TUI Group is an Anglo-German travel and tourism company which owns travel agencies, hotels, airlines, cruise ships and retail stores. Exceeding its financial goals recently, it was on track to meet its forecasts for earning growth. This is in part thanks to the legal team which is led by group legal director legal, compliance and board officer, Dr Hilka Schneider, who is in charge of these areas as well as the M&A activities of the Holding and functionally manages the legal departments of TUI Group’s operating companies worldwide. Under her management, the team assist on various mergers and joint ventures in Germany. Most recently the legal department has assisted the tour operators in setting up its own travel agencies in Malaysia, helping the company receive its ticketing licenses from the Tourism, Arts and Culture Ministry in October 2018.