About Us

Rüdiger O. Assion and Ernst Primosch, two accomplished Fortune 500 and DAX-level communications executives, founded BOC Consult in 2024 to close the gap between strategic excellence, regulatory depth and real-world execution in highly complex special situations.

Let us be clear: for us, a “special situation” does not begin only when a crisis has already erupted or the cameras are rolling. A special situation is any critical turning point in a company’s development. It is the moment when you decide to fundamentally realign your equity story in order to unlock the true value of your share price. It is the stage at which you begin to explore an M&A scenario and test the market long before investment banks or law firms become involved. And it is the decision to build crisis management capabilities so robust that a potential leak never turns into a wildfire.

We do not understand strategy and communication as cosmetic exercises. We see them as among the most effective instruments for safeguarding a company’s ability to act, its resilience and its value — proactively and with discipline.

Our purpose: We protect value, provide orientation and secure sovereignty — both in calm phases of strategic decision-making and in the eye of the storm.

Our Philosophy: Act Before You Are Forced to React

We believe the most successful battles are those that never have to be fought. That is why we support boards, CEOs and supervisory boards in proactively shaping the future.

The most valuable investment case:
We do not create standard presentations. We anchor your growth strategy in an unshakeable capital markets narrative. We anticipate the reactions of proxy advisors, stabilise market capitalisation and build genuine investor confidence that can withstand volatile market conditions.

M&A radar from the very first idea:
Up to 80 percent of transactions fail because of human and political factors. We act as your early-warning system. Even in the initial exploratory phase, we conduct honest stakeholder mapping, assess regulatory risks such as EU merger control, and examine geopolitical barriers in global trade. This allows us to adjust the architecture of a deal before resistance emerges.

Resilience by design:
Crisis management must be built while the sun is still shining. We implement tailored, multi-stage scenarios and digital safeguards within your organisation so that, in a real emergency — whether a reputational risk, restructuring, or legal dispute requiring litigation PR — your organisation instinctively does the right thing.

Geopolitical advantage:
Tariffs and sanctions are not unavoidable fate. We show companies how to use instruments such as the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement and strategic partnerships with associations and the EU to secure supply chains and open new international markets — in a planned and risk-minimised way.

The Alliance of Radical Seniority

What makes BOC Consult unique? We do not deploy junior teams that learn at your expense. You work directly and exclusively with our partners — senior figures who have spent decades at the centre of business, politics, finance and media.

Our partnership combines a network and a level of excellence that bridge the gap between strategic vision and measurable reality.

Business and communications strategists:
Led by the two founders and former DAX communications leaders, who have steered global transformations, major transactions and DAX annual general meetings from the front line.

Geopolitics and diplomacy:
Senior expertise from federal politics — including the experience of a former Vice Chancellor and Federal Minister — as well as international think-tank experience from Washington and Brussels, enabling precise navigation through regulatory and political processes.

The capital markets perspective:
Experienced investment bankers who have worked for global heavyweights such as J.P. Morgan and Goldman Sachs and understand the pulse of international financial centres.

Labour relations:
A proven senior trade unionist and former European works council chairman, able to moderate dialogue with employee representatives at eye level and help make restructuring processes manageable and low-noise.

Media expertise:
Leading figures from the editorial leadership of ARD, ZDF and FAZ, who know how opinions are formed and how to anchor a narrative firmly in the public sphere.

From Positioning to Piloting

We bundle our global contacts, experience and tools into pragmatic, measurable solutions. Whether you want to lay the foundation for your next phase of growth, discreetly prepare a transaction or make your governance resilient:

BOC Consult is the assertive sparring partner at your side. Let us steer your future together.