UnternehmerKompositionen

What UnternehmerKompositionen does

UnternehmerKompositionen is a German private advisory boutique (Beratungsboutique) headquartered in Neuss, Nordrhein-Westfalen, founded by Thorsten Klinkner in 2014. The firm provides personalized legal and tax advisory services centered on the design and establishment of family foundations (Familienstiftungen), serving high-net-worth entrepreneurs seeking generational business succession and wealth protection. Klinkner operates as both Rechtsanwalt (lawyer) and Steuerberater (tax advisor), enabling integrated legal-tax structuring under a single engagement, and the firm runs with a small team of roughly five people including the founder and his wife.

The service portfolio spans four core advisory lines: family foundation consulting (including Familienstiftung-Co.KG and foundation-as-holding structures), wealth protection consulting, business succession consulting, and charitable foundation consulting, plus dedicated Liechtenstein foundation and Switzerland relocation advisory that underpins a Germany-Liechtenstein-Switzerland cross-border practice. The underlying 'technology' is institutional knowledge of foundation law and tax regimes in three jurisdictions, codified into structured service pages and a long-running content library ('Stifterbrief') with associated podcast and video properties.

Revenue is generated exclusively from individualized advisory and consulting engagements rather than subscription or transaction fees. Pricing is calculated per engagement as 'cost-secure flat rates' (kostensichere Pauschalen), with multi-year engagement cadence implied by the foundational nature of the work. The go-to-market is sales-led and consultative: free initial consultation ('Erstgespräch'), followed by personal 1:1 strategy workshops ('Eigentümerraum Lebenswerk Architektur') and ongoing advisory, with no paid advertising and no intermediary distribution. The firm explicitly declines other legal or tax work to maintain focus, positioning deliberately as a premium, low-volume provider.

Name

UnternehmerKompositionen

Legal name

UnternehmerKompositionen

Website

https://unternehmerkompositionen.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

UnternehmerKompositionen is a German boutique advisory firm founded by Thorsten Klinkner, providing legal and tax counsel on family foundations, wealth protection, and business succession for high-net-worth entrepreneurs, with cross-border expertise across Germany, Liechtenstein, and Switzerland.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Family Office Advisory Services

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Estate Planning & Trust Structuring Advisory (FSAEAKAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Private Banking & UHNW Wealth Advisory (FSAEABAC), Family Business & Succession Advisory (FSAAADAL), Philanthropy & Foundations Advisory (Donor-Advised Funds, Endowments) (FSAAABAH)

Keywords

• Family foundation advisory
• Wealth protection consulting
• Business succession planning
• Cross-border tax structuring
• Estate planning services

Headquarters

HQ city

Neuss

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Advisory and Consulting Services: The firm generates revenue through personalized advisory and consulting engagements. The founder works with clients on an individual, project-based basis, offering occasion-specific and individually calculated cost-secure flat fees. As a premium provider, the firm focuses on belastbare Ergebnisse (reliable results) as the basis for compensation. The firm explicitly declines other legal or tax advisory work to maintain complete focus on clients.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

UnternehmerKompositionen is a boutique advisory firm that provides personalized consulting for high-net-worth entrepreneurs on the design and establishment of family foundations (Familienstiftungen), wealth protection structures, and generational business succession. The firm delivers integrated legal and tax advisory through its founder, who is qualified as both a Rechtsanwalt (lawyer) and Steuerberater (tax advisor), with particular expertise in cross-border wealth architectures combining Germany, Liechtenstein foundations, and Switzerland residence. Services are delivered through individual project engagements, strategy workshops, and ongoing advisory relationships at premium flat-fee pricing.

