About Christian Muthler

Christian Muthler is a Managing Director at Fortlane Partners in the Frankfurt office and heads the the Industrials & Automotive sectors.

 

He has more than 25 years’ experience both in mergers & acquisitions and capital market advisory in national and international transactions particularly in the areas of automotive, industrial manufacturing and industrial goods, technologies and services sectors. His clients include German and international corporates, medium-sized companies and financial investors.

 

Prior to joining Fortlane Partners, Christian Muthler worked for the US investment bank Jefferies, where he helped build up the German business. He started his professional career with KPMG Corporate Finance in the field of mergers & acquisitions advisory. 

 

Christian Muthler holds an MBA from the University of Augsburg.

Christian Muthler
Christian Muthler
Managing Director
Sell-Side Advisory, Buy-Side Advisory, Industrials and Automotive, Mobility, Transportation, and Infrastructure
Frankfurt, Germany
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TransactionsLatest Deals

2025
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Fortlane Partners advised

Exyte on the

Acquisition

of TTP Group

2025
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Fortlane Partners advised

GBS TEMPEST & Service GmbH on the

Acquisition

of Cordsen Engineering GmbH

2022
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goetzpartners advised

KPIT Technologies on the

Acquisition

of Technica Engineering

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