Dr Anika Schürmann > Baker McKenzie > Dusseldorf, Germany > Lawyer Profile

Baker McKenzie
NEUER ZOLLHOF 2
40221 DÜSSELDORF
Germany
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Work Department

Antitrust & Competition

Position

Dr. Anika Schürmann is a Partner in Baker McKenzie’s Dusseldorf office and a bar-certified professional in criminal law (Fachanwältin für Strafrecht). Anika has extensive experience in advising clients in antitrust and white collar crime matters, with a particular focus on complex investigations and regulatory and judicial proceedings. Anika co-heads Baker McKenzie’s German Investigations, Compliance & Ethics Group as well as the German Consumer Goods & Retail Industry Group. She is also chairing the North Rhine-Westphalia chapter of the prestigious German Association of Antitrust Lawyers. Her expertise has repeatedly been recognized by The Legal 500 (“Next Generation Partner”), Juve (“frequently recommended”) and the renowned German business magazines Handelsblatt (Best-Lawyers-Ranking) and Wirtschaftswoche. Prior to joining Baker McKenzie in 2013, Anika was a member of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s antitrust team in Brussels (2007-2011), and practiced at Wessing & Partner, a leading German law firm for high-profile white collar crime matters (2012-2013).

Anika advises on all aspects of antitrust and white collar crime matters, including anti-competitive agreements, bid rigging, corruption, fraud, tax evasion and export control violations. She has long-standing experience in handling complex internal investigations as well as proceedings before German and European authorities and courts – in self-disclosure / leniency cases as well as on the defense side. Anika is also an expert in designing and implementing global compliance programs and in advising clients on the admissibility of business models and contractual relationships with business partners.

Languages

English, French, German

Memberships

  • German Association of Antitrust Lawyers – (Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht) – Co-head of the North Rhine-Westphalia chapter
  • German White Collar Crime Association (WisteV) – Member
  • Association of Female Lawyers in White Collar Crime and Criminal Tax Law (JuWist) – Member
  • Criminal Law Commission of the German Women Lawyers Association (DJB) – Member
  • Criminal Law Section of the German Bar Association (DAV) – Member

Education

  • Zertifizierte Beraterin für Steuerstrafrecht (DAA) (Certified Advisor for Criminal Tax Law) (2020)
  • Fachänwaltin für Strafrecht (Bar-Certified Specialist Lawyer in Criminal Law) (2016)
  • University of Bonn (Dr. iur.) (2009)
  • Higher Regional Court of Cologne (Second State Exam) (2006)
  • University of Edinburgh (LL.M. European Law) (2003)
  • University of Bonn (First State Exam) (2002)
  • University of Lausanne (1999)

Lawyer Rankings

Deutschland > Kartellrecht > Kartellrecht

(Partner der nächsten Generation)

Anika SchürmannBaker McKenzie

Baker McKenzies kartellrechtliche Stärke kommt traditionellerweise in der Fusionskontrolle zum Tragen, wo das Team regelmäßig standort- und grenzüberschreitend agiert; hierfür zählt auch Praxisleiter Nicolas Kredel zu den zentralen Ansprechpartnern. Zudem ist man in der kartellrechtlichen Compliance sowie in internen Untersuchungen und Kartellverfahren – zuletzt handelte es sich hierbei insbesondere um Bußgeldverfahren – versiert. Die strafrechtliche Schnittstelle wird von Anika Schürmann bespielt; sie betreut routinemäßig Kartell- und Wirtschaftsstrafverfahren vor deutschen und europäischen Gerichten. Der sektorielle Schwerpunkt der Mandatsarbeit liegt auf Pharma, Life Sciences und Healthcare.

