Engagement is by referral.
Counsel on the structuring of equity, debt and short-term paper, public and private. Execution passes to placement agents with the requisite permissions. Windows are timed to the day and judged without sentiment.
Representation for buyers and sellers alike, from first contact through negotiation and diligence. Few clients at a time, each served entirely.
Guidance through stressed credit, contested stakes, entangled holdings — whatever resists a standard playbook. Where no route exists, one is built.
Sources: Invest Europe, Deloitte Private, Knight Frank, Bergweiss mid-2026 briefing.
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Europe's 6.1 million high-net-worth individuals now hold US$20.5 trillion in investable wealth. Germany leads the continent with 38,215 individuals above US$30 million — the deepest buy-side pool in Europe.
Some 2,020 family offices are active across Europe, projected to reach 2,650 by 2030. They increasingly behave like mid-market sponsors — Germany's 409 single-family offices lead in direct buyouts.
European private equity and venture firms raised €147 billion in 2025. Fewer, larger deals define the cycle: the number of active VCs has fallen roughly 30% from its 2022 peak, leaving a well-capitalised core.
The desk's tracker follows 50 transactions across Germany, the UK and the Adriatic — from €5–20m off-market SME deals to systemic consolidations such as the three-way contest for Addiko Bank.
Principals and intermediaries may send deal proposals directly by email. Every submission is read, and proposals within the desk's remit receive a reply — typically within ten business days.
info@berg-weiss.comIf you're unsure whether your situation fits, write anyway — a short note is enough to start.
Proposals are received on a non-confidential, non-reliance basis, create no duty to the sender, and must not contain inside information. Any proposal may be declined, and the firm may act for another party on the same asset.