International Arbitration
Germany
17 November 2025
Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP offers forensic expertise in sanctions violations and allegations of corruption, fraud, embezzlement and money laundering. The team regularly acts across practices, thus also covering employment, antitrust, corporate, real estate and regulatory law issues. The team was recently instructed on allegations of price fixing and trade secret issues. This is complemented by an industry focus on the automotive, aviation, infrastructure, finance and manufacturing sectors. Criminal lawyer Dirk Seiler heads the practice and focuses on corruption, fraud, embezzlement, compliance and money laundering.
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Testimonials
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- 'The team around the experienced compliance lawyer Dirk Seiler demonstrates an extremely high level of expertise.'
- 'The HSF team, led by Dirk Seiler, has an excellent reputation and extensive experience in compliance and internal investigations - it is always a pleasure to work with them on projects. They are competent, responsive and efficient.'
- 'Experienced, fast and smart.'
- 'Dirk Seiler is a very experienced lawyer who provides good, pragmatic advice.'
- 'Solution-oriented and practice-oriented approach, a lot of specialist knowledge from different areas. Dirk Seiler is a highly valued external consultant for our company and we value the long-term collaboration.'
- 'Great compliance team.'
Key clients
- Microsoft Deutschland GmbH
- Microsoft Corporation (USA)
- Ford-Werke GmbH
- Pfizer Inc. (USA)
- Pfizer Products Inc. (USA)
- Pfizer GmbH (Deutschland)
Work highlights
Internal investigation in connection with the defense of an international automotive manufacturer in the so-called diesel emissions scandal against allegations of alleged illegal defeat devices (pertaining to alleged, among other things, fraud).
Internal investigation and review of criminal violations for a financial services provider in connection with price fixing.
Advising a major European bank on the investigation of suspicious transactions, including conducting internal investigations.
Practice head
Dirk Seiler