Götz Kehrein – Succession Planning Specialist

M&A Beratung für Unternehmensverkauf & Unternehmensnachfolge in Hamburg

4,8 Stars from 237 reviews on ProvenExpert

Götz Kehrein
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Götz Kehr's expertise for your company sale

Born 1963, qualified businessman, specialisms: auditing, tax and business law. Certified Change Manager, Business Coach and Business Trainer, expert in business succession., Company sale, purchase and valuation in Hamburg, Schleswig-Holstein and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.

Götz Kehrein has many years of management experience with an international financial services provider. His particular professional strengths lie in his business acumen, buy-and-build strategies, and the dynamic support of company succession processes. What particularly distinguishes him are persistence, negotiation skills, and assertiveness.

He possesses extensive expertise from numerous M&A processes on both the seller and buyer sides within the mid-market sector. 

Furthermore, he is a committed, voluntary member of the „Stabwechsel“ team for the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce and the Lübeck Chamber of Industry and Commerce.

Excellent Succession Advisor Award 2025
Excellent Successor Advisor Award 2026

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Especially the seriousness and professionalism gave me a safe feeling at all times

My pre-selection decision to 100% proved to be the right one. KERN did a really good job from the preparation of my company in an exposé, to the search for buyers, to the facilitation of negotiations and the complete implementation of my succession. In particular, the seriousness and professionalism gave me a secure feeling at all times. Our goal was successfully achieved in a good 8 months. I am happy to recommend KERN to others.

G.O.K., entrepreneur from Hamburg , Service provider with own branch locations

Professional and reliable until successful completion

Especially in the difficult phases, my advisor closed the gaps and paved the way for a further negotiation.
Everything was professional and reliable, meetings outside normal business hours were possible at any time.
Professionally, I feel comprehensive and in good hands, the successful conclusion is an expression of KERN competence!

J.M.

Finally time for a new life plan

Mr Greppmair from KERN assisted me with the sale of my caretaker service in Munich in an always pleasant and very competent manner. In just nine months, he managed to sell my company at a satisfactory price despite falling sales and the Corona crisis. In doing so, he made a decisive contribution to a new life plan that I had longed for for a long time. Many thanks for that!

Stefan Krebs , GEON-Gebäudemanagement

You have made this a special year for me.

Dear Mrs. Kalonda, you have made this year a special year for me. Thank you for that. During our first contact, I could not have guessed how important and groundbreaking you would be for me. You have made this year a new beginning for me. Mentally, you have played a very big part in my improvement and in me being freer in my thoughts and decisions. Even though I had made myself a slave to my own company, my employees, and those present, you freed me from that. My special thanks for this.

Karsten Kühlmann

... are surprised what great energies have been released in all of us

Change also means dealing with the culture, the goals, the responsibilities and the "rules of the game" in a company. With KERN, we have embarked on the exciting path of creating our own individual corporate philosophy and have been surprised at the great energies that have been released in all of us. For the benefit of our customers, employees and the entire company. Thanks to KERN for the targeted and professional moderation and development.

G-O.B, entrepreneur from Koblenz , Dealers and service providers in the hardware and software sector

... We have achieved our goal and can definitely recommend working with KERN.

The KERN team was recommended to me as part of our company sale and, in retrospect, we are very glad to have received this tip. The negotiation process for the sale was complex, lengthy and sometimes threatened by emotional misunderstandings in the outcome. However, thanks to the great experience and skill of our KERN consultant, we achieved our goal and can definitely recommend working with KERN.

J.F. , Entrepreneur in the Osnabrück area , Trade and technical services

Without the view from outside, we would probably never have reached our goal so quickly and safely

In the context of my company succession, the merger with a competitor company was the ideal solution. The KERN team, and especially Mr. Koerber, accompanied us sensitively as a moderator and process facilitator and combined the interests of both negotiating partners well. Without the view from outside and the negotiating experience, we would probably never have reached our goal so quickly and safely!

J.K. Entrepreneur from Berlin , Trade and services

Company sale professionally accompanied and implemented from start to finish

KERN professionally accompanied and implemented my company sale from start to finish. Finding a buyer was surprisingly quick and the subsequent succession process was competently accompanied and moderated at all times.

H-J. N., entrepreneur from Neuss , Germany's largest dealer of a premium brand of copiers and DMSs

Even the particularly difficult tasks ... were solved optimally

I am happy to have chosen KERN as my advisor in my succession process. I also checked out other offers beforehand and the reliability and security of KERN was the decisive criterion for me. I felt optimally supported by my KERN consultant at all times. Even the particularly difficult tasks, such as financing questions and the drafting of contracts, were solved in the best possible way. From me again and again!

M.M., entrepreneur in the Hanau area near Frankfurt , Market leader for special services and online trading house

... how important your topics are and that you were very convincing as a speaker.

Thank you very much for your presentation at our conference. The unanimously positive feedback from the 150 members of the audience confirmed how important your topics are and that you were very convincing as a speaker from KERN.

Lothar Sand , German Publishers and Booksellers Association

From start to finish, working with Ms. Kalonda was reliable and professional.

