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Our ambition is to be the leading PE advisor with diversified and innovative products supporting funds and PortCos in facing tomorrow’s challenges and seizing opportunities amid uncertainty.

Cord Stümke

EY-Parthenon Europe West Private Equity Leader; EY-Parthenon Partner, Strategy and Transactions, EY-Parthenon GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft

Transaction advisor. Supports strategic and financial investors across M&A transactions.

Cord is a partner in the Strategy and Transactions practice with EY-Parthenon GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft in Frankfurt. For more than 25 years, he has focused on advising buyers and sellers on strategic investors and financial investors in the context of financial due diligence. Since July 2025, he has been leading the Private Equity sector in Europe West.

Cord has held many professional positions also comprising assurance and restructuring.

He holds a degree in business administration from Saarland University and is a certified public accountant in Germany.

How Cord is shaping the future with confidence

Corporate transactions are a central component in transformation processes of companies that react to changing markets. In some cases, they are an integral part of the business model.

Our aim is to advise our clients in all phases of a corporate transaction so that they can carry it out efficiently and add value. We focus on developing tailor-made strategies for our clients.

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