Hamburg/Frankfurt, 12 November 2026 - AC CHRISTES & PARTNER (CHRISTES) continues its growth course and is building its fourth office in Frankfurt am Main. Following Hamburg, Munich and Düsseldorf, the firm, which specialises in transaction advisory, audit and tax advisory, is extending its national presence to one of Europe's leading financial and M&A centres. With this strategic step, CHRISTES is specifically strengthening its position in the private equity and transaction market.

To build the new office, CHRISTES has hired two experienced partners, Matthias Krankowsky and Wolfgang Klövekorn. Both started on 1 November 2026 and will be responsible for expanding Financial and Tax Transaction Advisory Services in Frankfurt. The new offices in Frankfurt's Westend are scheduled to open in the first quarter of 2027; in the same period, the team at the new location is to grow to around ten employees.

Matthias Krankowsky is an experienced transaction adviser with around 25 years of professional experience and extensive expertise in transaction advisory and corporate finance. The German public auditor (Wirtschaftsprüfer) and Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) was most recently a partner in Transaction Advisory Services at RSM Ebner Stolz in Frankfurt. Previous positions include a Big Four firm (transaction advisory and restructuring), a leveraged finance bank and an owner-managed investment boutique. He focuses on buy-side and sell-side support for corporate transactions, in particular for private equity investors and mid-sized companies.

Wolfgang Klövekorn is an experienced M&A tax specialist with around 20 years of professional experience. The lawyer and tax adviser was most recently a partner at RSM Ebner Stolz in Frankfurt, where he had worked since 2017. Before that, he gained experience at a Big Four firm and at mid-sized German and Anglo-Saxon law firms. He focuses on tax support and structuring of corporate transactions, tax due diligence and advising private equity and venture capital investors. He also has particular expertise in fund and real estate investments.

Leonidas Lobeck, Managing Partner and Head of Transaction Advisory at CHRISTES, said in substance (quote translated): Frankfurt is a strategically important step and a further milestone on the firm's growth path. CHRISTES aims to establish a strong long-term presence in one of Europe's most important financial and M&A centres and to expand its position in the private equity and transaction market, and has gained two experienced and very well connected partners for this.

Matthias Krankowsky, Partner at CHRISTES, said in substance (quote translated) that he is attracted by the combination of entrepreneurial freedom, high speed and the consistent use of modern technology, and that CHRISTES combines the dynamism of a young company with the expertise of an established advisory firm.

Wolfgang Klövekorn, Partner at CHRISTES, said in substance (quote translated) that financial and tax questions in transactions must be considered together at an early stage, and that the team can align these services closely to support private equity investors comprehensively.

The expansion to Frankfurt is also part of CHRISTES' growth strategy within atania, a platform founded in 2025. The technology-driven advisory group combines entrepreneurial independence and regional market presence with specialised expertise and shared digital structures. With the addition of the LKC Group, with more than 30 locations and around 700 employees, the platform further accelerated its growth in March 2026.

This text was automatically translated from the German original.