M&A Advisory
Senior support across the full transaction lifecycle, with particular expertise in structuring and executing sell-side mandates in Brazil.
- Sell-side & buy-side processes
- Valuation & due diligence
- Negotiation & implementation
Strategic clarity. Transactional discipline.
Turning industrial insight into lasting value.
Senior-led M&A and strategic advisory for industrial and technology businesses navigating growth, transformation and ownership transitions across Europe and Brazil.
01 / What we do
M&A-led advice at the moments that shape a company’s future—grounded in hands-on industrial leadership.
Strategy & Corporate Development
Practical strategic guidance that translates market opportunities into clear priorities, investment choices and executable plans.
- Strategic & competitive analysis
- Growth and technology plans
- Business & acquisition strategy
Transformation & Interim Leadership
Hands-on assistance to diagnose performance, strengthen critical processes and turn strategic priorities into measurable results.
- Operational diagnostics
- Transformation & turnaround PMO
- Interim management
02 / Transaction capabilities
Disciplined support from strategic intent to implementation.
ValueMiner360 advises shareholders, management teams and corporate leaders across a range of transaction situations.
Prepare & position
Transaction readiness, strategic-fit analysis, valuation and development of a compelling equity story.
Identify
Research, screening and evaluation of potential buyers, acquisition targets and strategic partners.
Execute
Information memoranda, process coordination, due diligence and structured stakeholder communication.
Negotiate & close
Decision support, negotiation assistance and disciplined management of the route to signing and closing.
Separate & combine
Support for mergers, joint ventures, carve-outs, spin-offs and other complex ownership transitions.
Implement
Post-merger assistance, integration or separation PMO, implementation governance and progress monitoring.
03 / Sector focus
Where technology meets the industrial world.
Our perspective is especially relevant where domain knowledge, complex project businesses and international market access matter.
01Industrial technology, automation & software
02Metals, mining & the steel value chain
03Pulp & paper, oil & gas and infrastructure
04Engineered systems, solutions & project businesses
04 / Our approach
Focused, independent and personally accountable.
Understand
We begin with your objectives, context and definition of success.
Position
We sharpen the equity story and identify the most credible path to value.
Execute
We manage the process with discretion, momentum and disciplined communication.
Deliver
We stay close through the critical decisions until the objective is achieved.
Every mandate is tailored to the situation. Senior involvement remains direct throughout, with project-specific industry and functional experts added where their experience creates value and accelerates execution.
05 / Selected experience
Transaction judgement informed by operating responsibility.
Representative founder experience
Cross-border divestiture in Brazil’s metals sector
Founder experience includes leading the divestiture of a multinational metals-distribution business in Brazil to a leading domestic steel producer, on behalf of its European parent company.
20+Years of industrial leadership
7Years of M&A experience
7Years as Country CEO
Europe ↔ BrazilCross-border perspective
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06 / Founder
Industrial leadership behind every mandate.
ValueMiner360 was founded by Erik Herrmann, an electrical engineer and senior executive with more than 20 years of operational and strategic experience in industrial systems, solutions and turnkey project businesses.
His career includes eight years in general management at Siemens, four years as a Director at Johnson Controls and seven years as Country Manager and CEO of Klöckner Metals Brazil. His work spans operational reviews, process optimisation, transformation and turnaround programmes, and M&A execution.
Erik holds a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Wuppertal, Germany, complemented by company-based executive management programmes.
Senior-ledDirect involvement
Built to fitProject-specific expertise
Let’s explore the opportunity
Every valuable conversation starts with a clear question.
For a confidential initial discussion, please get in touch.
contact@valueminer360.com