Echo Nova Capital & PartnersECHO NOVACapital & Partners Talk in confidence
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Company sale and succession

The right buyer for your life’s work.Even where others don’t look.

Thinking about retirement, and succession is still open? We find the buyer who will carry your company on – in Europe and in Asia.

Tim ChenYou talk to Tim Chen in person.

Talk in confidence

No obligation. Nobody finds out.

Does this sound familiar?

  • I want to step back. But who takes over?
  • My children have their own lives.
  • A competitor wants to buy – at his price.
  • What will happen to my people?

That is exactly what we are here for.

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Your company is more than a number.

Your people, your site, your name – they belong in the contract. We make sure they are.

More buyers, a better price.

You probably know the obvious buyers yourself. The best one is not always among them.

When several serious buyers are interested, the price goes up. So we also approach strategic buyers from Asia directly. Few advisers can.

Your circle: competitors, customersBuyers in EuropeBuyers from Asia – there and already hereThe wider the circle,the more serious buyers

Advice from someone who has run companies himself.

Tim Chen ran industrial businesses at OSRAM and LEDVANCE. At LEDVANCE he turned the margin from −6% to +12%.

As the first Chinese Chairman of the LEDVANCE Supervisory Board, he worked between German management and Asian owners. He negotiates himself – in German, English and Chinese.

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Margin at LEDVANCE before and after the turnaround

Every mandate is led by a partner in person. No junior team.

Our partners
  • Tim Chen, Founder and Managing Partner of Echo NovaTim ChenSale and succession
  • Daniel Chua, Partner at Echo NovaDaniel ChuaManufacturing in Asia
  • Frédéric Maurer, Partner at Echo NovaFrédéric MaurerEnergy and grids
  • Stephan Bosman, Partner at Echo NovaStephan BosmanData centres and AI
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Nobody finds out without your consent.

No buyer, customer or supplier, and no one in your company. Buyers first see an anonymous profile – your name only after they sign a confidentiality agreement.

The first step is a small one.

  1. 1

    You get in touch.

    By WhatsApp, phone or online booking.

  2. 2

    We talk for 20 minutes.

    Where do you stand? What do you want? Which buyers might fit?

  3. 3

    You decide.

    Whether and when to go on. No obligation.

A sale usually takes six to twelve months. How a sale works

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We are the grease on the gears. So your sale runs smoothly.

Tim Chen

Talk to Tim Chen.

Even if it is still a few years away.

Book a time onlineWhatsApp+49 1567 8352099partners@echonova.de

Nobody finds out without your consent.

Smaller or larger? We’ll tell you honestly whether we’re the right fit – and if not, who is.