Willis E. Eayrs
ICVS, CVA, CM&AA, CEPA
Grueninger Strasse 9
70599 Stuttgart
Germany
+49 (0)176 3828 8521
[email protected]
Willis Eayrs is an independent Corporate Financial Advisor. In this role, he advises
middle market companies and their shareholders with respect to the purchase and
sale of business interests by valuing and financing business enterprises and
negotiating business exchanges. He also serves as a financial expert witness in
international litigation matters. Prior to this, he was a Senior Vice President at
Landesbank Baden-Wuerttemberg and an Assistant Director at J. Henry Schroder &
Co. Ltd. in London. In addition to his work as a financial advisor, he is a Lecturer at
the University of Applied Sciences (Hochschule) in Esslingen (Germany) and City
University in Seattle (USA). Willis Eayrs holds a B.S. in Business Management from
the University of Maryland and an M.S. in Business Administration from Boston
University. He also earned a postgraduate Diploma in Management Research from
the University of Bradford in the U.K. He currently serves on the board of the
International Association of Consultants, Valuators and Analysts (IACVA). He has
authored or co-authored numerous articles and books on the topics of corporate
finance and M&A. His academic and research interests focus on the valuation of
private companies.
Professional experience:
Since 2011
Independent Corporate Financial Advisor
1996-2011
LANDESBANK BADEN-WÜRTTEMBERG
Senior Vice President-Corporate Finance
2009-2011
Head of Financial Sponsor Coverage
1996-2008
Head of Mergers & Acquisitions
1995-1996
J. HENRY SCHRODER & CO. LTD.
Assistant Director
European Corporate Finance Division
1987-1995
BAYERISCHE VEREINSBANK AG
1990-1995
Mergers & Acquisitions Advisor
Corporate Finance/Investment Banking
Stuttgart/FRG
Stuttgart/FRG
London/GB
Munich/FRG
1988-1989
Credit Officer/Analyst
Global Institutional Banking
1987-1988
Trainee Program
Teaching experience:
Since 2009
FOM-HOCHSCHULE FÜR OEKONOMIE & MANAGEMENT
Lecturer in Financial Management and Corporate Finance
Stuttgart/FRG
Since 2008
DHBW-DUALE HOCHSCHULE BADEN-WÜRTTEMBERG
Lecturer in Corporate Finance
Stuttgart/FRG
Since 1998
HOCHSCHULE ESSLINGEN
Lecturer in Corporate Finance/M&A
Esslingen/FRG
Since 1993
CITY UNIVERSITY OF SEATTLE
Principal Faculty-Lecturer in Corporate Finance
Seattle/USA
Academic background:
Postgraduate Diploma in Management Research, University of Bradford, 2010
Master of Science in Business Administration, Boston University, 1988
Bachelor of Science in Business Management, University of Maryland, 1986
Professional certifications:
International Certified Valuation Specialist (ICVS), International Association of
Consultants, Valuators and Analysts (IACVA)
Certified Valuation Analyst (CVA), European Association of Certified Valuators and
Analysts (EACVA)
Certified Merger & Acquisition Advisor (CM&AA), Alliance of Merger & Acquisition
Advisors (AM&AA)
Certified Exit Planning Advisor (CEPA), Exit Planning Institute (EPI)
Board memberships:
Board Member, International Association of Consultants, Valuators and Analysts
(IACVA), Toronto, Canada, since 2014.
Deputy Chairman, International Association of Consultants, Valuators and Analysts
(IACVA) e.V., Frankfurt, Germany, 2006-2014.
Dean’s Advisory Board, Metropolitan College, Boston University, since 2002
Editorial Board, Value Examiner, National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts
(NACVA), 2009-2010.
List of Publications:

Corporate Finance Training, 2nd Edition, Schäffer Poeschel, 2011.

„Grenzen der Fremdfinanzierung bei M&A-Transaktionen: Ein Fallbeispiel,“ in
BewertungsPraktiker, Nr. 2, 2010.

“Bewertung und Finanzierung von Private Equity Beteiligungen: ein
Fallbeispiel,” in Private Equity – Beurteilungs- und Bewertungsverfahren von
Kapitalbeteiligungsgesellschaften, Wiley-VCH, 2008.

„Bewertung und Finanzierung eines Management Buy-Outs: Ein Fallbeispiel,“
in BewertungsPraktiker, Nr. 2, 2007.

Corporate Finance Training, Schäffer Poeschel, 2007.

„Ertragskraft
und
Verschuldung:
wichtige
Stellgrößen
für
den
Unternehmenswert,“ in Mergers & Acquisitions Jahrbuch 2006, FAZ-Institut,
2006.

Mergers, Acquisitions und Strategische Allianzen,” in Entrepreneurship für
Ingenieure, Oldenbourg, 2005.