Philip von Malsen-Plessen

Philip von Malsen-Plessen is a senior managing director in Evercore’s strategic advisory practice, advising corporate and private equity clients across the DACH region and Europe.

Mr. von Malsen-Plessen has extensive experience advising corporate, family-owned and private equity clients on public, private and cross-border M&A transactions. Select assignments include advising Bain Capital on its acquisition of Everllence (formerly MAN Energy Solutions) from Volkswagen; Advent International on its take-private of u-blox; Bain Capital on its acquisition of Apleona from PAI; Fresenius on the sale of its Vamed business to PAI, STRABAG and PORR; EQT on its sale of BBS to Dürr; GIC on its acquisition of a 20% stake in Messer Group; Indivumed on the sale of its CRO services business to Crown Bioscience; Bayer on its acquisition of Natsane; Leonardo on its acquisition of a 25.1% stake in Hensoldt; Siemens Healthineers on its acquisition of Varian; ams on its acquisition of Osram; Beisheim and Schmidt-Ruthenbeck on their defense against an unsolicited takeover offer for Metro by Kretinsky; Ceconomy as sole M&A mediator in connection with the Kellerhals shareholder situation; BASF on its acquisition of Becker Underwood; Siemens on its spinoff of Osram; Robert Bosch on its acquisition of Swiss-based Sia Abrasives; and Bayer on its sales of Wolff Walsrode to Dow and H.C. Starck to a private equity consortium comprising Advent International and Carlyle.

Prior to joining Evercore, Mr. von Malsen-Plessen was vice chairman of global banking in EMEA at UBS, where he advised corporate, private equity and family-owned clients and was responsible for the firm’s global banking business in Germany and Austria from 2015 to 2024.

Mr. von Malsen-Plessen earned a master’s degree in business management from the European School of Management EAP (now ESCP), where he studied in Paris, Oxford and Berlin. He also holds a diploma in agricultural economics and is a reserve officer in the German Bundeswehr (mountain infantry).