Start-up Helpcheck snags top personnel from Check24

Frank Breitschwerdt's main task is to support Legaltech with his expertise in the tech industry. Why is he doing this?

Frank Breitschwerdt was a senior manager at comparison portal company Check24 for a long time. He has now moved on to the Düsseldorf-based legal portal Helpcheck. The main aim there is to benefit from his expertise in the tech industry. He worked at Check24 for eight years and was responsible for setting up the consumer portal and several insurance comparisons, among other things. Prior to that, Breitschwerdt worked for nine years at the US consulting firm Bain & Company.

From a giant company to a start-up - why is Breitschwerdt doing this? Although Helpcheck describes itself as one of the largest legaltech providers in Germany, it still bakes smaller rolls. There are 15 Helpcheck employees registered on LinkedIn and over 2,700 on Check24. "The legal market is an area in which digitalization and automation can have a huge impact," says Breitschwerdt. "As the market leader in the revocation of life insurance policies, Helpcheck is ideally positioned to expand the platform to help consumers obtain justice in many other areas of law."

Helpcheck CEO Peer Schulz is visibly pleased: "With Frank Breitschwerdt as Managing Director, we will take our growth into account and strategically expand our nationwide business activities. As a legaltech company, we want to continue to set standards in digital legal advice and processing in the future."

Peer Schulz and Phil Sokowicz founded Helpcheck in Düsseldorf in 2016. According to its own statements, the company aims to "provide the largest possible number of people with easy access to the law". The company enforces claims in consumer law. IT-based processes are used to check and assert claims. Helpcheck has initiated proceedings in which claims amounting to more than 50 million euros are currently being negotiated in court.