Insights

We are delighted to share the promotion of three colleagues to senior roles at Greenfields - Corporate Services.

JUVE reports that the German practice of Latham & Watkins closed 2025 with revenue growth of 10.8 percent, driven in large part by mandates from major PE investors including Apollo and Lindsay Goldberg.

Not every German entity is a success story. Some subsidiaries outlive their purpose. Some portfolio companies are wound down after an exit. Some branches are restructured away. And some entities simply need to be closed because the strategy changed.

A client recently told us they had spent three months trying to get German payroll right internally. By the time they called us, they had already filed incorrect wage tax returns, missed a social security deadline, and issued payslips that did not comply with German statutory requirements.

JUVE Rechtsmarkt reports a clear shift: where firms and inhouse teams were once expanding rapidly, recruitment has slowed and in some cases, paused altogether. Senior legal and compliance roles, in particular, have become increasingly difficult and costly to fill.

Registering a shelf company with Greenfields is an efficient way for international and domestic entrepreneurs to enter the German market quickly, while reducing administrative friction and launch risk.