Munich, 9 January 2019 – Over the past year the European private equity group Waterland has consequently pursued its investment philosophy and included numerous companies with excellent growth prospects in its portfolio. In the DACH region (Germany, Austria and Switzerland) in particular, 15 transactions were successfully completed and the existing portfolio was expanded. Not only have a further 14 new colleagues been added to the investment teams in the DACH region, the Benelux countries, Scandinavia and the UK, the management team in the German market has now also received a boost: as of December, Dr Gregor Hengst is Managing Director at the Munich office, and therefore responsible for the continued expansion of investment activities there along with Dr Carsten Rahlfs (Managing Partner in Hamburg) and Jörg Dreisow (Managing Partner in Munich).