Christian Büchelhofer

Managing Director
Senior valuation and analytics leader with 20+ years of experience advising executives and private equity investors on valuation, equity story development, and value creation
Specializes in delivering robust financial and valuation models to support transactions, restructurings, and refinancing negotiations
Independent expert providing dispute and arbitration services with a focus on fact-based damage quantification
Munich
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Christian Büchelhofer is a Managing Director with Alvarez & Marsal Global Valuation Services in Munich. He is a senior analytics and valuation professional with more than 20 years of experience in advising executives and private equity investors on valuation, equity story development, and value creation in restructuring, reorganization, and transaction contexts.

Dr. Büchelhofer specializes in translating operational, commercial, and financial data into robust financial and valuation models that support fact-based decision-making at the executive level. His work centers on assessing alternative scenarios, quantifying their value implications, shaping credible equity stories, and enabling clients to make informed, value-driven decisions. In addition, his expert opinions in financial restructurings have helped accelerate refinancing negotiations with capital providers.

Furthermore, Dr. Büchelhofer provides fact-driven arbitration and dispute advisory services, with a particular focus on damage quantification. Acting as an independent expert, he has delivered numerous fairness and expert valuation opinions. He works closely with legal counsel to assess strategic options from a value-impact perspective and to optimize outcomes in disputes.

Dr. Büchelhofer earned a Diplom-Kaufmann degree from European Business School, Oestrich-Winkel, as well as a master’s degree in business research and a doctoral degree (Dr. oec. publ.) in financial economics, both from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. A Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and a member of the German Arbitration Institute, he is also a guest lecturer at German universities, a frequent conference speaker, and a regular author on topics related to valuation and transaction advisory.

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