Most M&A events are too big to be useful. You walk in, collect a lanyard, sit through four presentations and leave with a bag of brochures and no new relationship worth having.
Deals in the Cities is the opposite. Thirty invited guests, one room, one short input to give the evening a subject - and then the part that actually matters: talking to people who do what you do, in the same market, at the same level.
The series is hosted jointly by mandaco, the independent platform behind M&A REVIEW and the German M&A community, and fintalent, the talent and execution partner for private equity and corporate M&A. Together we bring two networks into the same room that rarely meet: the people who own the deals, and the people who make them work afterwards.
Private Equity
Partners and Investment Directors from local and pan-European funds — the people deciding what gets bought.
Operating Partners
Portfolio operations leaders who carry the value creation plan once the deal is signed.
Corporate M&A
Heads of M&A and Corporate Development from companies buying in the region.
A European voice
One guest speaker from outside the local market, so the conversation does not stop at the border.
Wednesday, 16 September 2026 · 19:00–23:00 CEST
Club Financiero Génova, Calle del Marqués de la Ensenada 14, Madrid
Theme: Off-market origination and succession in the family-owned mid-market.
Applications open
Thursday, 22 October 2026 · evening — times to be confirmed
Venue to be announced — central Zurich
Theme: Cross-border execution — Swiss capital in European assets.
Applications open
Wednesday, 4 November 2026 · evening — times to be confirmed
Venue to be announced — City of London
Theme: Value creation and operating talent inside the portfolio.
Applications open
Every seat is confirmed personally.
Tell us who you are and which evening you would like to join - we will come back to you within three working days. Places are limited to thirty per city. Attendance is free of charge.
mandaco is an independent platform for knowledge, exchange and visibility in the European M&A market. It publishes M&A REVIEW — founded in 1990 at the University of St. Gallen — and LEBENSWERK, runs the M&A Excellence Days and the M&A Award, and hosts the office of the German M&A association (BMA) with more than 400 members. mandaco is operated by M&A Media Services GmbH, Pullach, Germany.
fintalent connects private equity funds, corporates and advisors with senior M&A and operating talent. Through its platform and diagnostics, fintalent staffs transactions, carve-outs and post-merger integrations across Europe and the US. fintalent is operated by Fintalent Limited, London, United Kingdom.
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