M&A ADVISORY FOR SMALL AND MID-CAP TRANSACTIONS
About us
STILLER ADVISORS is an investment banking boutique focused on small and mid-cap transactions. We were created on the belief that corporates and investors in small and mid-cap transactions deserve the expert advise that multinationals obtain from major investment banks.
STILLER ADVISORS is an investment banking boutique focused on small and mid-cap transactions. We were created on the belief that corporates and investors in small and mid-cap transactions deserve the expert advise that multinationals obtain from major investment banks.
More than 15 years of experience as M&A advisors. Our team advised on close to 100 transactions with a total value of more than 7 bn. Euro.
More than 15 years of experience as M&A advisors. Our team advised on close to 100 transactions with a total value of more than 7 bn. Euro.
We advise mid-cap companies and multinationals as well as private equity investors and high net worth individuals in small and mid-cap transactions.
We advise mid-cap companies and multinationals as well as private equity investors and high net worth individuals in small and mid-cap transactions.
Our in-depth industry expertise sets us apart. We combine excellent M&A expertise with longtime industry experiences as CEOs and CFOs in some of Germany's most renowned engineering and services companies.
Our in-depth industry expertise sets us apart. We combine excellent M&A expertise with longtime industry experiences as CEOs and CFOs in some of Germany's most renowned engineering and services companies.
We advise our clients globally - with our own resources and through our international network partners.
We advise our clients globally - with our own resources and through our international network partners.
Who we are
Dr. Patrick Stiller
Patrick is the CEO and owner of STILLER ADVISORS. He has more than 15 years' experience in M&A. He advised on more than 50 transactions totalling more than 1.4 bn. Euro of M&A. More than 50% of these transactions have been cross-border.
Before Patrick founded the investment banking boutique, he had worked more than ten years for Voith, a technology company and one of the largest family-owned enterprises in Europe. During this time, he served as M&A advisor and CFO for various mechanical engineering and industrial services companies of the group. He held board positions in companies in Germany, Switzerland, Sweden and India.
Before he started his career at Voith, Patrick worked for more than four years as research associate at the University of Passau (Germany). He did extensive research in the fields of divestitures and shareholder value creation strategies as well as in organizational design. With his colleagues, Patrick advised German stock listed companies and mid-sizes companies on these subjects. He lectured at the University of Passau, at the Management Academy in Moscow (Russia), at the Corvinus University in Budapest (Hungary) and at the Academy of Administrative and Business Studies (Germany).
Patrick graduated from the M&A Programm of The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Before that, he graduated in Business Administration and holds a doctorate degree (summa cum laude) in this field from the University of Passau. His doctoral thesis focused on divestitures. Further, he holds diplomas in Business English and Business Chinese (Mandarin). Whilst being a student, he spent one year in China (Bejing and Shanghai).
He was born in 1973 and lives with his family in the Stuttgart area.
Patrick is the CEO and owner of STILLER ADVISORS. He has more than 15 years' experience in M&A. He advised on more than 50 transactions totalling more than 1.4 bn. Euro of M&A. More than 50% of these transactions have been cross-border.
Before Patrick founded the investment banking boutique, he had worked more than ten years for Voith, a technology company and one of the largest family-owned enterprises in Europe. During this time, he served as M&A advisor and CFO for various mechanical engineering and industrial services companies of the group. He held board positions in companies in Germany, Switzerland, Sweden and India.
Before he started his career at Voith, Patrick worked for more than four years as research associate at the University of Passau (Germany). He did extensive research in the fields of divestitures and shareholder value creation strategies as well as in organizational design. With his colleagues, Patrick advised German stock listed companies and mid-sizes companies on these subjects. He lectured at the University of Passau, at the Management Academy in Moscow (Russia), at the Corvinus University in Budapest (Hungary) and at the Academy of Administrative and Business Studies (Germany).
Patrick graduated from the M&A Programm of The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Before that, he graduated in Business Administration and holds a doctorate degree (summa cum laude) in this field from the University of Passau. His doctoral thesis focused on divestitures. Further, he holds diplomas in Business English and Business Chinese (Mandarin). Whilst being a student, he spent one year in China (Bejing and Shanghai).