From start to finish, from the search for a suitable company to the successful
In conclusion, the collaboration with Ms. Kalonda was reliable and professional.
During the ups and downs of a company acquisition, the involvement of a KERN consultant as a
Sparring partner and solution-oriented pioneer in many negotiation situations
helpful.
I felt very well looked after professionally and also personally in every situation.
supervised.
A big thank you for the professional and successfully concluded collaboration.

B. Wollborn

... we succeeded in finding exactly the right company for our particular niche

We had our growth strategy accompanied by the specialists from KERN. With a precise target analysis and detailed market research, we succeeded in finding exactly the right company for our particular niche. The effort involved in such a step should not be underestimated. With KERN, we have found professional support. At the same time, the succession problem of the company to be taken over could be solved substantially and in the long term.

W.S., Managing Director from the Frankfurt/Main area , Waste management service provider, market leader in a niche segment

KERN has clearly opened a path for my son

KERN's coaching has clearly opened up a path for my son, with which we can now dedicate ourselves together to the project of generational change, in the sense of continuing the family business. We as parents simply cannot convey some things in the same way and help to realise how a professional coach can.

K.V., entrepreneur from Frankfurt , Traders and service providers in the IT segment

With the professionalism and motivating support of Mr Kehrein, I was in excellent hands during my company sale!

I underestimated the extent and depth of the company data preparation required for a sale. Without the highly competent, consistently supportive, and motivating guidance of my consultant, Mr Kehrein, the successful sale of my company would not have been possible. Furthermore, I greatly benefited from the "outside perspective" on the company, as well as, naturally, from the know-how regarding potential sources of interested parties. The support was so comprehensive and ever-present that I not only had the necessary expert by my side, but a true partner who made my interests his own. This, alongside all the professionalism one would expect, is certainly more than most consultants in this sector deliver.

M.R., entrepreneur from Hamburg , Automotive supplier

Speed impressive, form always appropriate to the situation, behaviour honest ...

I would like to thank you very much for your support during the sale of the company. The speed was impressive, the form always appropriate to the situation, the behaviour honest and unpretentious - it couldn't have been better! Thanks to your support, we were able to conclude this project satisfactorily for all of us.

C.K., entrepreneur from the Weser-Ems region , Production company and trading company

Cooperation in recent months has been characterised by professionalism and trust

The cooperation over the past months has been characterised by professionalism and trust; I, too, have always felt well represented by you, even though I have been not was your client. All the greater the compliment! MANY THANKS!

U.S., entrepreneur and buyer of a company in Bavaria , IT services

I hope that family businesses will take advantage of your recommendations

Rarely has the feedback from the audience been so unanimously positive! You conveyed the topic authentically and with heart in every respect. I hope that family businesses will take advantage of your recommendations.

Ingrid Marten , Wesermarsch Economic Development

I have enjoyed working with KERN very much

I have very much enjoyed working with KERN and, as a representative of the buyer side, am always pleased when sellers - especially family businesses - receive holistic advice and are specifically prepared for a sale.

F.H., responsible M&A manager in NRW , International services group

Exciting method for sustainable leadership change

MeinSTABWECHSEL is an exciting method for a sustainable change of leadership in family businesses. With amazing ease, you find your own values and needs.
The goal, path and time frame appeared to me at the end of the journey as a 3D vision for my personal baton change. So I worked out my "to do list" myself in the best atmosphere and guidance from KERN.

Klaus-Peter Gust , Entrepreneur

Cooperation in recent months has been characterised by professionalism and trust


U.S., entrepreneur and buyer of a company in Bavaria IT services

The cooperation over the past months has been characterised by professionalism and trust; I, too, have always felt well represented by you, even though I have been not was your client. All the greater the compliment! MANY THANKS!

Especially the seriousness and professionalism gave me a safe feeling at all times


G.O.K., entrepreneur from Hamburg Service provider with own branch locations

My pre-selection decision to 100% proved to be the right one. KERN did a really good job from the preparation of my company in an exposé, to the search for buyers, to the facilitation of negotiations and the complete implementation of my succession. In particular, the seriousness and professionalism gave me a secure feeling at all times. Our goal was successfully achieved in a good 8 months. I am happy to recommend KERN to others.

Speed impressive, form always appropriate to the situation, behaviour honest ...


C.K., entrepreneur from the Weser-Ems region Production company and trading company

I would like to thank you very much for your support during the sale of the company. The speed was impressive, the form always appropriate to the situation, the behaviour honest and unpretentious - it couldn't have been better! Thanks to your support, we were able to conclude this project satisfactorily for all of us.

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Götz Kehrein ist Ihr kompetenter Experte für Unternehmensnachfolge in Hamburg.
With over 40 locations throughout the DACH region and Europe, we have been specialists in small and medium-sized businesses for over 20 years.
We sell your life's work, support intra-family processes during generational change, or assist you with the purchase of companies.
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Götz Kehrein
Ballindamm 39
20095 Hamburg

Phone +49 40 607 79 78-92
kehrein@kern-unternehmensnachfolge.com