Oliver Grigat

Director

Oliver is a director at Oaklins Germany and is co-head of its Frankfurt office, where he leads the real estate, software and industrial automation teams. With 20 years of experience in corporate strategy and M&A, he has extensive expertise across the entire inorganic growth cycle. Having worked on numerous sell-side, buy-side, merger, capital raising and advisory mandates, he has deep industry knowledge, a broad network and comprehensive experience with corporations, private equity firms and family-owned businesses. Transactions he has advised on include the sale of Haufe-Lexware Real Estate AG to Aareon AG, a portfolio company of Advent International; the sale of Doozer GmbH to Zig Zig Beheer B.V., a portfolio company of Main Capital Partners; and Bürkert Fluid Control Systems’ investments in Schwarzer Precision, Fäth Group and the Chilean engineering company Fluidos Técnicos Chilenos SpA as well as the sale of CUT Membrane GmbH to a Chinese conglomerate.

Before joining Oaklins Germany, Oliver managed many acquisitions for Aareon AG as an investment manager. He also spent some time responsible for the corporate development of Bürkert Fluid Control Systems, after having spent several years in Accenture’s global corporate strategy and M&A team. Oliver has a bachelor’s degree in finance from Wiesbaden Business School and a master’s in business consulting from Wismar Business School.