Clifford Chance

Clifford Chance‘s white collar, regulatory & compliance practice places the traditional focus on the financial industry and advises companies and banks in need of criminal defence and representation. The team comprehensively advises on all relevant topics, including cross-border matters, and is well versed in cum-ex, cum-cum, the emissions scandal and Russia sanctions; the practice is also instructed on administrative offence proceedings and stock exchange sanction proceedings. The highly renowned Heiner Hugger heads the team and has longstanding expertise in criminal tax law as well as allegations of corruption, embezzlement and money laundering matters; David Pasewaldt also focuses on alleged corruption, violations of capital markets criminal law and tax evasion, while Julia Baedorff, who was appointed to partner in May 2023, is particularly well versed in public prosecution and internal investigations.