Product overview

UnternehmerKompositionen is a consulting boutique (Beratungsboutique) providing personalized advisory services for entrepreneurs and high-net-worth individuals. The company offers a unified portfolio of consulting services focused on three core areas: generational business succession, wealth protection, and family harmony. Services are delivered through individual consulting engagements, strategy workshops, and initial consultations. The firm specializes in designing customized family foundation structures in Germany and Liechtenstein, often combined with Swiss residence arrangements. All services are delivered personally by founder Thorsten Klinkner, a lawyer and tax consultant, with support from a selective network of premium partners. The company positions itself as a premium provider targeting high-net-worth clients with entrepreneurial backgrounds.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Familienstiftung Beratung (Family Foundation Consulting) Advisory services for designing and establishing family foundations in Germany and Liechtenstein, focused on generational business succession and wealth protection for high-net-worth entrepreneurs.
• Vermögensschutz Beratung (Wealth Protection Consulting) Strategic consulting for protecting personal and business assets through structured foundation architectures and cross-border arrangements combining Germany, Liechtenstein, and Switzerland.
• Unternehmensnachfolge Beratung (Business Succession Consulting) Advisory services for generational transfer of business ownership, ensuring continuity and family harmony through foundation structures for family business owners.
• Schweiz Beratung (Switzerland Advisory) Advisory services for business owners relocating to Switzerland, including residence permits and tax planning considerations as part of cross-border wealth architecture.
• Liechtenstein Strukturen Beratung (Liechtenstein Structures) Advisory for establishing family foundation structures in Liechtenstein as asset protection and succession planning vehicles, including tax consequence analysis.
• Gemeinnützige Stiftung Beratung (Charitable Foundation Consulting) Consulting for establishing charitable foundations with combined approach to philanthropy and business continuity in both Germany and Switzerland.

Quantifiable outcome

• Secures entrepreneurial life works within 2 years through sustainable ownership architecture

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Premium Network PartnersminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerThe firm collaborates with selected premium partners from its practice-proven network when needed for specific client engagements. Partners are specialists in their respective fields who share the firm's positive view of humanity and interest in genuine solutions. The firm coordinates these partnerships on behalf of clients and may also translate legal technical language into clear terms as both lawyer and tax advisor.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Deutsche Oppenheim Family Office: One of Germany's leading multi-family offices, providing wealth structuring, succession planning, and foundation advisory for HNW/UHNW entrepreneur families — directly comparable to UnternehmerKompositionen's Familienstiftung and cross-border offering.
• Pohlmann & Company: Boutique German advisory firm focused on family businesses and entrepreneurial families, offering consulting on succession, governance, and family strategy — overlapping strongly with the entrepreneur-centric value proposition.
• Spiekermann & Co. Family Office: Independent German family office offering wealth structuring, asset protection, and succession planning for entrepreneurial families — directly comparable boutique competitor in the DACH market.
• Marcard, Stein & Partner: German-based multi-family office focused on wealth succession, foundation structuring, and investment advisory for UHNW entrepreneurs — directly competing for the same founder-family clientele.
• Bethge Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft: Specialist German law firm focused on inheritance law, succession planning, and asset protection for high-net-worth families, closely adjacent to the firm's core estate and trust structuring work.
• Henkel Rechtsanwälte: German tax and corporate law boutique advising on foundation structures, succession, and asset protection for entrepreneurial families — competing in the same Familienstiftung and HNW advisory niche.

Broad incumbents

• Flick Gocke Schaumburg: Major German tax law firm with a leading practice in family foundations, corporate succession, and international tax structuring. Comparable as a specialist advisor competing for the same entrepreneur succession mandates, but at far larger scale.
• Rödl & Partner: Large international German-origin advisory firm providing legal, tax, and audit services with a strong family office and succession practice — comparable capabilities at substantially greater scale.
• Donner & Reuschel Private Bank: Hamburg-based private bank with a dedicated family office and HNW advisory practice serving entrepreneurial families with structuring and succession services — comparable end-client, broader delivery model.

Emerging players

• Frankfurter Gesellschaft für Familienbesitz: Germany-based association and service platform for family-owned enterprises, providing succession, governance, and next-generation advisory to entrepreneurial families — comparable audience and methodology.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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