In addition to his duties as CEO, Daniel is also advising Dyer Baade’s most prominent clients.
He leads most larger mandates and gets heavily involved in all major aspects of the deal.
Daniel has a particular focus on all aspects of client advisory, deal strategy, valuations, deal structuring and deal negotiations.

Lead advisor to the shareholders of Amicus Wealth on their sale to 7IM - a deal backed by Caledonia Investments plc.
Lead advisor to Waverton Investment Management on the sale of Timothy James & Partners to Soederberg & Partners.
Lead advisor to Ravenscroft Holding Ltd. on the sale of Ravenscroft Investments (UK) Ltd. to Titan.
Advising a leading Private Equity backed consolidator on the re-development of their M&A strategy.
Lead advisor to the shareholders of Clifton Asset Management Plc. on the raise of significant debt financing from Boost & Co.
Lead advisor to the shareholders of Central Investment on their sale to Ascot Lloyd.
Advising a leading alternative investment manager on a very substantial equity raise from international institutional investors.
Lead advisor to the shareholders of Elevation Financial Group on a substantial debt raise.
Advising Copper Street Capital on their investment in One Four Nine Group.
Lead advisor to Ascot Lloyd on the acquisition of circa 20 bolt-on transactions.

Daniel holds a Ph.D. and a Masters Degree in economics and strategy. He completed studies (undergraduate, graduate, post-graduate and executive level) at University of Hanover (GER), Maastricht University (NL), California State University (Los Angeles, USA), University of Rostock (GER), INSEAD (FRA) and Stanford Graduate School of Business (USA).
Following a successful academic career, Daniel was appointed personal assistant to the Group CFO, Group COO and Deputy CEO of AWD Holding AG - a listed Holding company of financial services companies with circa 8,000 staff members, £20bn AUA and activities in ten European countries. In this role he supported the board on a variety of strategic, M&A and corporate finance topics, leading to his appointment to the Executive Committee of Chase de Vere, London (UK) in 2010 where he was driving the firm’s corporate development activities on behalf of the German/Swiss shareholders, including a comprehensive corporate restructuring and strategic repositioning.
Between 2012-2016, Daniel served as Global Head of Strategy and Senior Finance Director for Christie’s - with $6bn sales the world’s largest art & auction house.
Before founding Dyer Baade, Daniel was an active advisor, investor and entrepreneur for various Hedge Funds/PE, emerging market companies and startups.