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Our Partners

We have sat on every side
of the table.
Now we sit on yours.

Between us, we have bought companies, run them and sold them — across Europe and Asia. When you sell yours, one of us leads from the first conversation to the day after closing.

Who does what

One partner leads. The others join where your deal needs them.

Who leads depends on your industry. Tim Chen for most manufacturers. Frédéric Maurer for energy and power grids. Stephan Bosman for data centres. And wherever Asia can raise your price, Daniel Chua joins.

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Who leads your sale

Tim Chen, Founder and Managing Partner of Echo Nova

Founder & Managing Partner

Tim Chen

Most advisers have watched a German company being sold to an Asian buyer. Tim has lived through one — from all three sides.

  1. On the buyer’s side

    MLS · Vice President, Investment and Operations

    He worked on the acquisition of LEDVANCE, the former OSRAM lamps business.

  2. In the boardroom

    LEDVANCE · Chairman of the Supervisory Board

    As its first Chinese chairman, he worked between German management and the new owners.

  3. Running the business

    LEDVANCE · Group Managing Director (CFO)

    He led the turnaround from a −6% to a +12% margin within two years and built a cash reserve of €300 million.

    LEDVANCE turnaround Margin from minus 6 percent before the turnaround to plus 12 percent after it. 0% −6% +12%
    Margin before and after the turnaround he led

What that means for you

  • He knows what buyers check — and where they push on price.
  • He can tell which buyers will build on what you made. Then he puts it in the contract: your people, your site, your name.
  • He has been through the approvals himself. Investment screening in Germany and at EU level, and the approval an Asian buyer needs at home to invest abroad.
  • He reads your company as an operator. Buyers listen.
  • German, English, Chinese. No translation layer between you and the buyer.

Away from work: air pistol — among the top scorers at his shooting club in Bavaria.

Tim on LinkedIn

Who shows buyers the upside

Daniel Chua, Partner at Echo Nova

Partner · Asian manufacturing and supply chains

Daniel Chua

Singapore and Shenzhen

Buyers pay for what your company can become. Daniel shows them how much more it becomes with Asian sourcing, production and markets behind it. That is what raises the price — and after closing, he can help put it into practice. He and Tim have worked together since OSRAM.

25 years
in procurement and sourcing
€100m
saved by the global sourcing unit he built at OSRAM and LEDVANCE
< 4 months
to set up a new manufacturing operation in Asia

Lighting · electronics · professional audio · appliances · OEM and ODM manufacturing

MSc in Procurement Management, University of Strathclyde · Chartered member of CIPS

He began his career as cabin crew with Singapore Airlines.

Daniel on LinkedIn

Industry partners

If your company works in energy or data centres

Frédéric Maurer, Partner at Echo Nova

Frédéric Maurer, PhD

Energy and power grids

Energy buyers pay for where the market is heading. Frédéric helped write Switzerland’s rules for hydrogen, and brought troubled hydropower projects on four continents back on track. If your products go into generation or grids, he leads your sale.

GE Renewable Energy · Swiss Federal Office of Energy · PhD in energy, EPFL · German, French, English

More than 230 national-league rugby matches.

Frédéric on LinkedIn
Stephan Bosman, Partner at Echo Nova

Stephan Bosman

Data centres and AI

Stephan has built companies and sold them himself. He knows what it feels like to sign. When your products power or cool data centres — a market growing fast — he leads your sale.

Founded, built and sold companies of his own · AI in industrial companies · International expansion

A competitive senior tennis player.

Stephan on LinkedIn

Four promises

Confidential from the first call.
No buyer and no third party hears of it without your approval. Buyers see an anonymous profile first; your name only after they sign a confidentiality agreement.
A partner from start to finish.
The partner you meet first is the partner who negotiates for you.
Honest about fit.
If we are not right for your company, we say so — and tell you who is.
We work for you.
In your sale, we act only for you. If we know a buyer from earlier work, you hear it from us first. If a buyer asks for our help after closing, you will know before you sign.

Start with one conversation.

Confidential, without obligation — and with a partner, not a junior.

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