An owner-led firm for finance, transactions and transitions. We take on a small number of mandates at a time and lead each one ourselves.
We are usually called in at a moment, not for a product. These are the moments we know best.
Mandates where the finance function itself is the question — its numbers, its cash, or its leadership.
Buy-side and sell-side work, from first assessment through to the months after signing.
Periods where a business needs someone in the seat, or needs to work differently than it does today.
Mandates are led by the people you meet at the outset. We hold a small number at a time, which is what makes that possible.
Inside the team rather than beside it — and out again once the processes and people hold on their own.
We map the situation, the constraints and the objective before proposing anything.
A direct view of the numbers and the options, so decisions rest on facts.
We work inside the team — present when it counts, accountable for the outcome.
We leave steadier processes and capable people, then step back.
Carlstadt is an independent advisory firm based in Düsseldorf. We take on finance and transaction mandates directly — as interim leadership, as advisors to a board, or alongside a management team through a transaction.
Initial conversations are without obligation and treated in confidence.
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