NxG-Coaching
Being born into a business family comes with unique challenges. We help next generation members explore their path, find clarity and define their own next steps.
Learn more →Family Business Advisory
The next generation of enterprising families decides upon the future.
We help NxG members, predecessors and enterprising families design their future. Together.
Paths that begin with listening, not advising.
25+ Years of practice
40+ Family charters facilitated
International experience
What We Do
Professional guidance for complex transitions.
Every engagement begins with the family, not the balance sheet. We work across generations to surface what matters, then translate it into structures that hold.
Preparing for Responsible Ownership
Tailored programs that prepare the next generation for the responsibilities and opportunities of ownership.
Learn more →Moderating Succession
A structured process that starts with listening and ends with a shared vision for the next 3 to 5 years.
Learn more →Co-creating Family Charters
Joint rules and processes for the future. Developed together, decided by the family.
Learn more →Credentials and track record
Stability
Since 2001
A quarter-century of practice at the interface of family, ownership and enterprise.
Reach
3 Continents
Mandates across Europe, the Middle East and North America.
Excellence
Award-winning
2025 Barbara-Hollender-Award of the Family Firm Institute.
Client Voices
Trusted by enterprising families.
Working with ConForm has been defined by great professionalism and a clear understanding of the dynamics of family businesses. Throughout the entire change process, they maintained the balance between economic, strategic and interpersonal aspects. Today we feel future-ready, both as a family and as a company.
Professor Rau guided us outstandingly in revising our family mission statement and code. With her experience and a fine sense for interpersonal dynamics, she held our three family branches together. Most impressive was her ability to bring different positions onto common ground, with understanding and clear, strong leadership. We recommend her without reservation.
Your family members, especially those of the next generation, must bring the jointly agreed-upon processes and structures to life. That is why it is crucial that they are actively involved in developing them.
Dr. Sabine B. Rau
Founding Partner · ConForm Enterprising Families
Who We Are
Two experts. One shared passion.
Founding Partner
Dr. Sabine B. Rau
Dr. rer. pol. · Dipl. Kfm. · FCM Finance Coach
Founding partner. Since 2001 helping families navigate the interface of family and business across Europe and beyond.
Partner
Karin May
Lawyer · Mediator · Systemic Coach
Partner. Over fifteen years accompanying family businesses in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and since 2022 also in Saudi Arabia.
Get in touch
Let's talk about your family's future.
Whether you are preparing for succession, shaping ownership for the next generation, or drafting a charter that will outlast you.
Write to us
Email
s.rau@cfefamilies.com
Office
Berlin, Germany