About us

REDHILL Corporate Finance is the M&A specialist for the Mittelstand. Company sales and acquisitions in the mid-market have their own particular requirements and call for advisors who understand them. Drawing on more than 30 years of specialisation in this segment, we have made the values and requirements of the Mittelstand the foundation of our M&A advisory. REDHILL Corporate Finance stands for:

 

Maximum of experience

The success of Mittelstand companies is based on long-term experience as well as long-term thinking and acting.

In M&A transactions too, experience makes the difference. The founder of REDHILL Corporate Finance has advised exclusively mid-market companies on M&A transactions since 1995:

  • More than 30 years dedicated exclusively to the mid-market M&A segment
  • More than 25 years leading transactions personally as a partner
  • More than 75 company sales and acquisitions successfully completed in the Mittelstand

Long-term and customer-oriented thinking, expertise and consistent focus on this market segment are the foundation for this sustainable success in the M&A business.

Personal, entrepreneurial M&A-advice

Mittelstand means entrepreneurial thinking and taking personal responsibility

The founding partner is personally involved in every mandate – from the first outreach to signing at the notary. He is the direct point of contact in every negotiation round, not only at kickoff and closing, and mandates are deliberately limited to two to three at a time to make sure this always holds true.

Very focused and efficient M&A processes

Mittelstand is characterized by efficiency and flexibility

REDHILL Corporate Finance follows a comparable approach in its M&A processes. We are not an institution, but a specialist for focused, tailor-made M&A processes that bring mid-market transactions to a better and faster result. REDHILL Corporate Finance is the right partner when it comes to achieving the best possible terms with the right buyer, through an efficient, discreet process.

Internationality and strong network

Mittelstand companies take advantage of global opportunities. They operate internationally and networked.

REDHILL Corporate Finance has an extensive track record in international transactions: 60% of our mandates are cross-border, spanning more than 20 countries across four continents. This is supported by an established network of leading M&A firms, private equity firms and family office investors in Europe, North America and Asia that we draw on selectively when a mandate calls for it.

Management

Kai Sessinghaus Geschäftsführer

REDHILL Corporate Finance was founded in 2018 by Kai Sessinghaus. He has been focused exclusively on advising mid-market companies on company sales and acquisitions since 1995. In more than 75 successfully completed sales and acquisitions of owner-managed and family-owned companies, he has gained a deep understanding of how to lead M&A transactions in this segment to a successful outcome.

Before founding REDHILL Corporate Finance, he was responsible for the corporate finance business of CAPEO GmbH as Managing Partner for more than 13 years. Prior to that, he was Partner and shareholder at Sannwald Jaenecke & Cie., in which the investment bank Merrill Lynch had acquired a stake in recognition of its mid-market M&A expertise. He began his career in M&A in 1995 at Dr. Ferber & Partner (today Ferber & Co). He studied in Regensburg and Berlin and completed his degree in Business Administration (Diplomkaufmann) at the Freie Universität Berlin in 1995 with distinction.

The specific requirements of mid-market M&A projects have been familiar to him for more than two decades. He also brings strong negotiation skills to difficult M&A situations, such as 1:1 negotiations or company sales in a restructuring phase.

Kai Sessinghaus is himself invested in a number of companies. As an entrepreneur and investor, he is used to thinking entrepreneurially and acting with a clear focus on results.

All mandates are personally led by him as Managing Partner – from the first outreach to signing at the notary, supported by project-based analytical resources and an established network of tax advisors, transaction lawyers and international partners who are brought in selectively as each mandate requires.