Dentons ' compliance team impresses with cross-border capacities and frequent cross-practice cooperation. The team advises companies across various sectors, including the fashion and defence industries. A core focus is on compliance management systems, where the practice is experienced in current ESG and supply chain due diligence matters, as well as traditional topics such as data protection, money laundering and tax law. The team is jointly led by Christian Schefold (data protection, money laundering and fraud prevention) and Judith Aron (co-head of the European compliance practice) and also includes Peter Braun (implementation of CMS for international financial institutions), Gabriele Haas (corporate governance) and the antitrust experts Josef Hainz and René Grafunder. Jobst von Steinsdorff (corporate finance and regulatory) joined OIKON in November 2022.

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Testimonials

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  • 'Dentons has extensive expertise in compliance issues.'
  • 'The lawyers have consistently delivered high quality work and legal expertise. Additionally, they were enthusiastic and willing to provide our team with the resources they needed.'
  • 'Excellent advice, excellent specialist knowledge, perfect solutions and always pragmatic.'
  • 'René Grafunder gave us excellent advice, couldn't be better.'

Key clients

  • Audi/HDY Group
  • Munich RE/Hannover RE
  • Yamaha Music
  • Hensoldt
  • Allianz SE
  • Volkswagen AG
  • DekaBank
  • Geodis S.A.
  • Vivy GmbH (Allianz Group)
  • OHHH! Foundation e.V.|Jugend gegen Aids e.V.
  • SmileDirectClub LLC
  • Alibaba
  • Erwin Hymer Group SE
  • Deutsche Bahn AG
  • KSB SE & CO. KG aA
  • UST Global
  • Jetbrains
  • Allnex
  • CherryHUB
  • Harting Stiftung GmbH & Co.KGaA
  • Mercedes-Benz
  • IT.NRW
  • Tagueri AG
  • Resonac Graphite Group (vormals Showa Denko Carbon Group)
  • DPG Deutsche Pfandsystem GmbH

Work highlights

  • Advising Volkswagen AG on the update in accordance with Directive (EU) 2019/1937 following the international introduction of a central whistleblower hotline in 91 jurisdictions and support on the update of the central business partner due diligence process in 107 jurisdictions.
  • Supporting Vivy in the global introduction of an internet platform for medical services for insured persons.
  • Advising Deutsche Bahn on the implementation of the Whistleblower Directive (EU) 2019/1937.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Judith Aron, Christian Schefold

Other key lawyers

Peter Braun, Gabriele Haas, Josef Hainz, René Grafunder, Julia Pfeil