{"id":58200,"date":"2024-11-15T15:43:50","date_gmt":"2024-11-15T19:43:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/livingstagenew.wpenginepowered.com\/insights\/recap-die-unternehmervertrauten-event-series-2024\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T16:14:04","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T20:14:04","slug":"recap-die-unternehmervertrauten-event-series-2024","status":"publish","type":"insights","link":"https:\/\/livingstonepartners.com\/en\/insights\/recap-die-unternehmervertrauten-event-series-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Recap: \u201cDie Unternehmervertrauten\u201d Event Series 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>In 2024, Livingstone was once again a partner of the\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/finance-thinktank.de\/unternehmervertraute\/\"><strong>\u201cDie Unternehmervertrauten\u201d<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0event series<\/strong> <strong>with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/livingstonepartners.com\/en\/team\/ralph-hagelgans\/\">Ralph Hagelgans<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/livingstonepartners.com\/en\/team\/dr-roland-schulz\/\">Dr. Roland Schulz<\/a>\u00a0representing the firm. The series provided an excellent opportunity to discuss current developments and challenges in the M&amp;A industry with leading experts and participants.<\/strong> <br> <br>Livingstone participated in the meetings held in Stuttgart, M\u00fcnster, Hamburg, and, most recently, D\u00fcsseldorf, which hosted the final event of the year before the winter break. These different locations highlight the regional diversity and broad network that \u201cDie Unternehmervertrauten\u201d brings together each year. <br> <br> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"171\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-135675\" src=\"https:\/\/livingstonepartners.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/w-Unternehmervertraute-Livingstone-Stuttgart-2024-300x171.jpg\" alt=\"\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"171\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-135676\" src=\"https:\/\/livingstonepartners.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/w-Unternehmervertraute-Livingstone-Stuttgart-2024-2-300x171.jpg\" alt=\"\"> <br> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"171\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-135677\" src=\"https:\/\/livingstonepartners.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/w-Unternehmervertraute-Livingstone-Munster-2024-2-300x171.jpg\" alt=\"\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"171\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-135678\" src=\"https:\/\/livingstonepartners.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/w-Unternehmervertraute-Livingstone-Munster-2024-300x171.jpg\" alt=\"\"> <br> <br> Our contributions included presentations on the following topics:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201cWhere is the M&amp;A Market Headed? The New Normal of Geopolitical Uncertainty, Rising Costs, and Higher Interest Rates\u201d<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cThe M&amp;A Market in 2024: Current Trends and Observations\u201d<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cThe Attractiveness of Germany as a Business Location: An M&amp;A Perspective\u201d<br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>Through these keynote speeches, we aimed to provide insights into key trends and developments in the M&amp;A market. We hope our contributions were both inspiring and valuable to the participants, offering them useful takeaways to address their own challenges. <br> <br> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"171\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-135679\" src=\"https:\/\/livingstonepartners.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/w-Unternehmervertraute-Livingstone-Hamburg-2024-300x171.jpg\" alt=\"\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"171\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-135680\" src=\"https:\/\/livingstonepartners.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/w-Unternehmervertraute-Livingstone-Hamburg-2024-2-300x171.jpg\" alt=\"\"> <br> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"171\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-135681\" src=\"https:\/\/livingstonepartners.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/w-Unternehmervertraute-Livingstone-Duesseldorf-2024-2-300x171.jpg\" alt=\"\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"171\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-135682\" src=\"https:\/\/livingstonepartners.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/w-Unternehmervertraute-Livingstone-Duesseldorf-2024-300x171.jpg\" alt=\"\"> <br> <br>We would like to thank the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/finance-thinktank.de\/\">FINANCE Think Tank \u2013 Corporate Banking &amp; Finance<\/a>\u00a0for the excellent organization, and all participants for the stimulating discussions. This exchange once again highlighted the importance of events like \u201cDie Unternehmervertrauten\u201d for the M&amp;A community, providing a valuable platform for learning from each other and collaboratively developing solutions for the future. <br> <br> We\u2019re already looking forward to being part of this exciting event series again next year!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A premier forum for corporate finance experts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":47795,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2745],"tags":[],"sector":[],"service":[],"class_list":["post-58200","insights","type-insights","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Recap: \u201cDie Unternehmervertrauten\u201d Event Series 2024 - Livingstone Partners<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/livingstonepartners.com\/en\/insights\/recap-die-unternehmervertrauten-event-series-2024\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Recap: \u201cDie Unternehmervertrauten\u201d Event Series 2024 - 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