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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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Public sector
Digitalisation, processes & projects
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Debt advisory & treasury services
Funding and treasury consulting to the client’s advantage
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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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Global mobility services
Avoid double taxation – and minimise costs
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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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Financial Services | Legal
Your Growth, Our Commitment.
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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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Sustainability strategy
Laying the cornerstone for sustainability.
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Sustainability management
Managing the change to sustainability.
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Legal aspects of sustainability
Legal aspects of sustainability
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Sustainability reporting
Communicating sustainability performance and ensuring compliance.
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Sustainable finance
Integrating sustainability into investment decisions.
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Grant Thornton B2B ESG-Study
Grant Thornton B2B ESG-Study
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International business
Our country expertise
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Entering the German market
Your reliable partners.
The Paris Agreement, the European green deal and the EU action plan based on it allow specific sustainability objectives to be derived for the finance industry. Against this backdrop, capital is to be channelled into sustainable investments. These include reduction of damage to the environment and the climate, the fostering of social engagement and support for sustainable corporate management. The financial services sector and financial products hereby play a significant role in the sustainable transformation of our economy.
We’ll help you develop a financing strategy that’s in harmony with your sustainability strategy and that provides access to green loans and green bonds. This includes advisory and assistance with negotiations on conditions, preparing ESG ratings, and targeted communication with stakeholders as part of sustainable financing projects. With investment projects, the risks and opportunities of sustainability are to be analysed (ESG due diligence) and assets should be valued against the backdrop of changing climatic conditions (stranded assets).
The presentation of the results gives you insights into the latest findings of a survey of more than 500 representatives of mid-market companies in Germany from various sectors. Among other things, it covers the drivers for implementing sustainability reporting, the challenges of and opinions on sustainability reporting, and provides insights into the state of implementation of sustainability management systems and ESG reporting. The study was published in German.
Our services
We understand our clients and our job. We find the right solution for every challenge you face.
ESG ratings increasingly play a role in the financing of businesses with loans, IOUs or bonds. Ratings companies value various aspects of how a company deals with ESG issues. On the market, various ratings companies have established themselves, with different focuses to their analyses. We’ll prepare you for your ESG rating and assist you through the entire process.
Identifying the value creation model for the business frequently reveals starting points for other value creating activities. We’ll support you in quantifying and evaluating these activities and assist you with implementing them.
There are now many sustainable financial products (including sustainable bonds, green loans, SRI ETFs). Under the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), vendors of financial products must show whether and how they take account of sustainability issues and objectives. Financial products are divided into three categories according to their effect on sustainability: light green financial products take account of ecological and social characteristics (article 8 products), dark green products pursue a sustainability objective (article 9 products), and all other products count as non-sustainable. We’ll advise you about the various kinds of products and the disclosure requirements associated with them.
Decisions about large investments and transactions are no longer made on the basis of financial criteria alone. Instead, opportunities and risks relating to ESG issues are to be analysed and considered (ESG due diligence), because at the end of the day they also have an effect on the financial value of the business and assets. The financial influence of the ESG aspects as part of a valuation is a complex challenge.
Many different classes of assets even have to be re-evaluated in view of the changing climatic conditions or the ban on certain kinds of technologies that damage the environment – which can lead to massive losses in value (stranded assets).
We’ll support you in integrating ESG issues into due diligence and valuation processes.
Changes in jurisdictions, tax rules, codes of conduct, international initiatives on tax transparency and measures to prevent tax avoidance hold new opportunities and risks for your tax strategy and tax management. We’ll help you better understand the effects of sustainability on your tax strategy and tax risk management and make appropriate improvements.
