Simon Schäfer
Counsel
Simon Schäfer advises clients in the areas of compliance, corporate governance, corporate law and mergers & acquisitions. Simon has particular experience in the implementation and auditing of compliance management systems in the course of compliance monitorships as well as strategic and organizational compliance consulting. Further areas of expertise are M&A transactions (in particular compliance due diligence) and other corporate law matters, in particular in the area of director and officer liability (D&O).
Languages: German and English
CV
- Law studies in Würzburg with accompanying studies in European law
- 2011 Admission to the bar in Germany
- 2011–2017 Lawyer at the corporate law firm Linklaters (Frankfurt/Luxembourg)
- Since 2017 Counsel at Pohlmann & Company
Publications
Articles
- Risk & Compliance Management für Deutschland 2021 (Update 2023), Lexology
- Compliance in M&A Transactions, in: Anti-Corruption Compliance (Verlag C.F.Müller), ch. 38
Blog Posts
- German Transparency Register Update
- Compliance defense: BGH honors subsequent compliance measures in the assessment of fines
- ECJ Ruling: EU Anti-Money-Laundering Directive is Partially Unlawful
- Carrots and Sticks – DOJ’s Latest Guidance on Corporate Prosecutions
- FATF Evaluation Report
- Monitor or no Monitor? – And What Makes Compliance Programs Effectively Working in Practice
- U.S. Department of Justice Announces More Rigorous Enforcement
- New EU package to combat money laundering and terrorist financing
- Fighting Corporate Wrongdoing – Hell and High Water
- New Compliance requirements within the supply chain
- CJEU: Investors are liable for portfolio non-compliance
- The German Act on Corporate Sanctioning is coming!
- New German Corporate Governance Code entered into force
- Munich draft of a Corporate Sanctions Act
- Ministerial draft on the Law of Combating Corporate Crime published
- Benczkowski clarifies DOJ’s view on monitorships
- The Walmart FCPA Settlement
Selected Mandates
- Member of the Independent Compliance Monitor Team (for the U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission) at VEON Ltd. and an international telecommunications company
- Member of the German Counsel Team of the Independent Compliance Monitor Larry Thompson for Volkswagen AG
- Advice and judicial enforcement of liability claims against former board members of an energy supply company
- Advising a family office on the attempted acquisition of a group of companies for geriatric care facilities and geriatric care services