Management Team
Johannes H. Lucas
Heritage
- Deutsche Bank
- KPMG
- Lehman Brothers
- SBC Warburg (UBS)
- Founder and Managing Partner of Acxit Capital Management (1999), since 2015 part of ACXIT Capital Partners
- Managing Director, Co-Head of DACH Advisory of ACXIT – A Stifel Company
Experience
- Founder and Managing Partner of Acxit Capital Management
- Founder and CFO Star 21 Networks AG
- Co-Head Corporate Finance SBC Warburg Germany
- Former Board Member European Association of Securities Dealers [EASD], Brussels
- Former member of official workgroup “Finanzplatz e.V.”, Frankfurt
Current focus
- M&A, capital market advisory, restructuring
- Growth financing, principal investments
- TMT, eHealth, renewables, financial institutions, building materials
Thomas Klack
Heritage
- Deutsche Bank (start of career in 1990)
- Goldman Sachs
- Rothschild
- JPMorgan
- ACXIT Capital Partners (2004), Co-Founder and Managing Partner
- Managing Director, Co-Head of DACH Advisory of ACXIT – A Stifel Company
Experience
- Healthcare and General Industries
- Director / Head automotive supply and industrials continental Europe at Rothschild
- SVP Industrial M&A and Private Equity at JPMorgan
Current focus
- Healthcare Services and Private Equity
- Private and Public M&A, cross-border transactions
Jens Tschauder
Heritage
- Lehman Brothers
- Goldman Sachs
- Nomura
- Managing Partner of Acxit Capital Management (2009), since 2015 part of ACXIT Capital Partners
- Managing Director of ACXIT – A Stifel Company, Consumer & Tech Enabled Services, Board Member DACH
Experience
- Managing Director equity sales Germany at Nomura/ Lehman Brothers
- Head of equity sales Germany at Goldman Sachs
Current focus
- Equity capital markets, public M&A
- Institutional investors
- Financial institutions
Tobias Warkus
Heritage
- Corporate Finance Partners (2009), since 2015 part of ACXIT Capital Partners
- Managing Partner of ACXIT Capital Partners
- Managing Director of ACXIT – A Stifel Company, Technology, Board Member DACH
Current focus
- Mergers & Acquisitions (sell-side / buy-side)
- Venture & Growth Capital
- Technology
- Education
C. Nicolas Bächstädt
Heritage
- Andersen
- Ernst & Young
- Droege & Comp.
- Droege Financial Advisors
- perspektiv
- Managing Partner of Acxit Capital Partners (2014), since 2015 part of ACXIT Capital Partners
- Managing Director, Head of Recovery DACH of ACXIT – A Stifel Company
Experience
- Founder ACXIT Recovery Managment (2014)
- Former Partner perspektiv GmbH
- Former member advisory board of several medical institutions
- Board Member of a building supplier company
- Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)
Current focus
- M&A
- Distressed M&A
- Restructuring
- Automotive, plant engineering and construction, building materials
Kay Hofmann
Heritage
- KPMG
- Apax
- First Capital Partners (2003), since 2015 part of ACXIT Capital Partners
- Managing Partner of ACXIT Capital Partners
- Managing Director, Head of Real Estate DACH of ACXIT – A Stifel Company
Experience
- Co-Founder and Managing Partner of First Capital Partners
Current focus
- Real estate
- Fashion, consumer goods
- Debt advisory, M&A
- German speaking countries
Dr. Daniel Kiechle
Heritage
- Metzler Corporate Finance
- ACXIT Capital Partners (2014)
- Managing Director of ACXIT Capital Partners
- Managing Director of ACXIT – A Stifel Company
Experience
- 10+ years investment banking and corporate finance experience
Current focus
- Mergers & Acquisitions (sell-side / buy side)
- Special Situations & Distressed M&A
- Debt Advisory
- Mid-Cap & Family Owned Businesses
- Focus Sectors: Automotive, Consumer, Fashion
Lars T. Rückert
Heritage
- Morgan Stanley
- RedCliff Investments and Advisory
- Douglas
- Managing Director of ACXIT Capital Partners
- Managing Director of ACXIT – A Stifel Company
Experience
- Executive Director DACH Coverage at Morgan Stanley
