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Risk Advisory
Security for your business
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Digital advisory & IT consulting
Mastering digitalisation together
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Operational Advisory
Solidifying and supporting transformation
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Deal Advisory
We’ll advise you on national and international transactions
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Valuation & economic and dispute advisory
We’ll value your business fairly and realistically
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Financial Advisory
Optimising financial structures
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Tax for businesses
Because your business – national or international – deserves better tax advice.
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Tax for financial institutions
Financial services tax – for banks, asset managers and insurance companies
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Employment law
Representation for businesses
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Commercial & distribution
Making purchasing and distribution legally water-tight.
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Inheritance and succession
Don’t leave the future to chance.
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Financial Services | Legal
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Business legal
Doing business successfully by optimally structuring companies
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Real estate law
We cover everything on the real estate sector, the hotel industry, and the law governing construction and architects, condominium ownership, and letting and renting.
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IT, IP and data protection
IT security and digital innovations
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Mergers & acquisitions (M&A)
Your one-stop service provider focusing on M&A transactions
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International business
Our country expertise
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Entering the German market
Your reliable partners.
New type of class action introduced in Germany
The German Parliament has passed the so-called VRUG (Verbandsklagenrichtlinienumsetzungsgesetz), a law to implement a prior European Union Directive. This law came into force in October 2023 and introduced a more far-reaching class action regime in Germany. Here, qualified consumer protection organizations are entitled to take legal action.
The new type of class action in Germany has several requirements that are similar to those of the previous type of class action that already existed in Germany. In contrast to the previous type of class action, a so-called collective total amount can be demanded from companies, among other things. The previous type of class action continues to exist.
The introduction of the new type of class action is expected to lead to new legal proceedings by consumer protection organizations against companies. Economic expertise is often required in such proceedings, for example in relation to damages or other specific economic issues. We provide economic expertise on complex issues in the dispute. Our work is based on a good understanding of the interplay between legal and economic issues.