The Audit & Advisory, Transfer Pricing and M&A office ECOVIS Audit Madrid Grosclaude & Partners started its activities in 1990. It is an independent audit and consulting firm focused on national and foreign companies located in Spain.
It is an organisation of recognised prestige among its clients and in the sector of professional firms, comprising 21 in-house professionals and 5 external professionals who provide services on a recurring basis.
The firm provides services to more than 200 clients from all over Spain, mainly families that have internationalised and subsidiaries of multinational groups of German and Anglo-Saxon origin.
About Ecovis
Ecovis is a leading global consulting network based in continental Europe. It has almost 9,000 professionals operating in more than 80 countries. Its core activities are in the areas of tax consulting, accounting, auditing and legal advice.
The strength of Ecovis is the combination of personal advice at local level with the dynamism of an international and interdisciplinary network of professionals. Each Ecovis office is staffed by qualified specialists, as well as the specific industrial and national knowledge of each of its experts. This diversified expertise provides clients with effective support, especially in the fields of international transactions and investments, from preparation in the client's country of origin to support in the country of destination.
In its consultancy work, Ecovis focuses mainly on medium-sized companies. Both nationally and internationally, its one-stop-shop concept guarantees comprehensive support in legal, tax, management and administrative issues.
The name Ecovis comes from a combination of the terms economy and vision and expresses both its international character and its focus on the future and growth.
Contact persons:
- Luis Grosclaude Manera
Partner, Auditor and Transfer Pricing Consultant
- Enrique Garrido Mazarías
Audit and Due Diligence Area Manager
- Mariajosé Díez Escalona
Transfer Pricing Area Supervisor
- María Natividad Sánchez de León Linares
Audit Area Supervisor
- José María Díaz-Cano Díaz-Roncero
Audit Area Supervisor
- Sergio Couce Marqués
Audit Area Supervisor
- Laura Antón Escribano
Audit Area Supervisor
- Mauricio Da Costa Ugolini
Associate, M&A
Audit
Our audit work focuses on the analysis of the correct functioning of the systems, processes and key controls of each organisation. Based on the methodology we have perfected over the years, we adapt the work to the specific needs of each case. Because there are companies of different sizes and with diverse activities, and each client deserves to obtain the best result, we have multidisciplinary teams with independent and constructive approaches.
- Among the activities carried out, the following should be highlighted:
Mandatory and voluntary auditing of annual accounts.
Analysis and support in the preparation and audit of reporting packages.
Limited reviews and review of agreed procedures
Review of internal control procedures
Support to internal audit services
Due Diligences and Vendor Due Diligences
Audits of subsidised projects
Consulting
Our activity is primarily aimed at helping you to achieve the two key business drivers: improved performance, and increased efficiency of key processes. We put at your disposal a team trained to offer creative and profit-oriented solutions, also in those critical moments that require agile and innovative decision making.
- These highly qualified tasks include, among other activities:
Advice and support in the implementation of Management Control Systems.
Preparation of Strategic and Feasibility Plans
Advice on IFRS
Implementation of measures for the improvement of financial information.
Support in the functions of the Audit Committee
Advice on risk management
Preparation of scorecards
Corporate Finance
Specialised advisory services in finance, economics and market strategies for the participation and design of investment operations, the search for target companies and the configuration of the process of buying and selling companies. We advise organisations, financial institutions and private equity, from the conception and structuring of M&A operations, to the coordination of all parties involved, maintaining the commitment until the closing of each operation.
- We support our clients in a wide range of transactions, including the following:
Company sale and purchase processes
Valuation of entire businesses and independent business lines
Advising private equity funds and financial investors
Finding financial partners for industrial companies
Advising management on leveraged transactions (management buy-out and buy-in, etc.)
Search for financing and support in financial restructuring processes
Preparation of business plans
Transfer pricing
Our services are oriented towards margin planning, appropriate profit distribution and the preparation of valuation analyses of transactions between related parties in corporate groups. Proper planning of pricing and margin structures results in better profit, enhanced reputation, and also facilitates compliance with legal and tax obligations.
-Our services include, among others:
Planning of margins to be applied in various types of transactions: services, technical assistance, leasing, financial transactions, purchase and sale of products, establishment of purchasing groups, real estate transactions, share transactions, etc.
Preparation of mandatory dossiers to justify transactions subject to specific documentation, such as the group document and the taxpayer's document.
Preparation, support and advice on the filing of CbCr declarations (Country by Country report - form 231) and prior mandatory declarations.
Planning of efficient cost sharing structures.
Use of local (SABI) and international (Amadeus) financial information databases, employee and management remuneration, interest rates, etc.
Specific services
We have extensive experience in issuing expert reports and fraud analysis, as well as in defending them in court. All of this is the result of our high level of expertise in offering value-added services in the corporate and tax fields.
- The areas in which we offer our services are as follows:
Assessment of breaches or different interpretations of contractual clauses.
Calculation and determination of the price to be applied in corporate transactions.
Issuance of expert reports in mergers and acquisitions processes.
Prevention, detection and investigation of corporate fraud
Our identifying characteristics
- We unite interests through flexibility.
We start from the needs of our customers and listen to them from the outset. This is the only way we can be sure of adapting our services and equipment at all times.
- We unite interests that speak a universal code: that of professionalism.
We always demand highly qualified personnel for each project, and we demand that they focus on the client's success.
- We have united interests for almost 30 years.
Thanks to this experience that guarantees our solvency, we can guarantee that we work with a high level of professional and technological experience.
The sectors it serves are varied and diversified:
Air transport,
Construction,
Services,
Manufacturing and general industry,
Distribution,
Education,
R&D,
Financial,
Food and beverages,
Automotive,
Energy and third sector,
among others.
