The global automotive industry is experiencing a period of significant restructuring and rebirth. The combined challenges of increasing legislation, rising fuel prices and high fixed over heads have been compounded by the global slowdown to leave several major marques facing difficult questions.
This change is creating new opportunities for the right businesses in new technologies and creating the impetus to see companies and assets deliver overdue strategic and operational revolution.
Livingstone has been active in this sector for almost three decades and we continue to work closely with both national and international companies to provide the deep knowledge required by this unique sector.
Stephen Miles
Partner
Livingstone Chicago
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Steve leads Livingstone’s Industrial and Environmental practices. He has 15 years of experience advising middle market companies on M&A transactions, financial restructurings, and debt and equity raises. Before co-founding Livingstone USA, Steve was a Managing Director at both Brown Gibbons Lang & Co. and Goldsmith Agio Helms & Co. (Lazard Middle Market). He previously worked with middle market companies in a variety of advisory capacities at Bank of America and Morgan Keegan, and via principal activities at Harbour Group and Foundation Partners.
Education:
MBA, Washington University / BS, University of Missouri
Karl Freimuth
Vice President
Livingstone Chicago
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Karl, who joined the firm in 2007, brings eight years of corporate finance, distressed M&A and restructuring experience to Livingstone, including both debtor and creditor representation. Prior to joining the firm, Karl worked as a Corporate Restructuring Vice President at Mesirow Financial Consulting and Corporate Recovery Senior Associate at KPMG.
Education:
BBA, University of Michigan
Phillip McCreanor
Partner
Livingstone London
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Phillip joined Livingstone in 2006, having previously led Deloitte's Industrial Products team globally and having led transactions for corporate and private equity clients in Europe, the United States, the Middle East and Australasia.
He has extensive experience of the Industrials sector, with specific experience of Packaging & Print and Automotive. Phillip co-leads the Industrial team.
Graham Carberry
Director
Livingstone London
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Graham joined Livingstone from KPMG in 2005. He graduated from Durham University and is a member of The Chartered Institute for Securities and Investments.
Graham principally works within the Industrial Products and Services sector, where he has specialist knowledge of several niche sectors including: Aerospace & Defence; Energy; Medical Technology and Engineered products.
University College, Durham
Alex John
Director
Livingstone London
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After graduating from Durham University, Alex qualified as a chartered accountant with KPMG in London. During his time at KPMG, Alex gained experience of M&A tax, due diligence and valuation assignments, with a particular focus on property and construction companies.
Since joining Livingstone in January 2007, Alex has advised on and led a number of transactions, including disposals, acquisitions and MBOs for corporate and private equity clients and owner managers. Previous clients include EIC, Hamworthy, Brandon Hire, Hallmark Industries, Exploration Logistics and Reed & Mackay.
Alex has worked across a number of sectors but has built considerable experience within the Industrial and Business Services sectors. Particular areas of expertise include HVAC/building products, engineered products and automation/controls.
BSc, CA
Greg Watterson
Analyst
Livingstone London
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Greg attended Manchester Metropolitan University where he gained a BA (Hons) in Business Administration. He is an experienced researcher with over eight years experience gained from positions at PwC, NM Rothschild & Sons and Reuters. Greg joined Livingstone in 2004 where he works across many sectors, with a particular focus on the Industrials sector.
BA (Hons)
Steven Lewis
Partner
Livingstone Madrid
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Steven graduated from the Universtiy of Southern California in Los Angeles (USA) with a business degree and qualified as a Certified Public Accountant with Arthur Andersen in San Francisco and Brussels. He earned an MBA from the London Business School. He has over 20 years experience as a finance director in the oilfield services, logistics and media sectors, where he was involved in a variety of strategic M&A transactions. Since he joined Livingstone in 2005, Steven has been involved in cross border deals involving the United States, England, Belgium and Germany. He has closed transactions in the business services sector and he has many contacts within the Spanish industrial sector.
Paul Endersby
Executive
Livingstone Madrid
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Paul studied Law with French Law and Language at the University of East Anglia in Norwich and spent a year in France at l’Université Jean Moulin in Lyon. Upon graduating Paul joined James Cowper in Reading where he worked as an Auditor and qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 2003. The following year Paul transferred to the firm’s Corporate Finance department where he worked on a variety of transactions for unquoted companies across a range of sectors. Paul joined Livingstone in January 2007.
