“For me, compliance consulting combines legal precision with strategic thinking and value-based action and thrives on the exchange with those responsible in the company. This results in solutions that not only ensure compliance with regulations and are commercially viable, but are also the right thing to do.”
Martin Schorn provides comprehensive advice on white-collar criminal law with a focus on internal investigations. He plans, organizes and supports internal investigations – both independently and in conjunction with official investigations. The focus is on matters relevant to criminal law such as corruption, breach of trust, fraud and money laundering. In addition, he also supports antitrust investigations and the investigation of human rights or environmental violations – both within the company and along the supply chain.
In addition to his forensic work, Martin also provides preventive support to companies: he advises on the design and implementation of compliance management systems – in particular to prevent corruption and money laundering – as well as on the design of whistleblower systems and internal investigation processes.
Martin Schorn represents companies from a wide range of sectors – with particular expertise in the retail, healthcare and manufacturing industries.
His expertise is regularly recognized: He is a frequently recommended lawyer by Best Lawyers/ Handelsblatt (2018-2024) in the category “Criminal Defense”, by JUVE (2019-2022 for Criminal Law, 2023, 2024 for Compliance), by Legal 500 for Compliance as well as by Wirtschaftswoche (2019-2024) for Compliance. He is also a member of the Tax & Legal Excellence Network.
Martin Schorn is also appointed as an examiner for the second state examination in law at the Bavarian State Examination Office for Criminal Law and Lawyers’ Professional Law.
“Solution-oriented, close to the client and pragmatic” Juve
Languages:
German, English and Hebrew.
Short vita.
- Law studies and doctorate on a criminal law topic in Bonn
- 2008 Admitted to the bar
- 2008-2021 Lawyer in the field of criminal law and compliance at Noerr in Munich and Düsseldorf
- 2011 Worked for S. Horowitz & Co. law firm, Tel Aviv (Israel)
- Partner at Pohlmann & Company since 2021
Memberships.
- AG Criminal Law in the German Bar Association
- Association for white-collar crime WisteV
- German-Israeli Lawyers’ Association
- ECBA – European Criminal Bar Association
- EFCL – European Fraud and Compliance Lawyers
- TLE – Tax & Legal Excellence Network
Selected mandates.
- Regular consultant on compliance issues for an internationally active German retail company
- Regular performance of all internal investigations at a large public transport company
- Defense of a wholesale company in an antitrust case involving a comprehensive internal investigation of the allegations
- Regular advice to an S-Dax company on compliance issues, including the design of the compliance management system and conducting internal investigations
- Regular performance of internal investigations for a DAX 40 company
- Large German DIY retail company: Advice on money laundering and sanctions law requirements
- Goethe-Institut: Global risk analysis and advice on designing a compliance management system
Publications.
Articles and book contributions
- Book contribution “Interne Untersuchungen mit internationalem Bezug” in Ruhmannseder, “Interne Untersuchungen”, 1st ed. 2014
- Chapter “Sanctions and collateral consequences”, in: Makowicz/Wolffgang, Rechtsmanagement im Unternehmen – Praxishandbuch Compliance, continuously updated
- New EU rules to combat money laundering. In operation 2024, no. 27-28
- Greenwashing and Green Claims Compliance – Regulatory Background and Consequences for Companies, in KlimaRZ 2024, 86 – 92 (together with Uwe M. Erling, Fabienne Gehring, Dr. Tim Uschkereit)
- Is the climate-neutral label dead? PR Magazine 2023/12 and 2024/1 (together with Uwe M. Erling)
- The latest changes in money laundering law through the Transparency Register and Financial Information Act and the other planned innovations, in: Der Betrieb 2021, p. 2404 ff.
- The realization of assets in the area of conflict between money laundering and criminal confiscation (with Viola von Hebel), NZI 2021, p. 465 et seq.
- Planned changes to money laundering law, in: Der Betrieb 2019
- Compliance for start-ups – lower requirements for groups too? (with Dr. Adriane Winter), in: CCZ 2019, p. 172 ff.
- Article “Strafrecht” in Bräutigam, IT-Outsourcing und Cloud-Computing: Eine Darstellung aus rechtlicher, technischer, wirtschaftlicher und vertraglicher Sicht, 2019
- Article “Die Entwicklung eines Europäischen Sanktionsrechts am Beispiel der EU-Datenschutzgrundverordnung”, in: Jahrbuch Wirtschaftsstrafrecht und Organverantwortlichkeit, 2018 (with Dr. Jacob Böhringer)
- Money laundering obligations for in-house lawyers – risk of infection for employers? (with Dr. Christian Pelz), NJW 2018, 1351 et seq.
- Reform of the law on criminal asset recovery (with Dr. Maximilian Utz), in: CB 2017, Issue 7, p. 255 ff.
- Client files in the cloud – the reorganization of the duty of confidentiality under criminal law, StraFo 2017, 491 ff.
- The discussion about the introduction of corporate criminal law in the Federal Republic of Germany, in: Jahrbuch Wirtschaftsstrafrecht und Organverantwortlichkeit
- Criminal law risks of the ineffective public law contract (with Christian Alexander Mayer), in: KommJur 2015, p. 86 ff.
- Deferred Prosecution Agreements under new UK law – perspectives for internal compliance and investigations, (with Johanna Sprenger), in: CCZ 2014, p. 211
- Deferred Prosecution Agreements within the scope of the UK Bribery Act (with Johanna Sprenger), in: CCZ 2013, p. 104 et seq.
- Recent developments in the European fight against corporate corruption – Paving the way for a uniform compliance structure?, in: WM 2011, p. 1689 ff.
Blog posts
- A done deal: Bundestag and Bundesrat pass whistleblower protection law
- Germany signs second additional protocol to the Cybercrime Convention
- What lasts a long time: Whistleblower Protection Act now passed by the Bundestag
- Update on the transparency register
- ECJ ruling: EU Money Laundering Directive is partially unlawful
- Government draft of the Whistleblower Protection Act published
- Draft for a European supply chain directive
- Corruption Perceptions Index 2023 published
