Inqui­red: Blätt­chen & Part­ner GmbH

CONSULTING.de inter­views Prof. Dr. Alex­an­der Götz — IPOs, cor­po­ra­te finan­cing and pri­va­te equi­ty manage­ment par­ti­ci­pa­ti­on pro­grams, the­se are the major topics of the con­sul­ting firm Blätt­chen & Part­ner based in Munich.

IPOs, cor­po­ra­te finan­cing and pri­va­te equi­ty manage­ment par­ti­ci­pa­ti­on pro­grams, the­se are the main topics of the con­sul­ting firm Blätt­chen & Part­ner based in Munich.
We tal­ked to Prof. Dr. Alex­an­der Götz, he is Seni­or Part­ner.

CONSULTING.de: Prof. Götz, if you have to pre­sent the core com­pe­tence of your com­pa­ny in one sen­tence, what is that sen­tence?
Alex­an­der Götz: “The boss cooks hims­elf”, the part­ners not only mana­ge the pro­jects but are also their “clerks”. This ensu­res Seni­or Level Advice throug­hout the enti­re pro­ject and with regard to all aspects.
CONSULTING.de: Whe­ther IPOs or capi­tal increa­ses, you ser­ve a demand that fluc­tua­tes. Ten years after the Leh­man crash: how were the­se ten years for your com­pa­ny in retro­s­pect?
Alex­an­der Götz: The capi­tal mar­ket prac­ti­ce natu­ral­ly had its chal­lenges. Howe­ver, we are also the mar­ket lea­der in Ger­ma­ny in advi­sing manage­ment
teams when it comes to their manage­ment par­ti­ci­pa­ti­on pro­grams offe­red by pri­va­te equi­ty com­pa­nies. In addi­ti­on, we act as com­pen­sa­ti­on con­sul­tants to lis­ted com­pa­nies. This has enab­led us to com­pen­sa­te for the rather cycli­cal capi­tal mar­ket busi­ness in recent years.
CONSULTING.de: Whe­re and when did the nucleus of Blätt­chen & Part­ner emer­ge?
Alex­an­der Götz: In 1985, we advi­sed the owners on the IPO of Hugo Boss, that was the begin­ning.
CONSULTING.de: If you are loo­king for per­son­nel, what can you pro­mi­se the appli­cants? And what can you score with?
Alex­an­der Götz: Flat hier­ar­chy, wide ran­ge of tasks, high degree of free­dom.
CONSULTING.com: Your topics are very com­plex, the respon­si­bi­li­ty high. How long do uni­ver­si­ty gra­dua­tes have to pro­ve them­sel­ves with you befo­re they are allo­wed to look after the cus­to­mer alo­ne?
Alex­an­der Götz: Accor­ding to our Seni­or Level Advice approach, only part­ners look after the cli­ents. The col­le­agues sup­port the part­ners and of cour­se have cus­to­mer cont­act.
CONSULTING.de: Many thanks for the inter­view!

(The inter­view was con­duc­ted by Til­man Stro­bel)

Inter­view as pdf.