ACTIVE M&A Experts GmbH is a partner driven, privately-held M&A and corporate advisory firm created in Düsseldorf, Germany in 2012 . We focus on transactions for small and medium-sized companies (SME) covering both national and international small- and midcap, including mergers & acquisitions, MBO, MBI and capital raising transactions. All partners are seasoned professionals, with senior management or family owned business background. Special attention is on European cross border deals. In our international M&A WorldWide partnership, we successfully concluded 641 deals in 2016 with a value of €3.4 Billion ($3.7 B) in 42 countries. Our partner Björn Voigt is chairman of M&A Worldwide. Intensive strategic collaboration on traditional topics with our SME clients as well as in digital challenges such as IoT and digitalization. A tight network of Private Equity, Venture Capitalists and Family Offices is served to its specific acquisition and buy-and-build needs. Key industries served compromise steel, metal and metallurgy, mechanical engineering, recycling, machinery, production, logistics, graphic arts industry, publishing, chemical, retail, banking, digital, IoT, online, digitalization, software, automotive, service industries, consumer goods, consumer electronics, household appliances, packaging