Auditing for real estate companies: Our services

Comprehensive, high-quality and future-oriented services for the real estate industry must always be geared to the requirement of added value. We develop joint and targeted solutions for the issues of real estate companies – whether it is a classic audit in compliance with the German Commercial Code (HGB), IFRS or the German Investment Code (KAGB) or the comprehensive support of a real estate transaction.

• Group and annual audits in accordance with German and international auditing standards
• Audits in compliance with the German Investment Code (KAGB:
  • Asset management companies
  • Alternative investment funds
  • Audit of statements of assets and liabilities
• Audits of closing date balance sheets or closing accounts
• Audits according to MaBV
• Audits according to FinVermV
• Special statutory audits:
  • Special audits according to GmbH law, stock corporation law or transformation law (e.g. in the case of formation, transformation, merger or change of capital)
  • Audits in accordance with the Securities Trading Act (WpHG)
  • Audits of monetary transactions and holdings in insolvency proceedings (§ 69 InsO)
• Reviews of financial statements (IDW PS 900)
• Audits of operational processes and internal control systems
• Audit of compliance management systems
• Audit of reorganization concepts
• Digital governance, risk & compliance:
  • Data Protection Compliance Audits (IDW PH 9.860.1)
  • Audit of the compliance of IT-supported business processes (IDW PH 9.330.2)
  • Ensuring the compliance of data processing when using IT for accounting (IDW PS 330)
  • Project-accompanying audit during the introduction of ERP a systems and software development (IDW PS 850)
  • Audit of archiving systems
  • Audit of service providers in outsourcing and cloud computing (IDW PS 951)
  • Outsourcing/co-sourcing of internal auditing
• Accompaniment of corporate actions:
  • Issuance of comfort letters
  • Support in the preparation of prospectuses
  • Audit of pro forma statements
• Embezzlement audits
• Other audits/attestation services:
  • Attestation of financial covenants
  • Creditworthiness and custody audits
  • Audit of environmental reports and environmental information systems
  • Audit of sustainability reports
• Accounting and reporting:
  • Preparation of closing balance sheets or closing accounts
  • Conversion to IFRS and introduction of new standards
  • Lease accounting according to IFRS 16
  • Organization and optimization of accounting
  • Solutions for complex business transactions
  • Support during FREP audits
  • Preparation of annual and consolidated financial statements according to HGB, IFRS or US-GAAP
  • Tax accounting
• Audit-related consulting services:
  • Planning and reporting
  • Financial modeling
  • Valuation services
  • Real estate valuations
  • Due Diligence