LLB ACA
Agnes Winkelmann
Senior Consultant / Head of Research
Livingstone Düsseldorf
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Agnes studied Business Administration and Translation at the University of Pécs in Hungary and at the University Jean Moulin Lyon3 in France. She gained her Master of Science in 2004.
In the course of her studies, she completed a number of traineeships with international organisations, in the media as well as in an international FMCG company. After graduation she gathered international management consulting experience.
From 2006 until 2008, Agnes worked for the M&A consultancy firm InterFinanz as a consultant and was part of the founding team of Livingstone Germany in 2009.
She is experienced in international transactions, research and knowledge management and has thorough knowledge of the packaging, industrial and financial services, HVAC and consumer goods sectors.
Master of Science, Universität Pécs/Ungarn
Christian Grandin
Partner
Livingstone Düsseldorf
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Christian began his career in the venture capital department of a large German bank. He then took over the position as Managing Director of a mid-cap tooling company serving the steel industry to restructure the business.
After a successful turnaround, he joined the M&A consultancy firm InterFinanz in early 1997 where he was Managing Director and Partner from 2000 until the end of 2008. In this function he was in charge of the increasing internationalisation of the advisory services offered by InterFinanz and played a substantial role in founding a leading international partnership of independent M&A advisors where he was made sole Managing Director upon foundation.
Christian is co-founder and shareholder of Livingstone Germany.
He has expert knowledge in the automotive, electrical engineering, information technology, mechanical engineering and tooling, food & beverages, textiles, construction materials and sanitary industries.
Diplom-Kaufmann, Universität Köln
Ralph Hagelgans
Partner
Livingstone Düsseldorf
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Ralph began his career in the international audit and transaction services departments of KPMG.
He then spent four years with a large German bank as a project manager and later as head of equity financing for mid-cap technology companies.
From 2002 until the end of 2008 he worked for the M&A consultancy firm InterFinanz, from 2006 as a Partner.
Ralph is co-founder and shareholder of Livingstone Germany.
He has gained expert knowledge in cross-border transactions with strategic buyers as well as leveraged buy-outs with financial investors. He has specific transaction experience in automotive, metal and plastic processing, packaging, specialty chemicals, the aviation industry and industrial services.
Diplom-Volkswirt, Universität Bonn
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Jochen Hense
Partner
Livingstone Düsseldorf
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Jochen began his career in the private equity division of a large German bank in 1992. For the first three years, he was in charge of venture capital financing of young technology companies, then for a further three years he worked as head in the equity financing division for mid-cap companies and specialised in IPOs.
From 1999 until the end of 2008 he worked for the M&A consultancy firm InterFinanz, from 2002 as a Director and from 2006 as a Partner.
Jochen is co-founder and shareholder of Livingstone Germany.
He has international transaction experience and specialist knowledge of technology industries including mechanical and plant engineering, automotive, electrical engineering, sanitary industry, technical wholesale, information technology & Internet, MedTech and travel & leisure.
Diplom-Ingenieur, RWTH Aachen
Philip Dorsemagen
Transaction Manager
Livingstone Düsseldorf
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Philip studied Business Administration at the University of Düsseldorf before he started his career in the transaction services department of Ernst & Young in 2005.
Since 2007 he worked with Bank of Scotland in Frankfurt. First as a member of a multi-national leverage finance team and later as part of the local corporate finance team, he was involved in a wide range of financing transactions.
Philip joined Livingstone Germany in 2010 and is experienced in international transactions, with special knowledge in the automotive, manufacturing and IT-sector.
Diplom-Kaufmann, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf
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Philipp Jeremias
Consultant
Livingstone Düsseldorf
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During his Bachelor studies in International Financial Management at the European School of Finance Nürtingen, the California State University Fullerton in the US and the Ajou University in Korea, he gained expertise in financial markets and corporate finance. Whilst attending the University of Leeds, United Kingdom, for his Masters in Finance in 2008 and 2009, he specialised in Investments and International Business Finance.
He completed internships with an investment bank and an insurance company and gained practical experience in the field of international acquisitions.
His analysis of the influence of the international venture capital valuation guidelines on the valuation process was published in a renowned journal.
Philipp joined Livingstone Germany in 2010 as a Consultant.
Master of Science, Universität Leeds
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