Corporate Profile

Fischer | Konrad has been advising clients since 2011 on complex business management issues, particularly in the areas of corporate succession, financial due diligence (buy side and sell side), business valuation, bank financing, and controlling and consolidation.

Discovering values –
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Our clients appreciate our professional expertise, strict confidentiality, absolute discretion, honesty and the personal advice we provide. In intersectional areas of business management such as IT, taxes, law or in the area of restructuring, our strong network enables us to coordinate necessary steps with the most competent consultants. Therefore our clients always have access to the best possible advice. We personally stand up for the high quality and objectivity of our consulting services and expert opinions.

Dr. Paul Markus Konrad

Managing Partner

In his work as Partner at Fischer | Konrad GmbH, Dr. Paul Markus Konrad has advised national and international companies on corporate succession, operating control and risk management. Dr. Konrad is a publicly appointed and sworn expert for business valuation and has assisted a large number of medium-sized companies in M&A and succession processes.

Markus Konrad obtained his doctorate with work on statistical methods and accounting, has credentials as CVA (Certified Valuation Analyst) from EACVA and CCrA (Certified Credit Analyst) from DVFA, and trained as restructuring manager at Technische Hochschule Nürnberg. He holds a business degree from the University of Münster and the University of Seville and a political science degree from the University of Lyon.

From 2019
Publicly certified and sworn expert specialized in business valuation
2015-2017
Law degree (LL.M.) at Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster (Main focus: corporate succession, law of succession and estate)
2013-2015
Speaker on risk and value growth management at Management Institute Nuremberg
2013
Training as Restructuring Manager at GSO Management Institute Nuremberg
2012
Further Training as Certified Valuation Analyst (CVA) at IACVA
From 2011
Founding partner of Fischer | Konrad
From 2011
Instructor in accounting and annual financial statements analysis at German Chemical Society (GDCh)
2011
Doctorate (Dr. rer. pol) doctoral thesis: The Calibration of Rating Models
2007-2011
Research associate at the Institute of Business Administration at the Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Münster (WWU Münster)

2008

Training as Certified Credit Analyst (CCrA) at DVFA
2005-2006
Degree in political science at Institut d’Etudes Politiques, Lyon, France
2004-2005
Business degree with marketing focus at the University of Seville, Spain
1999-2007
Business degree at University of Münster (WWU Münster) with focus on business finance and international economics

Kehrel, U., Konrad, P. M.: Unternehmensbewertungen in der Bankenpraxis – Eine empirische Untersuchung deutscher Sparkassen und Genossenschaftsbanken (“Corporate valuation in banking practice – Empirical study of German savings and cooperative banks”). In: CORPORATE FINANCE biz (2013), 1-2013.

Konrad, P. M.: The Calibration of Rating Models: Estimation of the Probability of Default based on Advanced Pattern Classification Methods. Marburg: Tectum Verlag (2012).

Trustorff, J. H., Konrad, P. M., Leker, J.: Credit risk prediction using support vector machines. In: Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting (2011), Volume 36, Issue 4, p. 565 – 581.

Konrad, P. M., Leker, J.: Developments in Credit Rating Agency Regulation. In: Oliver Everling, Yan Yin, Yusi Ding (Hrsg.), Domestic and Foreign Credit Theory Studies and Standardization Practices. Beijing: China Metrology Publishing House (2010).

Konrad, P. M., Leker, J.: Regulierung von Ratingagenturen, die DVFA als Plattform und Impulsgeber (“Regulation of rating agencies: The DVFA as platform and catalyst”). In: Fritz H. Rau, Peter Merk (Hrsg.), Kapitalmarkt in Theorie und Praxis. Frankfurt: Fritz Knapp Verlag (2010), S. 373-389.

markus.konrad@www.fischerkonrad.de