Kontora Family Office GmbH

Overview

Kontora Family Office GmbH advises and coordinates families and institutions managing complex wealth. The firm combines local German advice with international investment expertise through its membership in AlTi Tiedemann Global since 2025.

History

Kontora was founded in 2006 by Stephan Buchwald and Berndt Otternberg together with HSH Nordbank. Since 2025, the firm has been part of AlTi Tiedemann Global.

Timeline

1. 2006Kontora was founded in 2006 by Stephan Buchwald and Berndt Otternberg together with HSH Nordbank.
2. 2025The firm combines local German advice with international investment expertise through its membership in AlTi Tiedemann Global since 2025.

Leadership

Executive management comprises Dr. Patrick Maurenbrecher, Sybille Arnegger, and Stephan Buchwald.

Services

Kontora’s family-office services include strategic wealth structuring, investment advice and implementation, succession planning, controlling, administration, governance, and ongoing portfolio oversight.

Its Investment Office evaluates opportunities across asset classes and integrates liquid and illiquid investments into diversified portfolios.

Kontora Kapitalverwaltungs GmbH supports the Investment Office and is described by Kontora as fully regulated and authorised by BaFin under the German Capital Investment Code.

Kontora also provides fee-based financial investment advice and is registered as a fee-based financial investment adviser under Section 34h of the German Trade Regulation Act.

What the firm offers

• Investment management
• Estate planning
• Family governance and education
• Administration and bill pay
• Cross-border planning

Client Focus

Kontora works with entrepreneurial families, single-family offices, foundations, institutional investors, and high-net-worth families with complex wealth structures.

Approach

Kontora describes its approach as holistic and long term. The firm highlights dedicated personal contacts, clear wealth strategies, established analytical processes, and planning across generations.

Assets and Minimums

Kontora states that its multi-family-office services typically suit clients with assets in the mid-two-digit million range. Investment Office services may be suitable from the lower two-digit million range, while individual advisory is available without a fixed entry threshold.

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