Finance

Robbie Woodford

Managing Partner

Nadav Attias

Partner

Wolfgang F. Fink

Managing Partner

Carlos Carvalho

Partner

Marcelo Coppla

Vice President

Kosuke Haruta

Associate Partner

Piotr Kucharczyk

Managing Director

Eric Oganesoff

Managing Partner

Paul van Tilburg

Partner

Vegard Brattum

Chairman - Bordeaux

Isabelle Arnaud-Despreaux


26 years experience in M&A advisory (5 years in leading M&A bank institution, 5 years at EY corporate Finance) + 2 years in strategy consultancy.

Managed more than 100 transactions ranging from large caps (ex France Telecom, Disney, etc) to small caps.

Leader of the Transports & Logistics Industry Group.

Industry experience:

Advertising, PR & marketing; Aerospace & defense; Agriculture; Beverages; Education and training; Information technology; Leisure; Life sciences; Luxury goods; Recycling; Steel, metal, and woodworking; Telecom; Trade; Wholesale.

Consultant Corporate Finance

Robbie Woodford

Master in Economics & Strat. Management. Universities in the Netherlands and Dublin. Working experience at ING and CapitalMind. Experience in M&A & finance >8 years, National and international. Joined M&A Worldwide Amsterdam in 2017.

Member of the Logistics & Transport team.

Industry Expertise:

Luxury goods; Retail and franchising; Textile & clothing; Trade; Transport & logistics; Wholesale.

Managing Partner

Nadav Attias

Founder and executive; startup and corporate; transactions of hundreds of millions; teams of dozens of people; urban, mobility, robotics and data; b2c and b2b; morning jog and wind-surfing.
Nadav joined Cukierman Investment House in 2018 to co-establish the New Mobility department handling investments in everything that moves…
Nadav holds a BSc in Information Systems from the Technion (Israel Institute of Technology) and an Executive MBA from Tel-Aviv University.

Member of Automotive and Logistics & Transportation Industry Group.

Partner

Wolfgang F. Fink

Ph.D., M.B.A., and Industrial Engineer. CEO and CFO in private firms and major corporations: Blumenbecker, IMI Norgren,
Cooper Crouse-Hinds; manager in Siemens and ABB. Valuation of acquisitions shares and asset transactions, integration. 

Industry expertise:

Building & construction; Electronics; Engineering.

 

Managing Partner

Carlos Carvalho

More than 20 years of experience in M&A, Corporate Finance, Strategy, Retail, and Financial  Services. Coordinated several Corporate Finance projects in Portugal, Spain, Angola, France, England, Poland, and the US. Vertical specialization.

Industry experience:

Financial services; Retail and franchising.
Member of Financial Services & Logistic & Transportation Industry Groups.

Partner

Marcelo Coppla

Working with M&A for 14 years. Previously held executive positions at Bematech, Impsat Comunicações, GE Capital IT Solutions, and IVIX (IBM subsidiary). BSc. in Electrical Engineering from CEFET-PR, MBA in finance at FGV, a post-graduate degree in Marketing from FAE-PR, M&A and Strategic Alliances certificates from Wharton.

Industry experience:

Advertising, PR & marketing; Education and training; Electronics; Information technology; Real estate & facility management; Transport & logistics.
Member of the Logistics & Transportation Industry Group.

Vice President

Kosuke Haruta

University in Japan. Working experience at Shinsei Bank, Frontier Management, and Dream Incubator. Experience in M&A and corporate finance for around 10 years. Industry Expertise in Logistics and Engineering. Joined Growin Partners in 2017.

Industry experience:

Aerospace & defense; Chemicals; Engineering; Life sciences; Plastics; Steel, metal, and woodworking; Transport & logistics.
Member of Advanced Manufacturing and Logistics & Transportation Industry Group.

Associate Partner

Piotr Kucharczyk

10 years of experience in corporate finance advisory that has focused upon national and cross-border M&A projects. Has expertise in valuations and due diligence processes. Has been involved in M&A and corporate finance projects in a range of sectors such as manufacturing, IT, pharmacy, and retail.

Industry experience:

Healthcare; Information technology; Retail and franchising; Transport & logistics; Wholesale.
Member of Internet, Software & Technology and Logistics & Transportation Industry Groups.

Managing Director

Eric Oganesoff

President and CEO, TracerNET, Inc.

CEO, GreenStone Industries, Inc.

President, Washington Resources Group, Inc.

White House appointment to NASA.

Industry expertise:

Aerospace & defence; Building & construction; Energy & renewables; Government; Information technology; Telecom.

 

Managing Partner

Paul van Tilburg

Experience in M&A > 3 decades with SME’s, especially in the buying and selling process, strategy consultancy, and negotiations of mergers, alliances, and acquisitions.

Wide industry expertise.
Founder and Vice-Chairman of M&A Europe and Executive Board Member plus admission officer: during 11 years since the conception of M&A Worldwide.

Industry experience:

Advertising, PR & marketing; Aerospace & defense; Agriculture; Automotive; Beverages; Building & construction; Business services; Chemicals; Clean technology; Education and training; Electronics; Energy & renewables; Engineering; Financial services; Food; Government; Healthcare; Hotels & restaurants; Information technology; Insurance; Leisure; Life sciences; Luxury goods; Media, printing, and publishing; Packaging; Paper; Plastics; Recycling; Security; Steel, metal, and woodworking; Telecom; Textile & clothing; Trade; Wholesale.
Member of Financial Services and the Logistics & Transportation Industry Group.

Partner

Vegard Brattum

Director of M&A in the Norwegian Postal Group (Posten Norge AS) with responsibility for transactions, due diligence, integrations, value assessments, and strategic advice.

CFO of SpectrumOne AB, listed as a venture company

Project manager in The Norwegian Post (Porten Norge AS), with tasks such as restructuring projects, strategy, and concept development.

Board member of Bring Frigoscandia AB

Work areas:
Buying and selling companies

Strategy and business development

Valuations

Restructuring and cost reduction

Member of the Logistics & Transportation Industry Group

Industry experience:

Business Services, Information Technology, and Logistics & Transportation.
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