Dr. Martin Schorn
Dr. Martin Schorn advises on all issues of white-collar criminal law. He represents companies, managers and private individuals in criminal investigations and proceedings for the imposition of fines, both on the side of the accused and on the side of the injured party. In particular, he advises companies injured by criminal acts on the enforcement of claims under civil law and their preparation and safeguarding in criminal proceedings. Thematically, his area of practice includes in particular corruption crime, also in an international context, money laundering and IT criminal law, capital market and insolvency criminal law as well as in the area of criminal product liability. Martin Schorn maintains a specific focus on the healthcare and IT industries, with a particular emphasis on data protection requirements under criminal law. He also provides support in particular in crisis situations such as official searches or cyber attacks.
Martin Schorn also advises companies on the planning and implementation of internal investigations as well as on the introduction, maintenance and auditing of compliance management systems, in particular on compliance requirements under money laundering law.
Martin Schorn is a frequently recommended lawyer in Best Lawyers/Handelsblatt (2018 to 2021) in the category “Criminal Defense”, in Juve 2019, 2020, 2021 for Compliance, in Legal 500 for Compliance and in Wirtschaftswoche for Compliance (2019 to 2021).
Languages: German, English and Hebrew
CV
- Legal studies at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms University in Bonn
- 2008 Admitted to the bar in Munich
- Employment with S. Horowitz & Co. Law Firm, Tel Aviv (Israel)
- 2008-2021 Attorney at Law (Associated Partner) at Noerr
- Since 2021 Partner at Pohlmann & Company
- Economic Criminal Law Association WisteV
- German-Israeli Lawyers Association
- German-Israeli Business Association
- ECBA – European Criminal Bar Association
- EFCL – European Fraud and Compliance Lawyers
Articles
- Die jüngsten Änderungen im Geldwäscherecht durch das Transparenzregister- und Finanzinformationsgesetz und die weiteren geplanten Neuerungen, in: Der Betrieb 2021, S. 2404 ff.
- Die Verwertung von Massegegenständen im Spannungsfeld von Geldwäsche und strafrechtlicher Einziehung (with Viola von Hebel), NZI 2021, S. 465 ff.
- Geplante Änderungen im Geldwäscherecht, in: Der Betrieb 2019
- Compliance für Start-ups – geringere Anforderungen auch im Konzern? (with Dr. Adriane Winter), in: CCZ 2019, S. 172 ff.
- Beitrag “Strafrecht” in Bräutigam, IT-Outsourcing und Cloud-Computing: Eine Darstellung aus rechtlicher, technischer, wirtschaftlicher und vertraglicher Sicht, 2019
- Beitrag “Die Entwicklung eines Europäischen Sanktionsrechts am Beispiel der EU-Datenschutzgrundverordnung”, in: Jahrbuch Wirtschaftsstrafrecht und Organverantwortlichkeit, 2018 (with Dr. Jacob Böhringer)
- Geldwäscherechtliche Pflichten für Syndikusrechtsanwälte – Infektionsgefahr für Arbeitgeber? (with Dr. Christian Pelz), NJW 2018, 1351 ff.
- Reform des Rechts der strafrechtlichen Vermögensabschöpfung (mit Dr. Maximilian Utz), in: CB 2017, Heft 7, S. 255 ff.
- „Mandantenakten in die Cloud – die Neugestaltung der strafrechtlichen Verschwiegenheitspflicht“, StraFo 2017, 491 ff.
- Die Diskussion um die Einführung eines Unternehmensstrafrechts in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, in: Jahrbuch Wirtschaftsstrafrecht und Organverantwortlichkeit
- Strafrechtliche Risiken des unwirksamen öffentlich-rechtlichen Vertrags (mit Christian Alexander Mayer), in: KommJur 2015, S. 86 ff.
- Deferred Prosecution Agreements nach neuem britischen Recht – Perspektiven für unternehmensinterne Compliance und Investigations, (with Johanna Sprenger), in: CCZ 2014, S. 211
- Sanktionen und Nebenfolgen, in: Makowicz/Wolffgang, Rechtsmanagement im Unternehmen – Praxishandbuch Compliance, 1. Auflage 2014
- Deferred Prosecution Agreements im Anwendungsbereich des UK Bribery Act (with Johanna Sprenger), in: CCZ 2013, S. 104 ff.
- Neuere Entwicklungen in der europäischen Korruptionsbekämpfung gegenüber Unternehmen – Wegbereiter einer einheitlichen Compliance-Struktur?, in: WM 2011, S. 1689 ff.
Blog Posts
- Decided matter: Bundestag and Bundesrat pass Whistleblower Protection Act
- Germany Signs Second Additional Protocol to the Cybercrime Convention
- What lasts a long time: Whistleblower Protection Act now passed by the Bundestag
- German Transparency Register Update
- ECJ Ruling: EU Anti-Money-Laundering Directive is Partially Unlawful
- Draft Bill of the Whistleblower Protection Act published
- Draft European Supply Chain Directive
- Deutsche Bahn: Consultant responsible for group-wide compliance procedures to combat money laundering
- BSH Hausgeräte GmbH: Consulting on the redesign of the group compliance management system with graduated involvement of small and medium-sized enterprises
- Engineering company: Responsible for internal investigation of allegations regarding an alleged antitrust violation and submission fraud
- Major manufacturer of construction materials: Introduction of an international compliance system
- Market-leading retail company: Introduction of processes and structures for an international compliance system
- Talanx Systeme: Comprehensive and regular expert advice in the area of IT criminal law and IT compliance