Joint venture China, subsidiary (WFOE) or hybrid?
By Frank-Christan Raffel Frank-Christian Raffel has been analyzing and shaping the strategy and corporate form of European companies in China and Southeast Asia since 1997, when he conducted a broad-based study in cooperation with the Hong Kong and Shanghai Chambers of Commerce. It is remarkable how often we hear the question even today, in the […]
Sylter Muscheln – Shaping leadership succession
Adriaan Leuschel created Europe’s largest grower of fresh premium mussels from very small beginnings, harvesting around 10 thousand tons per year. The harvested mussels are shipped just-in-time from Sylt via Yserke, where they are cleaned and packaged in-house, mainly to Belgium, but also to restaurants in Germany and Austria, where more and more gourmets are […]
WISAP grows with new shareholder from China
On behalf of WISAP’s then shareholder, Blue Cap AG, MRL Advisors acted as exclusive M&A advisor in the search for a new owner and initiated, structured and accompanied the entire transaction through to closing. WISAP is a successful medium-sized niche supplier of medical instruments and devices for minimally invasive surgery in the field of laparoscopic […]
MRL Advisors takes a stake in EMTS Group Pte. Ltd. in Singapore and Manila
By Frank-Christian Raffel EMTS – European Medtech Services – has set itself the goal of improving the availability of medical technology in Southeast Asia. MRL Advisors has joined as a founding partner. The former top manager of the Austrian Fresenius-VAMED, Matthias Köhler, had the idea to found the company when Southeast Asia was no longer […]