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During this discussion hosted by John E. Smith, the former OFAC Director and now co-head of Morrison & Foerster’s National Security Practice, and co-hosted by n

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<div class="videoWrapper"><iframe class="sticky-video" allowfullscreen="1" allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" frameborder="0" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/JqKSMBInKJ0?rel=0" title="Meet John Smith" title="iframe"></iframe></div>John E. Smith, former Director of the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), is co-head of Morrison Foerster’s National Security practice, and a member of the Crisis Management group and Investigations + White Collar group. After serving 11 years as a top official at OFAC and three years as its Director, Mr. Smith brings to the firm unmatched experience in <a href="/capabilities/national-security.html#SanctionsEmbargoes">economic sanctions</a>, enforcement, and national security.Both in the United States and globally, clients turn to Mr. Smith for his deep experience and unique perspective on the complexities and escalating risk of U.S. and multilateral sanctions. He is a trusted advisor for clients navigating significant civil and criminal enforcement actions by U.S. and other government prosecutors and regulators.While serving as a top official at OFAC, Mr. Smith was centrally involved in all aspects of developing, implementing, and enforcing U.S. government sanctions requirements. As OFAC Director, he oversaw every OFAC enforcement case against financial institutions and global operating companies.  Mr. Smith played a pivotal role as OFAC moved to the center of our nation’s response to the world’s most complex and challenging national security and foreign policy crises, working closely with other governments and multilateral agencies and the private sector.Mr. Smith has leading expertise on U.S. sanctions, anti-money laundering (AML), and export controls cases and policies. While serving at OFAC, he worked closely with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to pursue major sanctions and export controls enforcement matters, including significant civil and criminal penalties against major global actors and noteworthy cases against malicious cyber actors. He has overseen the U.S. government’s economic sanctions efforts, imposing sanctions on heads of state, countries, and illicit actors, conducting enforcement actions against dozens of major financial institutions and companies around the world, and developing innovative sanctions enforcement policies to address evolving U.S. national security priorities.Under his leadership as a top official at OFAC, Mr Smith:<ul><li>Supervised the investigation, preparation, strategy, and settlement of dozens of major enforcement cases for hundreds of millions of dollars involving apparent sanctions and export control violations by global financial institutions and corporations; </li><li>Led the development and imposition of some of the most significant sanctions ever involving Iran, Russia, North Korea, Syria, supporters of terrorism, weapons of mass destruction proliferators, malicious cyber actors, transnational criminal organizations, and narcotics traffickers; and</li><li>Acted for a period as the Treasury Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence (TFI), overseeing economic sanctions, illicit finance, and AML efforts by OFAC and other TFI components, including the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN). </li></ul>Prior to Mr. Smith’s 11-year tenure at OFAC, he served as the only American on a Security Council panel of experts charged with monitoring the implementation of UN-mandated sanctions on Al-Qaida and the Taliban. In this role, he led assessment visits to more than 20 countries in Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Gulf, meeting with top-ranking government officials, central banks, customs and export control offices, and intelligence agencies, as well as many of their financial institutions.Mr. Smith also served as a trial attorney in the Civil Division of the DOJ for five years. During his tenure, he defended U.S. agencies including OFAC in challenges to significant government programs and statutes, including the USA PATRIOT Act, the 2000 Census, and other matters involving highly sensitive and classified information. Mr. Smith acted as the lead trial counsel in defending the first legal challenges to the terrorist asset freezing program implemented by OFAC following September 11, 2001.Mr. Smith has received numerous noteworthy accolades throughout his career, including the Alexander Hamilton Award, the top award given by the U.S. Department of the Treasury (2018); and the Special Commendation for Outstanding Service (Anti-Terrorism), awarded by the DOJ (2002).Before joining the DOJ, Mr. Smith was a litigation attorney at a major international law firm. He also served as a law clerk for The Honorable Anthony J. Scirica on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.Mr. Smith received his J.D. from Columbia University School of Law as a Harlan Fiske Stone scholar, where he served as Editor-in-Chief of the Columbia Journal of Law and Social Problems. He graduated cum laude from the University of Missouri-Columbia, with dual degrees of a Bachelor of Arts in political science and a Bachelor of Journalism.

