As founder and CEO of an insurtech company, it was clear to me that we would need a strategic global partner for the next growth phase. We decided to run a M&A process, managed and led by M&A professionals. Throughout the entire process, CCI proved to be a professional and flexible M&A partner who supported our goals from the beginning through to the end. CCI’s strong financial knowledge as well as their years of negotiation experience with international buyers played a crucial role in the success of the transaction. Their dedication and their attention to detail combined with a continued focus on the bigger picture resulted in a successful M&A transaction for the shareholders and the management team.

The CCI team advised the IPG Shareholders in the sale of our shares in the IPG Group, headquartered in Switzerland with subsidiaries in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. CCI brought an international IT company as a buyer in a challenging market, thus supporting IPG’s corporate development goals under the new ownership. As a group of private shareholders, we particularly appreciated CCI's efficient and high quality approach. Led by Jennifer Maag, CCI provided very effective work under time pressure and efficiently managed the cooperation with our steering committee and core team along the structured M&A process. Jennifer’s extensive experience in dealing with sell-side stakeholders and potential buyers around the globe was crucial and accelerated the process. The timing of the project in the middle of COVID's year of 2020 was challenging. Thanks to stringent contingency planning and coherent decision-making principles, Jennifer Maag succeeded in enabling the right divestment decision at the right point in time. We are very satisfied with the results of the process and I can highly recommend working with CCI.

I have known Jennifer Maag for over 20 years and have worked with her on various projects, starting with smaller disposals within the Franke Group and more recently with my participations in Forbo, Feintool and Arbonia. These transactions range from simple disposals to complex projects such as the public takeover of Feintool. I can be confident that Ms. Maag will deliver the highest performance on both smaller and larger transactions, which is crucial for executing transactions under time pressure. She is open, direct and fast. I can recommend working with her and the CCI team.

The CCI team, led by Jennifer Maag, advised us in the divestiture of our Automotive Division (plastic injection moulding) with revenues of over $250 million. CCI was able to find an international buyer in a challenging environment and led the complex execution process, including carve-outs in multiple jurisdictions and negotiation of the contracts together with external legal counsel. Jennifer’s role in the process was absolutely crucial, as she acted as an impulse generator and link between our Board, the Management of the Division, the Buyer, the execution team at CCI and the lawyers. Her experience, persistence, communication and negotiation skills helped get the transaction done. I would work together with Jennifer immediately on another transaction.

I have worked with Jennifer Maag and the CCI team in both divestitures and acquisitions in different companies in which I represent the major shareholder. Most notably, I worked with CCI during the divestiture of the Cham Paper Group (CPG), with revenues of over $200 million, to Sappi. I was able to observe Jennifer in her role leading the internal team as well as acting as the key point of contact to the buyer. The transaction included both carve-out and cross-border issues (mills in Switzerland and Italy) and the buyer was South African. The Board was very pleased with the result. I have since then worked with CCI on acquisitions in other companies and can confirm the same level of expertise. Jennifer’s down-to-earth and pragmatic manner, finding solutions and keeping deadlines, make it a pleasure to work with her.

I have worked with Jennifer Maag over the last 20 years in different situations: starting in my role at Siemens Building Technologies during the divestiture of Gohner Merkur, then at Metall Zug when buying a stake in Schlatter Industries or the acquisition of AFG Refrigeration and more recently, in my role as CEO of Grapha-Holding. Jennifer and I have worked together on multiple acquisitions of varying sizes, including the acquisition of Kolbus’ bookbinding business by Müller Martini, which was one of the most important acquisitions for the Grapha Group. For a family-owned company, it is important to have an advisor who understands the expectations of the family and personally stands for a result. Regardless of the size of the transaction, Jennifer is equally responsive and hands-on. I trust her and her team to deliver in all situations.

I worked for the first time with Jennifer Maag and the CCI team in 2018 as we wanted to find a distribution partner and a potential investor for Z-Systems. The M&A Process led by CCI resulted in the best possible outcome: the leading industry player, Straumann, took a minority stake and teamed up with Z-Systems to take over the distribution of our most recent product invention, which is the first of its kind worldwide. We particularly appreciated Jennifer’s transaction and project management skills as she was able to successfully handle and overcome a number of technical hurdles. She stayed very professional at all times, always keeping a clear overview of the process whilst pushing the parties at the right time. It was a pleasure to work with Jennifer. We would definitively consider CCI for future transactions.

As owner and Board President of various companies, I have been working with CCI since over 10 years on various projects, mainly on acquisitions but also on sales processes. The combination of determination and transaction focus combined with professionalism and flexibility makes the difference for me when working with an M&A Advisor. I can highly recommend the CCI Team.