Annika is Principal Associate in our white-collar defence and global investigations group. She advises national and international companies in cross-border internal investigations as well as advises and defends both companies and individuals in all areas of white-collar crime.
She has broad experience in complex cross-border internal investigations and cooperation with enforcement authorities. Annika also has extensive experience in risk and crisis management, particularly in complex compliance incidents, comprehensive data requests by authorities and parliamentary committees of inquiry. In addition, she has extensive experience in internal investigations and advice relating to workplace misconduct, including MeToo allegations. She further advises companies on corporate compliance, corporate governance and criminal law matters.
Annika regularly publishes on corporate compliance and white-collar topics.
Annika speaks German and English.
- Lead Associate on various internal investigations into serious criminal and regulatory allegations — including fraud, corruption, insider trading, money laundering, and embezzlement — as well as behavioural misconduct, data leaks, and other high-stakes corporate crises.
- Various internal investigations into MeToo allegations.
- Advised several clients on parliamentary committees of inquiry (Parlamentarischer Untersuchungsausschuss) and corresponding extensive data requests.
- Specific examples include:
- Defended a bank in a criminal investigation into breach of trust allegations in connection with the Wirecard collapse; the matter was successfully resolved without criminal charges.
- Advised a global industrial company in a large-scale compliance investigation concerning allegations of sexual harassment, abuse of power by managers, discrimination and general misconduct in the workplace.
- Advised Europe’s largest automobile manufacturer in relation to the diesel emissions issue, including various investigations required for the defence in civil, criminal, employment and regulatory proceedings worldwide.
- Advised a leading US investment bank acting as a cooperating witness in a criminal insider trading investigation, including complex cross-border fact-finding and coordinating closely with prosecutors and regulators across multiple jurisdictions.
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