HFS works with businesses across a range of sectors, particularly mid-sized companies, and provides both ongoing advisory services and support for complex transactions and corporate matters. Its integrated model allows clients to address tax, legal and financial issues through a single professional team.
The firm's legal practice has a strong tax-oriented and corporate focus, covering company formations and acquisitions, restructurings, business succession, corporate disputes and commercial matters. Its audit practice includes statutory and voluntary annual and consolidated financial-statement audits, special audits, due diligence and expert opinions.
HFS has particular industry expertise in real estate taxation, renewable energy, financial services, healthcare professionals, automotive businesses, manufacturing, trade, foundations and non-profit organisations.
- Tax Advisory & Tax Planning
Corporate and individual tax compliance, tax structuring, tax optimisation, tax returns and representation during tax audits and proceedings. - Accounting & Financial Reporting
Bookkeeping, payroll, annual accounts and financial reporting for businesses and professionals. - Audit & Assurance
Statutory and voluntary annual and consolidated audits, special audits and expert reports, with particular experience in mid-sized industrial, commercial and financial-services businesses. - Financial Services Regulation
Specialist audit and compliance work for securities institutions, leasing companies and factoring businesses, including BaFin-related regulatory requirements. - Corporate Law
Company formation, corporate structures, shareholder matters, governance and commercial-law advice. - M&A & Corporate Transactions
Advice on company acquisitions, disposals, restructurings and business transfers, including legal and tax considerations. - Corporate Reorganisation
German transformation and restructuring law, including mergers, demergers, changes of legal form and contributions of businesses. - Business Succession
Integrated legal and tax advice on ownership transfers, succession structures, wills, inheritance and gift taxation. - Inheritance & Estate Planning
Estate planning, inheritance disputes, testamentary arrangements, executorship and inheritance tax. - Tax Litigation & Tax Criminal Law
Representation before tax authorities and tax courts, including support in tax investigations and tax-criminal proceedings. - Business Valuation & Due Diligence
Company valuations, financial due diligence and expert reports, including assessments connected with transactions and restructuring. - Restructuring & Insolvency
Restructuring advice, crisis management and insolvency-related expert reports and proceedings. - Compliance & Internal Audit
Internal-control systems, compliance functions, risk management and internal audit support. - Non-Profit & Foundations
Legal and tax advice for foundations, charitable organisations and other non-profit entities. - Real Estate & Property Taxation
Specialist support for property developers, construction companies, real-estate managers, brokers and landlords, including structuring and taxation. - Renewable Energy
Tax and financial advice for wind farms, solar projects, biogas facilities and photovoltaic installations, including investment structures and financial forecasting. - Healthcare & Professional Practices
Advises doctors, pharmacies, psychologists and healthcare providers on establishment, accounting, taxation and succession matters. - Industry & Trade
Extensive experience with medium-sized manufacturing and trading businesses, including audit and financial reporting.
