Our mission is to stand beside visionaries, providing financial & risk advisory services that honor what matters most.

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At NextUnion, our team comprises highly skilled professionals whose unwavering commitment, strategic expertise, and pursuit of excellence consistently drive outstanding results across every engagement.

Corporate Solutions: Tailored Strategies, Tangible Results

With deep expertise in transactions, financing, risk, and wealth, we focus on understanding your ambitions. This allows us to deliver tailored solutions and create lasting value for you.

MANY PARTNERS, NO DEPENDENCIES

We Believe In The Power Of Collaboration, Forging Strong Partnerships With Leading Firms To Expand Our Capabilities And Reach. By Working With Top-Tier Partners, NextUnion Ensures Our Clients Receive The Highest Quality Advice And Access To A Diverse Network Of Resources.

DRIVEN BY INSIGHT: BUILT AROUND YOU

We advise with understanding: of your goals, your challenges, and your opportunities. Combining strategic thinking with integrated knowledge across disciplines and sectors, we shape approaches that are as individual as your ambitions, delivering outcomes that endure and evolve with you.

Client request & initial scoping

Submission of a preliminary assessment and personal meeting

Preparation and review of client data

Agreement on approach and readiness for implementation

Completion of mandate with subsequent client care

99% SMEs – 100% NextUnion

SMEs represent 99% of all businesses in Europe and employ more than 85 million people. At NextUnion, we provide independent access to financing, risk transfer, and advisory solutions – supporting entrepreneurs, their leadership, and their families with strategies that create resilience and sustainable growth.

James Whitaker
Founder & CEO

Michael Chen
Chief Financial Officer

David Langford
Managing Director

Our mission is to stand beside visionaries, providing financial & risk advisory services that honor what matters most.

WHAT MATTERS TO YOU?

Equity and Debt Financing

Customized finance solutions with expert guidance

We provide comprehensive solutions in the field of equity and debt financing, tailored to align with your corporate strategy. This includes cashflow-based financing and asset-backed financing concepts that can be flexibly adapted to your needs. Our expertise across equity and debt enables us to develop innovative financing strategies that secure your liquidity while driving growth objectives.

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Friedrich Dehn

Founder & MP

Risk and Employer Solutions

Advisory in corporate risk and employer benefits

We offer a versatile range of risk management solutions designed to secure the risks truly relevant to your organisation. Together, we identify the areas most pertinent to you or develop solutions tailored to the topics you designate. Our portfolio includes, among others, coverage for personal liability risks (#D&O), product-specific solutions (#Embedded Insurance), and transaction-related coverage concepts (#W&I). We also provide support in areas such as occupational pension schemes (#DB/#DC) and corporate health insurance (#CHI), both structured flexibly to reflect your organisation’s specific requirements.

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Dennis Klincov

Senior Associate

Mergers & Acquisitions

Comprehensive advisory for buy-side and sell-side transactions

Our team of experts in mergers and acquisitions provides comprehensive support for the strategic planning and execution of your transactions. Whether you are selling your business or pursuing acquisitions, we structure the process, craft bespoke documentation, and identify the right partners to achieve your goals. By employing anonymous outreach and managing all negotiation and communication streams, we create the optimal conditions for your success. With deep market knowledge, strong negotiation skills, and collaboration with experienced advisors, we ensure a seamless process that delivers sustainable value and positions your business for long-term growth. Where circumstances allow, we also offer exclusively performance-based remuneration, aligning our interests directly with your success.

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Ferdinand Wiegelmann

Principal Corporate Finance

Financing Solutions

Tailored financing concepts for individual goals

We organise tailored financing solutions designed to meet your specific needs – whether you are purchasing real estate, consolidating debt, or optimising your financial structure. As independent intermediaries, we provide access to a wide range of options, helping you secure the most favourable terms and strategies for your goals. Leveraging our network and expertise, we guide you through the selection and implementation of financing options, laying the foundation for long-term stability and success.

