As Head of Risk Advisory Europe, Johannes supports corporates, financial institutions and financial sponsors in the rapidly changing regulatory and geopolitical environment by identifying and effectively managing their legal and compliance risks.
He works closely with our Global Risk Advisory team and legal practices to develop comprehensive and tailor-made solutions and implement governance and organisational structures, processes and control mechanisms to effectively manage legal and compliance risks.
He also works closely with the Crisis Management & Compliance teams which regularly support clients in the areas of preventive compliance advice, crisis management and internal and regulatory investigations.
Before joining Linklaters Johannes was Chief Compliance Officer at Vitesco Technologies for several years. Prior to that, he spent over ten years as an in-house lawyer and compliance officer in global leading positions for Linde, BSH Hausgeräte (Home Appliances) and MAN, focusing on legal compliance, data protection and antitrust.
Johannes studied law at the universities of Erlangen, Heidelberg and Freiburg, completing his First State Examination in 2003. He then undertook his legal traineeship at the High Court of Nürnberg, passing his Second State Examination in 2005. During his studies and traineeship, he gained international experience through various internships in Germany and abroad.
He received his juris doctorate from the University of Erlangen in 2007 with a thesis on European antitrust law.
He speaks German, English and French.
Recent publications of Johannes include:
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