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Author: Yvonne Studier

Beatrice Berg strengthens the team of I-ADVISE AG as a Partner in the M&A Advisory division

Düsseldorf, May 2025: We are pleased to announce the onboarding of Beatrice Berg as a Partner in the “M&A Advisory” service line as of May 1, 2025, at I-ADVISE AG. With over 25 years of experience in Transaction Services, corporate valuation, and M&A consulting, Beatrice Berg brings extensive expertise, particularly in complex transactions.

After positions at leading auditing firms, she most recently served as a Partner at a renowned M&A boutique in Düsseldorf, where she successfully advised shareholders of companies across various industries and sizes on succession planning, portfolio sales, and carve-out transactions. Additionally, she has advised clients on acquisition topics throughout the entire purchase process, from identifying potential target companies to executing the acquisition.

With Beatrice Berg, I-ADVISE expands its expertise in the M&A Advisory field. This further strengthens I-ADVISE’s strong market position as a comprehensive service provider for consulting services related to corporate transactions.

“We are very pleased to welcome Beatrice Berg. Her extensive experience in M&A process consulting provides a significant added value for our clients,” says Frank Sichau, Partner at I-ADVISE.

About I-ADVISE: Since its founding in 2007, I-ADVISE has established itself as an expert in Transaction Services and corporate valuation. From our offices in Düsseldorf and Frankfurt, we advise companies and corporations of various industries and sizes—both nationally and cross-border—on M&A transactions.

The expansion of our service offering in the M&A Advisory area provides clients with comprehensive advice throughout the transaction process—everything from a single source. In addition to buyer- and seller-side due diligence and the preparation of Financial Fact Books, our consulting services cover the entire M&A process: from strategic advising of decision-makers, transaction-related valuation, preparation of transaction-relevant documents, process coordination, and negotiations—all from a single source to achieve the best possible outcome for our clients.

Current Base Rate April 2025

Since the beginning of the year yields on quasi-risk-free Bundesbank bonds are rising.

As of April 1, 2025, the perpetual base rate calculated in accordance with the IDW recommendation and rounded to ¼ percentage points will rise again for the first time since January 2024 to a rounded 2.75%!

The unrounded base rate is 2.80 %, or even 3.03 % if the reporting date is March 31.

The base rate has been calculated based on yield curve data (Svensson method) as provided by Deutsche Bundesbank.

Upon your request we can calculate case-specific base rates for you, considering company-specific cash flows, growth rates and varying the period of averaging.

I-ADVISE advises Friedrich Graepel AG in its acquisition of a specialist for perforated metal in Germany

Düsseldorf, December 2023: Friedrich Graepel AG acquired 100 % of the shares of SOLVARO GmbH in Kirchheim unter Teck/Germany. The company is a specialist for customer-specific perforated metal components for agricultural machinery, trucks, buses, IT servers and similar applications.

The strategic acquisition promotes the recently presented repositioning of Friedrich Graepel AG. “The merger will strengthen our market presence in Europe in particular, and we are gaining new customers and segments,” explained Carlo and Felix Graepel, Managing Directors of Friedrich Graepel AG.

Friedrich Graepel AG is an internationally well-known system supplier for innovative metal products and now employs around 1,000 people in the group with its seven subsidiaries in Germany, Hungary, the USA and India.

Led by Frank Sichau (WP/StB), the I-ADVISE team (Axel Schwarzrock, Michael Ferdinand, Nicolas Holt and Simon Genfeld) supported Friedrich Graepel AG with the financial and tax due diligence.

Current Base Rate, November 2023

Perpetual base rate for valuation dates in November 2023 is 2.79 % (not rounded, 3-month averaging, 1 % growth rate). – Non-binding indication as of today –

The base rate has been calculated based on yield curve data (Svensson method) as provided by Deutsche Bundesbank.
Upon your request we can calculate case-specific base rates for you, considering company-specific cash flows, growth rates and varying the period of averaging.

Current Base Rate, October 2023

Perpetual base rate for valuation dates in October 2023 is 2.61 % (not rounded, 3-month averaging, 1 % growth rate). – Non-binding indication as of today –

The base rate has been calculated based on yield curve data (Svensson method) as provided by Deutsche Bundesbank.
Upon your request we can calculate case-specific base rates for you, considering company-specific cash flows, growth rates and varying the period of averaging.

Current Base Rate, September 2023

Perpetual base rate for valuation dates in September 2023 is 2.52 % (not rounded, 3-month averaging, 1 % growth rate). – Non-binding indication as of today –

The base rate has been calculated based on yield curve data (Svensson method) as provided by Deutsche Bundesbank.
Upon your request we can calculate case-specific base rates for you, considering company-specific cash flows, growth rates and varying the period of averaging.

Current Base Rate, July 2023

Perpetual base rate for valuation dates in July 2023 is 2.45 % (not rounded, 3-month averaging, 1 % growth rate). – Non-binding indication as of today –

The base rate has been calculated based on yield curve data (Svensson method) as provided by Deutsche Bundesbank.
Upon your request we can calculate case-specific base rates for you, considering company-specific cash flows, growth rates and varying the period of averaging.

Current Base Rate, August 2023

Perpetual base rate for valuation dates in August 2023 is 2.47 % (not rounded, 3-month averaging, 1 % growth rate). – Non-binding indication as of today –

The base rate has been calculated based on yield curve data (Svensson method) as provided by Deutsche Bundesbank.
Upon your request we can calculate case-specific base rates for you, considering company-specific cash flows, growth rates and varying the period of averaging.

Current Base Rate, May 2023

Perpetual base rate for valuation dates in May 2023 is 2.33 % (not rounded, 3-month averaging, 1 % growth rate). – Non-binding indication as of today –

The base rate has been calculated based on yield curve data (Svensson method) as provided by Deutsche Bundesbank.
Upon your request we can calculate case-specific base rates for you, considering company-specific cash flows, growth rates and varying the period of averaging.

Current Base Rate, June 2023

Perpetual base rate for valuation dates in June 2023 is 2.39 % (not rounded, 3-month averaging, 1 % growth rate). – Non-binding indication as of today –

The base rate has been calculated based on yield curve data (Svensson method) as provided by Deutsche Bundesbank.
Upon your request we can calculate case-specific base rates for you, considering company-specific cash flows, growth rates and varying the period of averaging.