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 Schulenburg

Founder & Managing Partner

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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Sebastian Von Thadden

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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Alexandru Turkonje, CFA

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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Friedrich Dehn Schulenburg

Founder & Managing Partner

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

Alexander Heusch

Associate Real Estate & Finance

Real Estate Investments • Capital Markets • Strategic Analysis

Alexander Heusch is Associate in Real Estate & Finance at NextUnion. He studied business administration at Hochschule Fresenius, completed a semester abroad at Berkeley College in New York, and holds dual master’s degrees in Finance (International School of Management, Germany) and Management (Edinburgh Napier University).

Professionally, Alexander has gained substantial experience in the investment sector. He began as a working student in finance and reporting before joining a Hamburg-based investment firm, where he advanced from analyst to associate and specialised in real estate investment trusts and portfolio reporting. He later expanded his expertise as a research manager for industrial real estate, with a focus on capital markets and logistics assets. Most recently, he has been active as an investment analyst in the real estate sector, concentrating on industrial property transactions.

At NextUnion, Alexander’s role is to align financial structures with tangible assets, offering SMEs access to opportunities in real estate and direct investments. His analytical rigour and international background equip him to transform complex structures into pragmatic strategies that deliver resilience and growth.

Norman Rudolf

Senior Associate Digital Strategy & Operations

Digital Infrastructure • Business Development • Client Communication

With a Master’s degree in Business Communication, Norman Rudolf combines academic expertise with practical experience as Business Developer and Entrepreneur in Residence. Early in his career, he worked on initiatives at the interface of innovation and advisory, including the design of an embedded insurance solution. This gave him a unique perspective on the needs of SMEs when engaging with advisory firms.

At NextUnion, Norman is responsible for digital strategy and operations. He develops the firm’s intranet and digital platforms, ensuring that information, processes, and documents are integrated seamlessly into daily work. His role extends into client-facing communication and selected business development mandates, where he translates structural clarity into tangible outcomes.

Norman’s impact lies in bridging digital infrastructure with entrepreneurial realities. By combining communication, technology, and advisory insight, he ensures that strategies are not only designed but also implemented in ways that deliver lasting value for SMEs.

Friedrich Dehn Schulenburg

Founder & Managing Partner

Risk Solutions • Structured Finance • Insurance Innovation

With more than eight years of advisory experience, Friedrich Dehn began his career as executive assistant at one of Germany’s largest financial distributors. During his studies in economics, he supported the development of a start-up focused on financial advisory for HENRYs, while at the same time holding an exclusive partnership with Europe’s first insurtech unicorn, which at that point had reached a valuation of USD 4.5 billion. With shifts in capital markets and a growing client base among SMEs, the path into corporate finance became increasingly clear. Initially structured through external cooperations, these services are now provided in-house, enabling attractive conditions for clients and ensuring that all perspectives are reconciled.

What distinguishes Friedrich’s approach is a particular dedication to the “S” within SMEs, where continuity and long-term perspective are often decisive. His advisory does not stop at optimising existing structures; it seeks to uncover potential that may not have been visible before, thereby creating new opportunities and strengthening resilience.

Beyond his professional role, Friedrich finds inspiration in the art of cuisine, whether in the refinement of haute cuisine or in the disarming simplicity of an honest dish. To him, gastronomy and advisory share the same principle: sometimes the elaborate and finely crafted path leads to excellence, sometimes it is the straightforward and pragmatic one. What matters is the result, when it convinces and endures.

Alexandru Turkonje, CFA

Vice President

Wealth Management • Investments • Corporate Finance

Alexandru Turkonje is Vice President at NextUnion and a CFA charterholder, with extensive expertise in wealth management, investments, and corporate finance. His work focuses on designing bespoke financial strategies that integrate both corporate and private perspectives, enabling SMEs and their owners to safeguard continuity and achieve long-term growth.

Before joining NextUnion, Alexandru gained significant experience in investment management and advisory, where he was responsible for analysing financial markets, developing portfolio strategies, and supporting high-net-worth clients. His international education in economics and finance, combined with the CFA designation, reflects his deep commitment to analytical excellence and professional standards.

Alexandru is particularly motivated by empowering entrepreneurs and families to make sound financial decisions in uncertain times. He is passionate about bridging technical expertise with practical, client-focused solutions. Beyond his professional commitments, he maintains a strong interest in international economics, modern history, and endurance sports, which mirror his disciplined and forward-looking approach to advisory.

Jonas Zeman

Senior Associate Private Wealth

HealthTech • Insurance Innovation • Corporate Finance

Jonas Zeman began his career as a banking professional while studying International Management. He later earned a Master of Science in Innovation and Management and gained valuable experience at a Big Four firm and a renowned private bank. His path eventually led him into the healthcare industry, particularly the dental sector, where he discovered his entrepreneurial drive.

Today, Jonas is active as a dental entrepreneur and founder of both a healthtech and an insurtech company. Together with his business partner Friedrich Dehn, he also leads a specialised advisory firm for the healthcare sector, focusing on holistic corporate finance and insurance solutions for companies and their owners.

His vision is to advance innovation, optimise structures, and actively shape markets. With an energetic and motivating character, Jonas is known for inspiring people to realise their potential. Despite his visionary outlook, he remains pragmatic and grounded. In his free time, he enjoys pushing his limits – whether on a mountain bike, on the golf course, or in other sports that challenge him.

Jonas’s impact story is marked by turning crisis into opportunity: he once supported a mid-sized company on the brink of collapse, developing a strategic realignment and innovative financing concepts that not only stabilised the business but set it on a path of sustainable growth. His belief is that SMEs thrive when they combine the right strategy with the right team – and his ambition is to help clients achieve precisely that.

Sebastian von Thadden

Analyst

Health & Medical Sector • Risk Solutions • Private Wealth

Sebastian von Thadden del Valle is an Analyst at NextUnion, specialising in Healthcare & Life Sciences and advising clients across sectors, with particular insight into the health and medical field. He holds a B.Sc. in Economic History from the London School of Economics and is currently pursuing the Staatsexamen in Medicine at the University of Heidelberg. His previous experience includes positions in financial services and consulting at leading European institutions, including a global investment bank and a Big Four advisory firm.

This unique combination of medical education and financial expertise allows him to translate clinical and operational realities into actionable financial strategies. Sebastian’s work is defined by analytical precision, interdisciplinary understanding, and the ambition to strengthen both the economic and structural foundations of healthcare enterprises.

Our mission is to stand beside visionaries,

providing financial & risk advisory services that honor what matters most.

Stefan von Finckenstein

Principal Real Estate

Real Estate • Mediation • Governance

Stefan Graf Finck von Finckenstein (M.A., LL.M., Lic. rer. publ.), 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.