CIC Private Debt, a La Française group member, has expanded its European footprint to Germany, appointing Erwin Schreiber as Investment Director DACH, reporting directly to Guillaume Rico, Deputy Managing Director, CIC Private Debt.
Schreiber, who brings fifteen years of experience in corporate finance and private debt, is located in Frankfurt am Main at the La Française office.
He began his career in 2010 with Unicredit as a Credit Analyst before specialising in acquisition finance, capital structure advisory, and corporate structured finance. After seven years, he joined IKB’s leveraged finance department and later moved to Deutsche Credit Capital Partners, where he was responsible for direct lending origination in DACH, Benelux and the Nordics. Prior to joining CIC Private Debt in September of 2024, Schreiber was a Senior Investment Manager in Robeco’s private debt team for more than three years.
Schreiber is a part-time lecturer in Corporate Finance at the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management. He holds a Master of Law from the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management and Master of Arts in Accounting & Finance from FOM Hochschule für Oekonomie & Management. He holds an undergraduate degree in Banking & Finance from DHBW Mannheim.
His appointment follows CIC Private Debt’s closure of its first senior debt transaction in Germany, supporting Ufenau Capital Partners AG with the financing of ebutec Group. The new financing enables the company to expand its leading market position in the field of energy-efficient refurbishment of commercial buildings.
