Directors of family offices bear a lot of responsibility towards the family, regardless of whether they are employed or family members themselves. We offer external assurance services that gives the family certainty about the structures and processes within their family office and keep them continually informed about the development of its assets.

We specialise in assurance for consolidated legal entities in the form of an assets report, which shows assets at their market value.

Our expertise

In voluntary audits we focus on your priorities; in statutory audits we give you the certainty that the legal requirements are fulfilled. When auditing the financial statements of investment corporations and securities institutions and when conducting audits under the Securities Trading Act (Wertpapierhandelsgesetz – WpHG), we are also required to observe regulatory rules.

We assist you, the asset holder or family office, with legal and tax advice in setting up investment funds, including authorisation/registration with BaFin. We also advise you with investment and funds structures concerning all the requirements of the Investment Tax Act (Investmentsteuergesetz – InvStG) as part of our ongoing tax advisory and from setting them up all the way to liquidation.

We help with establishing and optimising or selecting national and international investment structures. We take into account the legal form and choice of location as well as the entire arrangement and potential effects on your tax liability.

In addition, we will assist your family office with managing tax compliance. If you don’t yet have a tax control framework in place, we’ll help you in establishing and setting one up. 

If you are still planning your family office or legal structures, we will be glad to provide legal and tax advice and assist you with all the key questions, such as on setting up investment funds and on authorisation and registration with the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin).

We set great store by transparency, maximum trust and security for your investments.