He was born in 1973 and lives with his family in the Stuttgart area.
Claudia Sternberg
Claudia is Partner at STILLER ADVISORS. She has more than 10 years' experience in M&A. She advised on more than 20 transactions. Many of these transactions have been cross-border.
Before she joined STILLER ADVISORS, Claudia spent more than ten years as strategy consultant at Voith, a large German technology group. During this time, she advised the members of the Board of Management of Voith as well as other senior executives of the group on corporate and business strategy.
Claudia graduated in Business Administration from the University of Hamburg and from the „Executive Program in Corporate Strategy“ at the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business. She was born in 1978 and lives with her family in Hamburg (Germany).
Claudia is Partner at STILLER ADVISORS. She has more than 10 years' experience in M&A. She advised on more than 20 transactions. Many of these transactions have been cross-border.
Before she joined STILLER ADVISORS, Claudia spent more than ten years as strategy consultant at Voith, a large German technology group. During this time, she advised the members of the Board of Management of Voith as well as other senior executives of the group on corporate and business strategy.
Claudia graduated in Business Administration from the University of Hamburg and from the „Executive Program in Corporate Strategy“ at the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business. She was born in 1978 and lives with her family in Hamburg (Germany).
Team of M&A Experts
Our other M&A experts hold CFA and CVA certificates and support our clients with financial analysis and company valuation tasks as well as with their longtime M&A project management experience.
For cross-border M&A projects, we additionally staff our M&A teams with advisors of our international network partners. Our network partners are highly qualified and experienced M&A advisors. They share our commitment to client success, high-quality advice and integrity.
Our other M&A experts hold CFA and CVA certificates and support our clients with financial analysis and company valuation tasks as well as with their longtime M&A project management experience.
For cross-border M&A projects, we additionally staff our M&A teams with advisors of our international network partners. Our network partners are highly qualified and experienced M&A advisors. They share our commitment to client success, high-quality advice and integrity.
Professional Standards
Client first
The core of our mission is to help our clients to achieve their goals. We accept an advisory mandate only if we can provide a value to our client which is substantially higher than our advisory fee. At STILLER ADVISORS, that also requires us to suggest executing a transaction only if this in our client's best interest.
Objectivity
We strive for the highest level of objectivity. We advance only our honest and independent opinion. Our opinion is based on our fact-based and deep-drilling analysis. Our independence is guaranteed as STILLER ADVISORS is not part of a bank or audit firm. What follows are results that are in the best interest of our clients.
Confidentiality & Trust
Keeping all client-related information confidential and acting discretely for our clients is a precondition for successful transactions. Earning and preserving the trust of our clients for the long-term is our core goal.
How we work
Our clients demand excellent work of us. So do we. The results for our clients are: more options, fewer risks and faster execution.
Our extensive network of industry experts (usually former executives) allows us to professionally cover a broad range of sectors. Thus, we are familiar with the players in the respective industries, sector-specific terminology, regulatory issues and business models.
For our clients, we create additional buying or selling options via our strong relations to private equity investors and long-term oriented investment companies.
Transaction experience is important. But M&A best practice advise needs more than that. That is why we invest in knowledge. We are an active member of the German M&A Association, we cooperate closely with universities and invest heavily in training our team. This allows us to identify best practices in M&A advisory early on or even shape these practices.
Our clients demand excellent work of us. So do we. The results for our clients are: more options, fewer risks and faster execution.
Our extensive network of industry experts (usually former executives) allows us to professionally cover a broad range of sectors. Thus, we are familiar with the players in the respective industries, sector-specific terminology, regulatory issues and business models.
For our clients, we create additional buying or selling options via our strong relations to private equity investors and long-term oriented investment companies.
Transaction experience is important. But M&A best practice advise needs more than that. That is why we invest in knowledge. We are an active member of the German M&A Association, we cooperate closely with universities and invest heavily in training our team. This allows us to identify best practices in M&A advisory early on or even shape these practices.