A dedicated point of contact who is familiar with all the details of the transaction can react quickly to problems and find efficient solutions. This saves time and resources and can be decisive in meeting deadlines and ensuring the success of the transaction. Complex transactions often require expertise from different areas of law. A contact person can act as a central coordination point, ensuring that all specialists involved work together effectively and optimally integrate their contributions into the overall strategy. Ongoing support from the same contact person ensures consistent quality advice throughout the entire transaction process. This helps to avoid errors and maintain the integrity of the transaction. Clients who know that they have a reliable and competent contact person feel more secure and satisfied. Thus, the law firm can establish itself as a reliable partner that not only offers legal expertise but also actively supports its clients’ business success. Given the range of services that your firm provides, from establishing property companies and joint ventures to structuring the buying and selling process. Could you explain how the integration of these services benefits your clients throughout their transaction journey? This holistic advice enables transactions to be completed more efficiently, securely, and with greater strategic focus. Key benefits include (i) comprehensive strategic planning that takes into account all legal, financial and operational aspects, (ii) risk minimisation, (iii) increased efficiency, (iv) flexibility and adaptability and (v) cost efficiency by leveraging synergies and avoiding redundant services. If required, specialised services can be seamlessly integrated to respond to specific challenges or opportunities within a transaction. This ensures access to in depth expertise exactly when it is needed. This leads to a more secure, efficient and strategically focused execution of transactions. Reflecting on the past 12 months and considering non-confidential details, could you share insights into a transaction your firm has been particularly proud of, highlighting the challenges overcome and the innovative strategies employed? In the above example, the challenge was particularly the complexity of the transaction and the time aspect, as well as considering the turn of the year and the associated Christmas holidays. Everyone on the team was highly motivated, and there was no question of bringing the project to a successful conclusion that was in line with the client’s time requirements despite the Christmas holidays and the desire for family and time off. Everyone was there for each other and compensated for each other’s time off. Working from home also made things a lot easier. This united team effort from within the team makes me particularly proud and makes the transaction so important for our law firm. This is not an innovative approach (such as AI), but I am convinced that without the people behind it and a really well-functioning team, you cannot be successful. Legal due diligence is a cornerstone of your advisory services. How does creating a detailed due diligence report set the foundation for successful negotiations and transaction closures? Legal due diligence is a crucial step in transactions. It serves to identify, assess and ultimately minimise risks by thoroughly examining all legal aspects of the target “A dedicated contact person can act as a central coordination point, ensuring that all specialists involved work together effectively and optimally integrate their contributions into the overall strategy.” GERMANY 40 Finance Monthly Global Awards 2024.
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