Expert opinions,
Forensics and Compliance
‘Historians make the best predictions’, they say. We may not be historians, but we love dealing with the past. For almost two decades, we have been investigating matters in criminal law from a business administrative perspective – for a better future.
In addition to forensic investigations, book inspections and internal investigations of business administrative matters, we offer advice on future (business) strategies, risk prevention and compliance. Our clients – above all businesses, banks, authorities and insolvency administrators – receive reliable results in the form of expert opinions, compliance and risk training. With the assistance of our lawyers from the Tax Litigation and Legal Defense service fields, we advise on personal liability issues of board members and managing directors.
Our services
By analysing the accountancy while taking into account criminal law risks – such as fraudulent bankruptcy, embezzlement, fraud, balance sheet falsification – we show our clients adequate solutions.
If necessary, we consult selected lawyers, tax advisors and reorganisation administrators from our high-quality network. We provide support in the following areas in particular:
Forensics
- Forensic Quick Check: an evidence-based initial forensic assessment of financial position, performance and liquidity
- Credit Recovery Review: forensic analysis following the debtor’s insolvency to support the recovery of outstanding claims
- Internal fraud investigations, including expert opinions
- Inspection of books and records on behalf of companies, shareholders and business partners
- Litigation support for tax advisors and lawyers
- Analyses for insolvency administrators and internal audit departments
- Blockchain analysis and source-of-funds verification (crypto)
Expert OPINIONS
Court-appointed and party-appointed expert opinions on business and financial matters, in particular:
- Date on which illiquidity (inability to pay debts) occurred
- Date on which the company became over-indebted within the meaning of insolvency law
- Calculation of losses suffered by creditors
- Calculation of loss in fraud and breach-of-trust cases
- Assessment of the elements of insolvency offences (Krida)
- Accounting and financial reporting offences
financial advisory, Risk management & risk prevention
- Supporting management during liquidity crises
- Preparation of short-term financial plans and going-concern forecasts
- Risk analysis of shareholder loans granted during a crisis
- Review of cash pooling and intra-group financing structures, including arm’s length tests
- Assessment of business partners’ default risk, creditworthiness and risk assessment prior to decisions on investments and equity stakes
- Arm’s length tests/Third party comparisons and review of contracts to test whether terms are appropriate
- Support in setting up accounting processes and developing reporting tools
Compliance and liability prevention
- Compliance training for executives and for officials of associations and federations
- Risk analysis for companies
- NISG 2026 / NIS 2: determining whether an organisation is in scope, implementing the requirements and preparing for regulatory audits
- Design and implementation of internal control systems
- Compliance check-ups covering remuneration schemes, sponsorship agreements and similar arrangements
Marlis Wenninger
Partner | Court-certified expert
teamKINDL_advisory works in cooperation with experts in the fields of criminal law and tax law.
Expert opinion on disputes between shareholders
The combination of legal and economic expertise was exactly what we were looking for. The co-operation was highly professional and efficient and the result was a compact, precise expert opinion that answered all questions and left no doubts unanswered.
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