- Founder and Managing Partner of RedCliff Investments and Advisory
- Head of M&A and Investor Relations at Douglas
Current focus
- Financial Sponsors and Portfolio Companies
- Consumer / Retail incl. E-Commerce
- Digital and Platform Businesses
- M&A, Capital Markets
Christian Stippler
Heritage
- ACXIT Capital Management (2010), since 2015 part of ACXIT Capital Partners
- Managing Director of ACXIT Capital Partners
- Managing Director of ACXIT – A Stifel Company
Experience
- 10+ years investment banking and corporate finance experience at ACXIT Capital Partners
Current focus
- M&A: Small & Mid-Cap, Public, Distressed
- Growth Capital & Fundraising
- Debt Advisory
- Focus Sectors: Technology, General Industries
Klaus Nestler
Heritage
- Dresdner Bank
- SBC Warburg (UBS)
- BioConnect AG (Founder)
- Corporate Finance Partners, since 2015 part of ACXIT Capital Partners
- Partner Life Sciences at ACXIT Capital Partners
- Managing Director of ACXIT – A Stifel Company
Experience
- Director Healthcare Team SBC Warburg
- Assignments in London (4 years) and Zurich (2 years)
- Founder and CEO of BioConnect AG
- Cross-border M&A and capital markets
Current focus
- Life sciences
- Private M&A
- Venture capital and private equity
- Pharmaceuticals, medical technology, diagnostics, biotechnology
Stefan Hampker
Heritage
- ACXIT Capital Management (2012), since 2015 part of ACXIT Capital Partners
- Executive Director at ACXIT Capital Partners
- Executive Director at ACXIT – A Stifel Company
Experience
- 8+ years investment banking and corporate finance experience at ACXIT Capital Partners
- Part of ACXIT Capital Partners’ healthcare team
Current focus
- M&A: Small & Mid-Cap, Public, Distressed
- Growth Capital & Fundraising
- Focus Sectors: Healthcare and healthcare services
Georg Jung
Heritage
- PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC)
- Vice President at First Capital Partners
- Executive Director at ACXIT Capital Partners
- Executive Director at ACXIT – A Stifel Company
Experience
- 11+ years real estate transaction experience
Current focus
- Real estate
- Debt and equity capital markets
- Debt advisory (corporate and asset level)
- M&A
Dr. Jürgen Hernichel
Heritage
- Thyssen Handelsunion
- Global TeleSystems (Apax Partners)
- T-Systems International
- COLT Technology Group (Fidelity Investments)
- United Internet AG
- Senior Industry Advisor at ACXIT Capital Partners
Experience
- Managing Director of Plusnet (a company of Thyssen Telecom)
- Managing Director of Global TeleSystems and Esprit Telecom
- Executive Board Member T-Systems International
- Executive Board Member COLT Technology Group
- CEO of 1&1 Versatel
- Expertise in emerging markets South Africa, Uganda, India, Romania
Current focus
- TMT
- High tech industries
Alexander Pfurr
Heritage
- Thyssen Stearns, Inc.
- thyssenkrupp Airport Systems S.A.
- thyssenkrupp Elevator
- Senior Industry Advisor at ACXIT Capital Partners
Experience
- Chief Operating Officer thyssenkrupp Elevator GmbH
- Chief Sales & Marketing Officer thyssenkrupp Elevator Ltd. UK
- Managing Director thyssenkrupp Airport Systems S.A. (Spain)
Current focus
- Mechanical and plant engineering
- Capital Goods Industries
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- International companies & transactions
Marcel Kuhs
Heritage
- Orbit Logistics AG
- AZHOS AG
- McAfee
- Alfar Advisory Abu Dhabi
- Enterprise Ethereum Alliance
- RTX21 GmbH
- LunikLabs GmbH
- Senior Industry Advisor at ACXIT Capital Partners
Experience
- Lead Technology Analyst Alfar Advisory for H.H. Abu Dhabi
- CTO at RTX21
- Co-founder of LunikLabs GmbH
- Head of SIG Chemical Industry at Enterprise Ethereum Alliance
- Co-founder of AZHOS AG
- Head of Business Development at Orbit Logistics
- Lead technology/ICO analyst at McAfee
Current focus
- PropTech
- Bitcoin & Crypto currencies
- CYBINT/OSINT & Competitive Intelligence
- Development of digital ecosystems