a7Relations — Solving challenging high-stakes problems worldwide

a7Relations is a boutique advisory firm founded by Alexander Kulitz and Maximilian Hoffmann. We solve challenging, high-stakes business, government, and regulatory problems for private equity firms, family-owned businesses, governments, and multinationals across markets and jurisdictions worldwide. Headquartered in Berlin, we operate globally.

About a7Relations

a7Relations specialises in resolving complex, cross-border situations that conventional law firms or consultancies alone cannot fix. Our work spans government negotiations, unfair competition, complex disputes, sanctions, regulatory harassment, criminal structures, fraud, defence procurement, tariffs and trade barriers, public procurement, and market-entry challenges.

Founders

Alexander Kulitz

Alexander Kulitz is a founder of a7Relations, Co-Chair of the Foreign Council On Economic Relations, and a former Member of the German Bundestag (FDP, 2017–2021), where he served on the Foreign Affairs Committee and as Deputy Chairman of the Parliamentary Group for Relations with the ASEAN States. He is a third-generation owner of the family business ESTA Apparatebau GmbH & Co. KG and a former Federal Chairman of the Junior Chamber of Commerce Germany (WJD).

Maximilian Hoffmann

Maximilian Hoffmann is a founder of a7Relations and President of the Foreign Council On Economic Relations (since 2022). He previously served as Executive Chairman and Secretary-General of the Foreign Council On Economic Relations, Deputy Spokesperson of the Executive Board of the Alliance of Associations, Secretary-General of the Federal Business Associations of Germany and the Gulf Cooperation Council, Chairman of German Partner, and Member of the Board of Directors of the Federal Association of German Business in Ukraine.

What we solve

Contact

a7Relations, Bauhofstraße 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany. Telephone: +49 30 692067500.