DWS agrees to buy Peakside Capital Advisors

By Public Technologies
  • DWS agreed to buy 100% of Peakside Capital Advisors from a shareholder group led by founders Stefan Aumann and Boris Schran.
  • Deal completion is expected by year-end 2026, subject to customary closing conditions.
  • Peakside is a real estate asset manager focused on value-add and opportunistic investments in Germany and Central and Eastern Europe.
  • Peakside manages more than EUR 1.7 billion for institutional investors and will bolster DWS’s European real estate alternatives platform.
  • Peakside’s current owners and senior management, including Aumann, Schran, and Simon Lutz, are set to remain post-closing.


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