F&P ExpertDipl.-Wi.-Ing. Kim C. Köhler

Kim C. Köhler’s core competencies are financing and advising companies in buy-out situations and financing significant projects in the renewable energy sector.

Mr. Köhler has gained a deep understanding of the functioning and needs of private equity funds through his many years of experience in advising private equity funds and other financial investors at leading international investment banks such as Merrill Lynch, JP Morgan and Deutsche Bank in Frankfurt and London.

Significant transactions that Mr. Köhler has advised on financing and/or M&A include leading companies in their respective market segments such as Carcoustics, Demag, Domus Homecare, Edscha, Evonik, Gardena, GASAG, Honsel, HT Troplast, ista, Messer Griesheim, Selecta and Trevira.

Mr. Köhler has an extensive network in the area of international private equity funds as well as financing banks and funds. This enables him to provide companies in buy-out situations with advice and assistance in solving financing problems (equity and debt capital). Mr. Köhler also assists the other partners of the firm in the performance of mandates for private equity portfolio companies.

In addition, Mr. Köhler has financed and advised numerous well-known renewable energy projects throughout Europe. The main focus is on wind and solar parks and biomass with a financing volume of €20 million or more. Investors include well-known infrastructure funds and project developers as well as private investors in Germany, France, Italy, Spain and some selected Eastern European countries, among others.

Thanks to his comprehensive financing know-how, Mr. Köhler can optimize financing structures and thus make important value contributions to investor success with directly measurable financial success.

Mr. Köhler holds a Dipl.-Ing. (Industrial Engineer) from the Technical University of Berlin and a Dipl.-Kfm. from the Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Paris (ESCP).