I am 100% aligned with your position. It is wise advice. Both. Not taking the job, and creating a limited liability company if required.

Although in some countries, companies must have someone to blame if something goes wrong by law. My country is one of them, except by software, in which is not mandatory, but it is possible. Of course, no one puts himself in that position, and no customer requires that kind of commitment.

Still, I am worried by the case of Germany.