Julian is a Managing Partner and Board Member of Drake Star and is also co-heading the German operations. As a seasoned tech and fintech investment banker, Julian has been specializing in structuring and executing M&A transactions and raising capital for over 20 years. Julian has been awarded ‘Investment Banker of the Year’ (Finance Monthly) and ‘Europe Deal of the Year’ (The M&A Advisor). Julian holds a Diplom-Kaufmann from Heinrich Heine Universität Düsseldorf and studied at Universidad de Salamanca and Universitat d’Alacant (Erasmus scholarship).