Compliance lawyers

Sophie Scemla

Sophie Scemla is a partner in the Litigation team in Paris. She specialises in corporate criminal law, investigations, compliance and human rights and ESG litigation. She advises on complex French and international litigation, particularly in the areas of fraud, tax fraud, money laundering, international corruption, international sanctions, human rights violations and due diligence. Sophie also assists her clients in conducting internal investigations in France, Africa and Asia and helps them set up compliance programmes and undergo audits by the AFA. It assists them in conducting internal investigations in France and abroad. She also assists clients in negotiating and concluding negotiated agreements, such as Public Interest Judicial Agreements « CJIP » and « Deferred Prosecution Agreement », in particular with the PNF, the US authorities, multilateral development banks and foreign authorities. With dual qualifications at the Paris and New York Bars, she has represented French and foreign companies and their directors in domestic and international corruption cases.

Gide Loyrette Nouel

Soňa Hanková

Soňa Hanková is a partner in G. Lehnert law firm. She is experienced transaction lawyer with over 23 years of practice in handling multijurisdictional transactions as well as local operational matters. She specializes in M&A deals, real estate and compliance. Soňa has the ability to successfully combine requirements demanded by foreign investors with the needs of Slovak businesses. She is skilled in structuring and negotiating corporate transformations and providing post-transaction assistance with workforce restructurings, regulatory matters and compliance programs including internal investigations. She is successful in negotiating out-of-court settlements, which she considers the preferred method of resolving incidents. She is particularly experienced at advising clients from various real estate sectors. She has advised on acquisitions of real estate portfolios as well as on financing, development, construction law, FIDIC contracts, asset management and leasing. Soňa actively presents at conferences on topics related to real estate, compliance and ESG.

G. Lehnert s.r.o.

Spyros Rinakakis

Senior Associate

Your Legal Partners

Staffan Illert

Linklaters

Stathis Orfanoudakis

Stathis Orfanoudakis is a partner of our M&A practice. Stathis focuses on corporate, commercial, competition, M&A and intellectual property law. He has experience in international business transactions, including the establishment of joint ventures, share and asset deals and corporate restructurings. Stathis’s practice covers a wide range of matters pertaining to EU and Greek competition law, from merger clearance filings to representation of clients before competition authorities, as well as antitrust corporate compliance. Stathis also regularly advises international and domestic clients on corporate and commercial matters of their day-to-day operation, including the negotiation and drafting of commercial contracts. He was admitted to the Athens Bar in 2013 and joined our firm in 2018. Stathis is admitted before the Court of First Instance.

Zepos & Yannopoulos

Stefan Bindschedler

Partner. Stefan Bindschedler is a banking and finance specialist whose practice focuses on financing transactions. He regularly advises on syndicated debt financings, acquisition financings, real estate financings and restructurings. He also advises on regulatory and compliance aspects, including sanctions laws.

Homburger

Stefan Fischer

Partner

KLIEMT.Arbeitsrecht

Stefanie Stegbauer

Partner

Schoenherr (Schönherr Rechtsanwälte)

Stefano Febbi

Partner

Bird & Bird

Stefano Giberti

Partner

Orsingher Ortu – Avvocati Associati

Stefano Leuci

Partner

LP Avvocati

Stefano Manacorda

Stefano advises clients on matters concerning corporate criminal law and compliance, with a special focus on international issues. He is specialized in the international economic sanctions legal framework. Stefano assists clients in multi-jurisdictional cases, including judicial cooperation in criminal matters, and regularly takes part in internal investigations. Among others, his main clients - both Italian and foreign - are in the following industries: finance, Oil&Gas, energy, defence. A lawyer registered with Bar of Naples, he has been an expert admitted to the International Criminal Court. He was part of the commission for the review of corporate criminal liability established within the Italian Ministry of Justice, as well as other government commissions. He was a consultant for the United Nations, the World Bank and OECD on international criminal law issues.

Chiomenti

Steffen Scheuer

Dr. Steffen Scheuer is a member of the Firm’s European Labor Law and Global Labor Law practice groups. He is experienced in all aspects of employment law and compliance matters. Dr. Scheuer’s dissertation on stock options was awarded the Price of Honors by the Employers Association for the Metal Industry. He regularly delivers speeches for Baker McKenzie’s clients on employment law and compliance issues, and conducts management trainings in labor law and compliance policies. Dr. Scheuer also practiced in the Firm’s San Francisco and Palo Alto offices. Dr. Scheuer routinely advises companies on the labor law aspects of outsourcing projects, complex reorganizations and mergers and acquisitions, especially in relation to the conclusion of collective agreements with works councils. He is experienced in handling mass dismissals, employee benefits, compensation, executive terminations and transfers, pension issues, discrimination laws and employment litigation. Dr. Scheuer is knowledgeable in a wide range of matters concerning the relations between employers and works councils, as well as the mandatory representation of employees in companies’ supervisory boards. Dr. Scheuer is an experienced litigator and a member of the firm’s Compliance group.

Baker McKenzie

Stella Magistro

Clifford Chance

Stephan Koch

Partner

Raue

Stephan Lührmann

Stephan is the head of the Dispute Resolution Group at A/C/R. He has worked as a civil, commercial, environmental, and administrative litigation lawyer for more than thirteen years, in different venues and courts, including Civil Trial Courts, Appellate Courts, Supreme Court, Public Procurement Court, Environmental Courts, Institutional Arbitration (i.e CAM), ad-hoc arbitration, International Court of Arbitration (ICC), and before different authorities and public entities in administrative proceedings, summaries, claims and finning proceedings. Also, is Head of the Regulatory and Environmental Group at A/C/R. He specializes in matters related to risk management and ESG from a regulatory risk perspective, working on their prevention.

A/C/R Legal

Stephanie A. Capistron

Partner

Dechert

Stephanie Avakian

WilmerHale

Stephanie Cruz

Legal & Business Director at az.

Albagli Zaliasnik

Stephanie Magnus

Principal

Baker McKenzie Wong & Leow

Stephen Best

Partner

Brown Rudnick LLP

Stephen Cook

Partner

Brown Rudnick LLP

Stephen Sutro

Stephen H. Sutro ("Steve") is co-chair of Duane Morris’ Trial Practice Group and a member of the firm's governing Partners Board. Mr. Sutro previously served as Managing Partner for the firm’s San Francisco and Silicon Valley offices. Mr. Sutro has led investigations and litigation on behalf of clients in matters involving government contracts and false claims, antitrust laws, securities fraud and insider trading, RICO, corporate governance, the environment, food and drug, homeland security and customs enforcement, trade secrets, and public corruption. Mr. Sutro is experienced in crisis management and managing responses to media in high profile investigations and litigation. The nature of his practice demands experience not only in the courtroom, but also in risk management and compliance, strategies to minimize potential criminal and civil liability, and committed advocacy in the pursuit of justice.

Duane Morris LLP

Stephen Wong

DLA Piper