Frank Merkel

Part of Alantra Partners SA, ALANTRA Deutschland GmbH is a financial advisory services provider. The company is based in Bonn, Germany. The CEOs are Wolfram Schmerl, Frank Merkel, Robert von Finckenstein. The German company was founded in 2013.

Alantra LLC is a registered broker-dealer and Member, FINRA headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was formerly known as Downer & Co. LLC. Alantra is a subsidiary of Nplus1 US Corp. Their ultimate parent is Nmas1 Dinamia SA ("N+1"), an investment banking and asset management firm located in Madrid, Spain. N+1 merged with Downer & Co. in April 2016. They were rebranded as Alantra in September 2016. Alantra specializes in providing services to the global middle market.