In 2011, DC Advisory Partners celebrates its 20-year anniversary – and its successful evolution into one of the leading corporate finance advisers for medium-sized companies in Europe.
Milestones:
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1991 |
The company is established under the name of Quadriga Finanz by Hambros Bank, Credit National and Ernst Freiherr von Freyberg. The firm is headquartered in Berlin and focuses on advising the Treuhandanstalt on privatizations. |
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1994 |
The company is renamed Freyberg Hambros and moves to Frankfurt am Main. M&A advice for medium-sized companies becomes an increasingly important business field. |
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1998 |
UK-based Close Brothers Group acquires a 51 percent stake – Freyberg Close Brothers is created. Private equity companies become a new and important customer group. |
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2005 |
The company changes its name to Close Brothers. |
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2009 |
Daiwa Securities SMBC Europe Limited, the European subsidiary of leading Japanese investment bank Daiwa Securities SMBC Co. Ltd., acquires Close Brothers Corporate Finance, London. Close Brothers GmbH establishes a branch office in Warsaw, Poland. |
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2010 |
Close Brothers changes its name to DC Advisory Partners. The name reflects the company’s global presence as part of the Daiwa Group. |
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Today |
DC Advisory Partners is one of the leading, independent corporate finance advisers for medium-sized companies in German-speaking and Central Eastern Europe, with more than 40 employees. |