Daniel Windsheimer and Bernd Niedermayer are joining the firm as new partners

Daniel Windsheimer joins from PwC, where he served as MidMarket Deals Leader and was responsible for cross-disciplinary transactions for private equity and corporate clients in the mid-market segment. Throughout his career, he has successfully managed more than 500 buy- and sell-side transactions. His consulting expertise focuses on due diligence processes, tax structuring, SPA advisory, and the design of management incentive programs as well as IPO and carve-out structures. As part of AI-supported due diligence processes, he has already driven the automation and digitization of existing services as well as the development of data-driven services in the field of transaction advisory—experience that he is now bringing to bear in building an AI-native transaction advisory practice. 

At WTS, he will be responsible for the continued development and expansion of the transaction advisory practice and, following an integrated go-to-market approach, will assume overall leadership of the Transactions division alongside the existing deal teams. The range of services is intended to cover the entire transaction cycle—from M&A through transaction data analytics & financials, tax & legal, ESG, value creation, and valuation services, to operational carve-out & integration, turnaround & performance improvement, and restructuring services.

Bernd Niedermayer is joining from Aon, a global consulting and services firm, where he most recently served as Director in charge of the Tax and Insurance Solutions practice in Central Europe. Prior to that, he spent 12 years working for Big Four firms in tax transaction services. His track record includes providing comprehensive tax services for transactions with a focus on German and international small and medium-sized enterprises, as well as in-depth expertise in the rapidly growing field of tax and insurance solutions, which are becoming increasingly important.

Both will be supported by additional team members also joining on October 1, notably two senior managers with extensive transaction experience.

“With Daniel Windsheimer, Bernd Niedermayer, and their team, we are gaining proven experts who will help us make decisive progress in expanding our transaction services into one of WTS’s key growth areas for the future. Their digital consulting approach aligns with our consistent strategy of supporting all our services with AI- and data-driven solutions. I warmly welcome both of them and look forward to working with them,” says Björn Viebrock, CEO of WTS Germany and Group COO.