Deutschland > Compliance > Compliance

In der präventiven Compliance-Beratung verfolgt das Team von Baker McKenzie einen Full Service-Ansatz und berät global agierende Konzerne sowie DAX40-Unternehmen aus den Sektoren Automotive, Bau, Konsumgüter, Logistik, Energie, Chemie, IT sowie der Finanzbranche zu Corporate Governance, ESG, Antikorruption, Geldwäsche und Datenschutz sowie zu Sanktionen und Exportkontrolle. Dies ergänzt man durch Expertise an der kartell-, steuerstraf- und arbeitsrechtlichen Schnittstelle sowie durch Kompetenzen in Cybersecurity, Betrugsprävention und Produkt-Compliance; für die letzten drei genannten Themenfelder zählt Nicolai Behr zu den zentralen Ansprechpartnern, der die Praxis gemeinsam mit der in der Durchführung von Compliance-Audits und Risikobewertungen erfahrenen Anika Schürmann leitet. Schürmann übernahm im Berichtszeitraum die Co-Leitung von dem in der Organhaftung und Antikorruption versierten Andreas Lohner, der sich im Juli 2024 in den Ruhestand verabschiedete.

Deutschland > Compliance > Interne Untersuchungen

Das Team von Baker McKenzie verfolgt im Rahmen der Beratung von dem vorwiegend aus DAX40-Unternehmen und global agierenden Konzernen bestehenden Mandantenstamm einen Full Service-Ansatz und beschäftigt sich so oftmals mit Untersuchungen, die mit Antikorruptions-, Corporate Compliance-, Sanktions-, Exportkontroll-, ESG- und Lieferkettenthemen im Zusammenhang stehen. Daneben bildet die Beratung zu Vorwürfen der Geldwäsche sowie von kartell-, datenschutz- und steuerstrafrechtlichen Delikten einen weiteren Schwerpunkt. Nicolai Behr (Korruptions-, Betrugs- und Arbeitsplatzuntersuchungen) und Anika Schürmann (Korruptions-, AML- und Kartellrechtsuntersuchungen) leiten die Praxis gemeinsam. Schürmann übernahm im Sommer 2024 die Co-Praxisleitung von Andreas Lohner, der sich zeitgleich in den Ruhestand verabschiedete.

Germany > Antitrust

(Next Generation Partners)

Anika SchürmannBaker McKenzie

Among Baker McKenzie‘s core strengths is the support in merger control, where the team regularly acts across locations and borders; practice head Nicolas Kredel is a key contacts here. The team is also well versed in antitrust compliance as well as internal investigations and antitrust proceedings – with a recent focus on fine proceedings in particular. Anika Schürmann covers matters at the interface with criminal law and regularly takes the lead in antitrust and criminal proceedings before German and European courts. The practice advises with a focus on the pharmaceuticals, life sciences and healthcare industries.

Germany > Compliance > Compliance

Baker McKenzie offers a full-service approach in preventive compliance and advises global corporations and DAX40 companies from the automotive, construction, consumer goods, logistics, energy, chemical, IT and financial sectors on corporate governance, ESG, anti-corruption, money laundering and data protection as well as sanctions and export control. This is complemented by expertise at the interface with antitrust, criminal tax and employment law as well as experience in cybersecurity, fraud prevention and product compliance; the latter three segments are core strengths of Nicolai Behr, who co-leads with Anika Schürmann, who is experienced in compliance audits and risk assessments. Schürmann took over the role of co-head from Andreas Lohner (D&O liability and anti-corruption), the latter retired in July 2024.

Germany > Compliance > Internal investigations

Baker McKenzie offers a full-service approach in advising DAX40 companies and global corporations on investigations pertaining to anti-corruption, corporate compliance, sanctions, export control, ESG and supply chain issues. Another focus is the assistance with allegations of money laundering and antitrust, data protection and criminal tax matters. Nicolai Behr (corruption, fraud and workplace investigations) and Anika Schürmann (corruption, AML and antitrust investigations) jointly lead the practice. Schürmann took over the co-management role from Andreas Lohner in mid 2024; the latter retired at the same time.