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Jonas Zeman

Senior Associate Private Wealth

Financial Advice

Bespoke wealth management for lasting value

We offer bespoke wealth management services tailored to your individual goals and financial aspirations. Our expertise includes direct investments in real estate, startups, and venture capital, helping you strategically diversify and optimise your portfolio. With a broad range of advisory and brokerage options, we support you at every stage of your financial journey to build and preserve wealth over the long term.

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Alexandru Turkonje, CFA

Vice President

Brokerage Services

Independent brokerage with access to bespoke opportunities

Our brokerage services provide comprehensive support in the management and facilitation of a wide range of assets, extending from real estate holdings to curated private health insurance arrangements. In addition, we support clients in claim situations, working with experienced legal partners or through mediation to ensure constructive outcomes. Our services adapt flexibly to personal requirements, offering bespoke solutions tailored to unique preferences.

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Stefan von Finckenstein

Principal Real Estate

Ferdinand Wiegelmann

Principal M&A

Innovative Solutions • Robust Structures • Reliability

Ferdinand Wiegelmann holds dual degrees in business administration (Dipl.-Kaufmann) and economics (Dipl.-Volkswirt) from the University of Hamburg. His career path began in a medium-sized company where he completed his professional training, providing him with a deep appreciation for SMEs as the “fast boats” of the economy – agile, decisive, and efficient, much like NextUnion itself.

He has since held senior roles in international project financing with DEG, corporate banking at BNP Paribas, M&A leadership at Deutsche Telekom AG, and as managing director of companies with up to 460 employees. This experience on both the corporate and financing sides enables him to understand the dynamics of transactions from multiple perspectives.

Alongside his professional expertise, Ferdinand has a strong passion for creativity and design – from art and architecture to building high-performance teams in business and sports. He has received recognition in both German and international tech competitions, including winning the prestigious Deep-Tech Award of SiBB in Berlin as well as prizes in Chinese technology and start-up contests.

Ferdinand’s guiding principle, shaped early in his career as a young CEO, is to “attempt the impossible in order to achieve the possible.” This conviction drives his commitment to SMEs, combining innovative and robust solutions with long-term reliability.

Dennis Klincov

Senior Associate

Corporate Pensions • Executive Benefits • Pension Commitments

As an expert in corporate pension schemes (bAV), corporate health insurance (bKV), support funds (Unterstützungskassen), direct commitments, and pension promises, Dennis Klincov has been advising companies and entrepreneurs for over eight years. During this time, he has successfully structured more than €50 million in pension arrangements and guided numerous SMEs in establishing and optimizing their employee benefit systems.

His career was strongly shaped by the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. While building a bootstrapped business without external investors, he and his team were suddenly forced to adapt to remote work and faced a collapsing client pipeline. Through resilience, client reactivation, and strategic adaptation, they achieved record results, won new mandates, and demonstrated their expertise under pressure. This experience reinforced his conviction that adaptability, team spirit, and clear strategy are indispensable for long-term success.

Beyond his professional practice, Dennis invests heavily in continuing education on corporate pensions and pension commitments. His expertise has been formally recognized by the German Brokers Association (DMA), which awarded him the status of Senior Expert for Corporate Pensions. This distinction underlines his deep knowledge and commitment to strengthening SMEs through robust and future-proof benefit solutions.

Stefan von Finckenstein

Principal Real Estate

Real Estate • Mediation • Governance

Stefan Graf Finck von Finckenstein (M.A., LL.M., Lic. rer. publ.), born in 1961, is a real estate professional and certified mediator for the construction industry. He studied law, history of science, and journalism, and has worked for various companies in the field of research and development.

In addition to his professional expertise, he serves as a commercial judge at the Regional Court of Berlin and as an examiner at the Berlin School of Economics and Law (HWR Berlin). He is also engaged in voluntary and charitable commitments, reflecting his strong sense of social responsibility.

Stefan combines his broad academic foundation with practical experience in real estate, construction, and conflict resolution. This combination allows him to provide entrepreneurs with reliable advice and to mediate constructively in demanding situations. His ambition is to accompany SME leaders with clarity, fairness, and long-term perspective – both in their corporate challenges and in their personal responsibilities.