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Hayley specializes in representing financial institutions, corporate clients and senior individuals in highly sensitive litigation, regulatory enforcement matters and internal investigations. She is Head of Morrison Foerster’s European Compliance Practice and regularly advises clients in relation to their compliance program and diligence of third parties.Hayley has advised clients facing parallel enforcement actions in multiple jurisdictions and those facing parallel criminal, regulatory and civil litigation. Hayley has advised clients on diverse matters across Europe, the Americas, Asia, the Middle East and Africa in the banking/financial services, energy, chemicals, construction/engineering, manufacturing and technology industries. She is also a member of our global ESG + Sustainability steering committee.In addition, Hayley has an active sanctions practice and frequently guides clients through complex UK financial sanctions and export control issues, including making license applications and interfacing with the Office of Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) and the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development office (FCDO).Hayley has been recognized as a Next Generation Partner and described in the Legal 500 UK as “…massively experienced with an enormous breadth of knowledge when dealing with the most complex cross-border regulatory investigations. She combines an excellent intellect with really practical application. Top quality.” “She’s a very able lawyer whose commercial practice covers a wide range of areas, and she’s adept at each of them; she’s clever, tough, charming and a delight to work with. Clients love her, as does her legal team: she provides encouragement, reassurance and adept handling of the most difficult case. First-rate.”Hayley is also recognized in Chambers UK, with clients commenting on her ability to “combine strong communication skills with excellent legal expertise. She is a strong collaborative partner to work with… she is ridiculously hard-working and has great judgement on how to cut through everything. She is a great person to have on your side.” Hayley was named by Global Investigations Review (GIR) to its list of Women in Investigations in 2021.Hayley was formerly an Investigative Lawyer at the Serious Fraud Office in the UK.

Hayley Ichilcik

Saqib Alam is an English solicitor, New York attorney and Singapore advocate who advises global companies, boards and high net worth individuals facing business-critical issues and helps them resolve such matters from a legal and reputational standpoint. A leading practitioner in this field, Saqib has been ranked by Chambers and Partners for 2-years running in Band 1 (the top tier) for Crisis & Risk Management: UK-Wide.Saqib has acted in investigations and advised on corporate crises covering more than 30 countries around the world and has helped companies and individuals resolve issues with government agencies in the United States, United Kingdom, Brazil, Germany, India, and Singapore. Practicing in London for the last 14 years, Saqib has helped resolve issues and crises related to corporate governance failures, employee misconduct, national security issues, cyberattacks, bribery, fraud, human rights violations, miscarriages of justice, racism, money laundering, sanctions and antitrust violations for some of the most well-known organisations and individuals in the world. Saqib regularly advises companies and individuals facing concurrent issues in multiple countries and has experience reaching coordinated and global resolutions with government agencies and third parties around the world.Chambers & Partners recognizes Saqib as “one of the most dynamic and effective crisis management lawyers in London. He understands that a multi-disciplinary approach is needed for effective reputation management and delivers clear advice to clients when they need it most.” He understands “how legal investigations may play out in both the press and the political arena" and “is innovative in his thinking.”Saqib has extensive experience guiding companies through investigations relating to UK government contracts. He is currently advising a large global multinational company involved in a high-profile UK Public Inquiry. Saqib also advises companies and senior executives called upon to give evidence in UK Parliamentary Select Committee hearings. As a key part of this work, Saqib regularly works alongside media and public affairs advisers in assisting companies manage reputational risk and adverse media coverage arising out of government investigations.Saqib also represents clients in cross-border litigation and dispute resolution. Together with his US colleagues and local counsel in foreign jurisdictions, he helps companies and individuals engage in and resolve time-critical tactical litigation.Saqib graduated from King’s College, University of London, with First Class Honours in Law in 2006. From 2007 – 2009, he served as a Justice’s Law Clerk in the Supreme Court of Singapore and as an Assistant Registrar in the High Court of Singapore. He is admitted to practice in New York, England and Singapore.Saqib serves as a trustee for Operation Smile UK, a charity that provides free life-changing cleft surgery and comprehensive cleft care around the world. He is also a regular writer and speaker on investigations, crisis management and business resilience.

