The ASPIDE GROUP GMBH, headquartered in Berlin, and with offices in Hongkong and Washington as a result of our strategic partnerships, offers unique and solution-oriented expertise to high net worth individuals, institutional investors, equity funds and businesses in mergers and acquisitions in the area of security and energy.

After thorough investigation of their potential value, ASPIDE has undertaken to represent a number of outstanding high technology companies in the defense and security area, along with others who are industry leaders in innovation in the aerospace, water, gas and oil industries. ASPIDE’s objective in representing these highly innovative companies is to identify and develop synergistic relationships between these cutting-edge technology companies and potential partners and buyers.

ASPIDE brings together current and former distinct and prominent European, American and Asian business, political and military leaders, as well as industry experts. ASPIDE’s directors and network of advisors have an unparalleled depth of market knowledge in the defense, security, aerospace and energy industries, an unequalled network of contacts and proven deal-making skills.

ASPIDE’s management and board are known for their successful track records in the industrial, business, political, diplomatic, and military fields, in global entrepreneurial activities, industrial and commercial development, as well as finely honed management skills in the global finance and banking sectors. Thanks to its unique capabilities and composition, ASPIDE is trusted by business, political and military leaders all over the world and is able to offer unparalleled advice to our clients on commercial opportunities in the defense, security and aerospace, water, gas and oil industries.

Due to the market potentials we have identified as a result of our intensive and thorough research and analysis, drawing on the expertise of our extensive network of experienced and highly specialized directors, ASPIDE has been engaged by a number of cutting-edge technology companies in North America, in West and Eastern Europe, Asia, the Middle East and in Latin America who are looking for additional financing or management expertise to bring their ground-breaking and pioneering products and services to the widest possible market. ASPIDE’s objective is to bring these innovative, industry leading companies into contact with partners and buyers who can develop and exploit their full potential and support them find their true value in the global marketplace.

ASPIDE does not seek to duplicate the work of investment banks in the mergers and acquisition (M&A) process. Rather, we identify, cultivate and bring together groups of individual investors, equity funds and corporations who share common visions and goals in the critical defense and security related industries, aerospace and energy fields in which we specialize. By cultivating such relationships, ASPIDE aims to always be the adviser of choice for high net worth individuals, equity funds, companies, financial institutions and public sector organizations who seek to be involved in mid-market M&A transactions in the € 5 - € 500m range in our areas of business expertise. Ensuring this, ASPIDE has built close relationships with leading equity funds in the United States, Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Latin America.

ASPIDE gives potential buyers and sellers access to our company’s extensive market knowledge, a capability that is specifically designed to identify exactly the correct partners for any possible merger or acquisition in the field of security and energy. Our directors combine expert area knowledge of the industries we focus on with the type of individualized personal service that can assist our clients to quickly yet thoughtfully analyze their particular business objectives and assess them in the context of the global marketplace.

We also, however, are fully aware that not all transactions are immediately smooth and successful. In recognition of this reality, ASPIDE also offers a full range of assistance to ensure effective support for the challenges involved in post-transaction integration. Thus, after bringing companies together and when all of the partners involved believe it is beneficial, ASPIDE and its distinguished board members will continue to make themselves available to provide advice and guidance through their active involvement in the new entity.

ASPIDE recognizes that acquiring or merging a company is neither a simple nor straightforward endeavor. ASPIDE’s business philosophy is committed to ensuring highest level confidentiality and that both buyers and sellers have available all of the information necessary for them to achieve successful financial and business outcomes. Our commitment is to assure that the deal gets done at the right time, at a fair price making everyone satisfied with the outcome.