In the Retail & Restaurants subsector, Livingstone professionals have particular transaction experience and expertise in:
David Sulaski
Partner
Livingstone Chicago
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David leads Livingstone’s Private Equity practice and directs client engagements, specializing in the Consumer sector. With ten years experience in investment banking, he has extensive cross-border and financial buyer expertise. Prior to co-founding Livingstone USA, he was a Managing Director at Brown Gibbons Lang & Co. and spent four years at William Blair & Co. Previously, he was General Counsel to the Illinois Development Finance Authority and an advisor to Illinois Governor Jim Edgar.
Education:
JD, University of Illinois College of Law /
BS. BA, University of Illinois College of Commerce
Ryan Buckley
Vice President
Livingstone Chicago
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Ryan joined Livingstone at its inception in 2007. He brings eight years of M&A, capital raising, and financial restructuring experience across a variety of sectors including consumer, healthcare, and industrial. Prior to Livingstone, Ryan worked as an Analyst at Brown Gibbons Lang & Co. in Chicago and in the workout group of Merrill Lynch Business Financial Services.
Education:
BBA, University of Michigan
Simon Cope-Thompson
Partner
Livingstone London
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After graduating from Manchester University with a first class honors degree, Simon qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Arthur Andersen in London.
Since joining Livingstone Partners in 1994, Simon has led over 75 deals across a variety of sectors, acting for owner managers, corporate and private equity houses.
Whilst Simon co-heads the Consumer sector team, he continues to be actively involved in the Human Capital, Healthcare, and Technology sectors.
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Christopher Jones
Director
Livingstone London
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Christopher has nearly ten years of M&A advisory experience and is Co-Head of Livingstone’s Consumer sector team.
Christopher joined Livingstone in 2005, prior to which he spent five years at Ernst & Young in London where he qualified as a Chartered Accountant. Christopher has advised on over 25 transactions, including company disposals, fundraisings, acquisitions and a large number of private equity backed deals. Christopher has a specialist focus on the Travel, Leisure, Retail and Consumer Products sectors.
Christopher’s recent transactions include the £47m sale of cinema group City Screen to Cineworld plc, the (2009) recapitalisation and subsequent (2012) £19m sale of online travel agent Iglu.com, and the £50m sale of leading business travel management group Reed & Mackay.
Christopher graduated from Durham University in 1999.
Simon Cooper
Deal Leader
Livingstone London
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Simon qualified as a Chartered Accountant at Ernst & Young after joining the firm from the University of Nottingham where he studied Economics. During his time at Ernst & Young, Simon was part of the corporate finance rotation programme, spending time in the M&A, restructuring, commercial and financial due diligence teams. He gained experience across a broad spectrum of sectors, with a particular emphasis on retail and media. Simon joined Livingstone in April 2010, and works across a variety of sectors.
Harsha Wickremasinghe
Analyst
Livingstone London
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Harsha graduated from the University of Surrey with a Bsc (Hons) in Retail Management and an MSc in International Business.
He has over five years’ experience as an Analyst through previous roles at retail consultancy Verdict and Datamonitor, and has acquired commercial experience working for a number of firms in the food manufacturing and retail supply chain sectors.
Harsha joined Livingstone in 2007, focusing on the Consumer sector and has extensive knowledge of Food Manufacturing, Travel and Retail.
Neil Collen
Partner
Livingstone Madrid
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After graduating from Durham University, Neil joined his family business, and was actively involved in the sale of that groups of companies in a cross-border deal. Neil has lived in Spain since 1985, and working in M&A since 1991. He was the founding partner of what is now Livingstone Spain. He has led deals in a variety of sectors, including construction products, industrial manufacturing, transport and logistics, food and healthcare, many of which have been international in nature. He has been responsible for a significant amount of leverage buy-outs. Neil currently heads the Consumer and Healthcare sectors at Livingstone Spain. He speaks at several prestigious conferences in Spain and also teaches at the IE Business School (Madrid).
Eva Rodrigo
Director
Livingstone Madrid
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Eva earned a degree in Business Administration from Valencia University (Spain), and she has a Master in Quantitative Finance. Eva started her career in a family company before she joined Bancaja (now called Bankia) in 2004, working on the structuring of capital market financing transactions. In June 2006 she started working in the financial department of a Spanish leading real estate group, structuring the financing of transactions. Since joining Livingstone in 2007, Eva has advised on and led transactions in a wide range of sectors. Eva’s recent transactions include a debt restructuring deal that involved six financial entities and the majority sale of Oro Direct to JZI International.
Paul Endersby
Executive
Livingstone Madrid
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Paul studied Law at the University of East Anglia, Norwich (UK), and spent a year studying in the Université Jean Moulin,Lyon (France). After graduating Paul joined James Cowper in Reading (UK), where he worked as an Auditor and qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 2003. The following year Paul moved to the firm’s Corporate Finance department where he worked on transactions for companies from a wide range of sectors. Paul joined Livingstone in 2007, he has recently advised on the saleof a Kimberly Clark manufacturing plant Spain to a consortium of Basque companies and PE fund Ezten; andon the majority sale of Oro Direct to JZI International.
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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 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
Johannes Faber
Senior Consultant
Livingstone Düsseldorf
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Johannes studied Business Administration at the University of Cologne, the Helsinki School of Economics and the University of Oulu in Finland. In his studies he was focused on finance and corporate finance and graduated in 2009.
He completed various internships at investment banks and consultancies in Germany and abroad. He also gained practical insights on a project for a trade and services conglomerate.
Johannes joined Livingstone Germany in 2009 and has gained first transaction experiences over the years. Within the Livingstone sector teams Johannes is focused on automotive, engineered products, business services, healthcare and consumer products.
Due to his academic and professional record Johannes has a broad set of international experience.
Diplom-Kaufmann, Universität zu Köln
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Philipp Jeremias
Senior 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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