nbs partners

About nbs partners

For more than forty years this interdisciplinary Hamburg practice has combined legal advice, tax consulting and auditing for mid-sized and capital-market-oriented companies and private clients. Its team includes lawyers, tax advisers, German public auditors and US CPAs, and the website is published in German and English. A dedicated Doing Business in Germany page is aimed at foreign companies and investors setting up a start-up or subsidiary, buying an existing company or entering a joint venture. For these clients the firm drafts the formation documents, coordinates notarisation and proof of representation, and arranges registration in the commercial register, including the purchase of shelf companies. It can also provide a registered business address and mail handling, corporate secretarial and governance support, intercompany agreements, bookkeeping, tax returns, annual accounts, customs declarations and transfer pricing. Accounts can be prepared under German GAAP, IFRS and US GAAP, and US CPAs support reporting to American parent companies.

Services

Formation work covers choice of legal form, drafting of documents, notarisation and commercial register filing for new companies or acquired shelf companies. The firm supplies a registered seat address and postal service, keeps commercial and transparency registers up to date and handles disclosure duties. Accounting services include general and subsidiary ledgers, VAT, corporate and trade tax returns, annual and consolidated statements under HGB, IFRS or US GAAP, statutory audits, customs declarations and transfer pricing studies.

• ✓ Company formation: offered
• ✓ Accounting and bookkeeping: offered
• ✓ Tax compliance: offered
• ✓ VAT: offered
• ✓ Payroll: offered
• ✓ Audit: offered
• ✕ Bank account assistance: not listed
• ✕ Residency and visas: not listed
• ✓ Corporate secretarial: offered
• ✓ Virtual office: offered