Chief Legal Officer | Diamond Aircraft Industries
Manfred Klika
Chief Legal Officer | Diamond Aircraft Industries
Team size: 2
What are the most significant cases, projects, or transactions that you and your legal team have recently been involved in?
Legal support in connection with the acquisition of Volocopter by Diamond Aircraft.
Implementation of NIS2 requirements across the organisation, including governance, compliance and cybersecurity-related measures.
Volocopter acquired by Chinese automotive firm in €10-million deal
How do you approach managing legal aspects during periods of instability or crisis to ensure the organisation’s resilience?
We maintain ongoing alignment with the business in order to understand changes in its risk appetite. Based on this alignment, we prioritise our activities and focus on the areas of greatest importance.
Based on your experiences in the past year, are there any trends in the legal or business world that you are keeping an eye on that you think other in-house lawyers should be mindful of?
Emerging areas of competition law enforcement, particularly in relation to no-poach agreements and the antitrust risks arising from public disclosures, including earnings calls, pricing announcements and other communications with the market.
What do you think is the greatest innovation you have enacted in the past year?
Using AI-tools as the first filter for document review.
Chief legal officer | Diamond Aircraft Industries
Chief legal officer | Diamond Aircraft Industries