German Business Awards 2017

10 EU BUSINESS NEWS / 2017 German Business Awards , Auditors of the Year 2017 JC Kling is amedium-sized lawfirmof accountants, lawyers and tax consultants with offices in Kaiserslautern and Frankfurt. We invited Dr. Jan-Christopher Kling to tell us more about the firmand the range of services it offers. Drawing on its vast industry experience, JC Kling offers a wide range of services to a vast array of clients, as Jan-Christopher highlights in his opening comments. “JC Kling is a society comprising charted accountants, lawyers and tax consultants, which covers all the areas of consultation in legal, tax-related and economic environments. Besides the classical sectors we also offer asset management, consulting, mediation and coaching, and can thus assist with consultation for the entire scope of business management. The major areas of activity of our company are tax configuration consultation, also with tax expertise, the accompaniment of tax audits and representation in fiscal court proceedings, the complete support of companies, from foundation, purchase and sale, configuration and succession advice. In this context, we of course also carry out due diligence checks. “As we are able to offer a large and varied service offering we have an equally large and varied client base. Most of our clients are managed by their owners and particularly appreciate the individual assistance of consultants, who accompany them over many years. We also advice internationally globally operating stock-exchange listed companies. Moreover, we are also active in the area of the public sector, particularly in the areas of non-profit organizations and research institutions. “To ensure these clients receive the very highest standard of service, our approach is to have an overall observation of the type of consultation required. It is not only the legal solution or consequence of a case that is presented, but rather a consideration of the overall economy. We in particular check the possibility of gaining advantages from the resulting problems and finding a solution without large legal disputes, which leads to the business basis remaining in place, and the clients and their opposing party can continue with their business relationships, which mostly have been in existence for many years.” In his concluding comments Jan-Christopher is eager to emphasise what sets JC Kling apart from its competitors and marks it out as the best possible option for its clients. “Ultimately, at JC Kling we differ from our competitors while in our understanding having the same broad specialist knowledge, but we can act at lower cost and shorter processing times because of our structure. In particular medium sized companies value this ability, that we are not focussed on providing the maximum number of consultation hours, but focus on the goal in order to manage the mandate on the long term and in the best case be a companion and contact person for all legal, financial and tax matters for decades. For this purpose, we have a matrix structure in the company which enables the client to get an appropriate contact partner and additional employees in the team who can accordingly act for them, and moving forward this client focused approach will remain as we seek to build upon our current success.” GBA17006