Saqib Alam

Felix possesses more than a decade of experience in complex regulatory counselling, compliance, and litigation. He advises major companies, public sector entities, and innovative businesses on EU and German regulatory law, with a particular focus on foreign trade, government contracts, and competition. His clients span a range of industries, including telecoms, digital economy, media, technology, financial services, healthcare, energy, and transportation (automotive, e-mobility, public transport, and railway). Felix regularly represents clients in administrative proceedings and public and civil law disputes before national and European authorities and courts, including in public procurement matters and bid protests.His specific experience in foreign trade matters comprises EU sanctions and export control compliance counselling, representation of Asian or U.S. investors in foreign investment control clearance proceedings, and other complex matters involving cybersecurity or further national security concerns.Felix also oversees large-scale internal investigation or regulatory law-driven transactional projects and is particularly experienced in providing strategic advice to market entrants and representing clients in sophisticated multiparty negotiations.As a member of our leading global National Security, Sanctions and Export Control, Government Contracts, and Antitrust practice groups, Felix works closely with high-ranking experts across three continents.Felix regularly lectures at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. His dissertation deals with the market regulation issues of liberalizing the railway sector.Felix studied in Berlin (Dr. iur.) and Geneva, Switzerland (“Certificate in Transnational Law”). He worked as an intern in the Hearing Office of the European Commission (Directorate-General for Competition) in Brussels and at the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (Department of Competition, Regulation and Privatization Policy) in Berlin.<h4>REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE*</h4><h5>Foreign Investment, Sanctions and Export Control</h5><ul><li>Advising major global businesses and organizations on sanctions, export control compliance and internal compliance programs.</li><li>Representing companies in sanctions related disputes and litigation.</li><li>Counseling EU companies on conflicts of laws relating to U.S. sanctions and EU or EU Member State blocking laws and regulations.</li><li>Secured foreign investment control clearances in global M&A transactions before the German Ministry of Economics and Energy and coordinated with local counsel in multiple jurisdictions on clearance under local foreign investment and national security laws.</li></ul><h5>Regulatory, Government Contracts, Competition and EU State Aid</h5><ul><li>Advising a public transportation company on regulatory laws and regulations.</li><li>Counseling companies on public tenders and bid protests.</li><li>Assisted a tech startup with market access to build loading infrastructure for electric vehicles.</li><li>Advised private railway companies on track access, public tenders and EU state aid matters.</li></ul><h5>Compliance and Investigations</h5><ul><li>Advising a major OEM regarding diesel emissions.</li><li>Conducted an internal investigation at a healthcare company in relation to government contracts, and represented the client successfully in a bid protest and follow-on litigation.</li><li>Conducted multinational government contracts compliance review and associated risk assessment for a Fortune Global 500 company, including recommending process improvements and policy changes.</li><li>Conducted a multinational compliance review regarding conflicts of interest and anti-kickback policies.</li></ul><h5>Transactions</h5><ul><li>Represented 1&1/United Internet in negotiations and advised on establishing the European netID Foundation together with ProSiebenSat.1 and RTL.</li><li>Supported U.S. satellite network operator Planet Labs, Inc. during the acquisition of the German satellite system RapidEye.</li><li>Assisted a Chinese investor in the acquisition of Bochumer Verein, a steel manufacturer with plants in Germany and Brazil, from Georgsmarienhütte.</li><li>Represented Viacom in negotiations and advised on establishing the television and video ad sales marketing joint venture “Visoon” with Axel Springer.</li></ul> * includes prior law firm experience

