ProLicense GmbH has been advising Oracle customers on compliance issues since 2009 and showing companies how software costs can be significantly reduced. ProLicense has particular expertise in the aforementioned Pracle license audits. The two founders of ProLicense (lawyer Sören Reimers and business graduate Christian Grave) have each worked in various positions at Oracle for more than eight years and are very familiar with all licensing issues relating to Oracle software. ProLicense is a fully independent consultancy, receives no royalties from Oracle, and receives no kickbacks from other software vendors. The remuneration of ProLicense GmbH is usually success-based directly from the customer.