Maximilian Dreher is an investment banking and corporate finance professional. He has worked on multiple cross-border M&A transactions and structured close to 500 acquisition financing projects during his banking career. He is currently working as an investment manager for a leading German venture capital company. Dr. Dr. Dietmar Ernst is Professor of Corporate Finance at the International School of Finance at the University of Applied Sciences in NĂ¼rtingen (Germany). He is also the director of the European Institute of Quantitative Finance (EIQF). Dietmar Ernst worked for many years as an M&A consultant, private equity manager and company valuation specialist in various banks.