Dominik Guttenberger
Biography
Dominik Guttenberger started at Baker McKenzie as a law clerk assisting in internal investigations and criminal compliance and joined the Litigation/Arbitration Practice Group in Munich as an associate after his admission to the bar in 2017. He studied at the Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen and passed his second state examination in Bamberg in 2016.
Practice Focus
Dominik advises on topics concerning commercial criminal law with focus on compliance topics and helps companies to become and stay compliant with laws and regulations around the globe. He assists clients in a broad range of compliance and dispute resolution matters including internal investigations, anti-corruption due diligence, corporate compliance and risk minimization strategies. His main focus is on corporate compliance, in particular the implementation of compliance programs and the conduct of internal investigations. He also focuses on compliance-related and commercial litigation.
Representative Legal Matters
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Conducted an internal investigation into compliance and data protection issues for an international German company in Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi, Malaysia and Thailand.
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Support of a German company in the development and implementation of a compliance organization and an anti-corruption guideline.
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Realization of a business partner screening for a DAX-30 company..
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Support of a DAX 30 company in the investigation of a fraud case worth millions.
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Carried out several global compliance audits for German and international companies.
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Assisted in a survey within 25 countries regarding the implementation of a new distribution model
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Analyized legal issues with respect to bribery and corruption
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Filed criminal complaints in several cases
Admissions
- Germany (2017)
Education
- Higher Regional Court of Bamberg (Assessor Exam) (2016)
- University of Erlangen (Legal Clerk Exam) (2014)
Languages
- English
- German
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