Dr. Felix Helmstädter berät seine Mandanten seit über zehn Jahren zu komplexen Fragestellungen des Regulierungsrechts, bei Transaktionen sowie bei Compliance-Verstößen und vertritt sie in Verwaltungs- und Gerichtsverfahren.Zu seinen Mandanten zählen führende nationale und internationale Unternehmen, Unternehmen der öffentlichen Hand und neue, innovative Marktteilnehmer. Er berät diese sowohl strategisch als auch in Verhandlungen oder streitigen Auseinandersetzungen in zahlreichen Bereichen des europäischen und deutschen Regulierungsrechts, mit einem besonderen Fokus auf Fragen des Außenwirtschaftsrechts, Vergabe- und Beihilferechts sowie Wettbewerbsrechts.Besondere branchenspezifische Kenntnisse besitzt Dr. Felix Helmstädter in den Sektoren Telekommunikation, Digitalwirtschaft, Big Data, Medien, Technologie, Finanzdienstleistungen, Gesundheit, Energie und Transport (Automotive, E-Mobility, Öffentlicher Nahverkehr und Eisenbahn).Er vertritt seine Mandanten regelmäßig in Verwaltungs- und Bußgeldverfahren sowie verwaltungs- und zivilgerichtlichen Prozessen vor nationalen sowie europäischen Behörden und Gerichten. Hierzu zählt auch die Vertretung bei vergaberechtlichen Streitigkeiten und Nachprüfungsverfahren sowie in Investitions- und Fusionskontrollverfahren.Seine spezifische Expertise in Außenhandelsfragen umfasst die Compliance mit EU-Sanktionen und Exportkontrollanforderungen, insbesondere auch im Verhältnis zum US-Sanktions- und Exportkontrollrecht. Dr. Felix Helmstädter vertritt zudem vor allem asiatische und US-amerikanische Investoren bei Verfahren zur Genehmigung ausländischer Investitionen und berät zu komplexen Fragen der Cybersicherheit etwa im telekommunikationsrechtlichen oder außenwirtschaftsrechtlichen Kontext.Weitere Beratungsschwerpunkte von Dr. Felix Helmstädter sind die Koordinierung und Durchführung von umfangreichen internen Ermittlungen, die Beratung zu vergaberechtlicher und beihilfenrechtlicher Compliance, die Betreuung von regulierungsrechtlich geprägten M&A-Transaktionen, sowie die strategische Beratung etwa in Fragen des Marktzugangs oder die Verhandlungsführung bei komplexen Vertragsprojekten.Als Mitglied der führenden globalen Praxisgruppen National Security, Sanctions and Export Control; Government Contracts; und Antitrust arbeitet Dr. Felix Helmstädter eng mit hochrangigen Experten über drei Kontinente hinweg zusammen.Er lehrt an der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Seine Dissertation behandelt marktordnungsrechtliche Fragen der Liberalisierung des Eisenbahnsektors.Dr. Felix Helmstädter studierte in Berlin (Dr. iur.) und Genf (Certificat de Droit Transnational). Während seines Referendariats arbeitete er u.a. im Hearing Office der Europäischen Kommission, Generaldirektion Wettbewerb (Brüssel) sowie im Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Technologie, Referat für Wettbewerbs-, Regulierungs- und Privatisierungspolitik (Berlin).

Felix Helmstädter

Patrick has more than 15 years of experience advising clients on compliance and corporate governance and on internal investigations. His practice has a particular emphasis on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) related topics.Patrick focuses his advisory work on internal investigations, setting up compliance management systems and adapting them to a broad range of new risks, such as those relevant for global value chains. This includes, for example, supply chain risk management for Germany’s Supply Chain Due Diligence Act and related human rights-motivated complaints and litigation; prevention and investigation of white-collar crime (e.g., bribery, fraud, corruption, embezzlement, and U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) matters); avoidance of economic sanctions; and fulfillment of tax and environmental law requirements. He also advises clients on ESG requirements derived from the laws of the European Union (CSRD, NFDR, CSDDD). He is a member Morrison Foerster’s global ESG Steering Committee.His practice specifically covers internal investigations to detect misdemeanors and assessments of compliance management systems. He conducts due diligence on sales intermediaries, on joint venture partners, and during M&A transactions in Germany and abroad. He also develops compliance training programs. He is a member of the Morrison Foerster’s Corporate, Compliance and Investigations team, which was shortlisted by JUVE for the award for Compliance Firm of the Year in 2023.Patrick represents clients in litigation proceedings and has advised them in the context of German and international arbitration proceedings (ICC, VIAC, and ad hoc), on complaints and procedures about alleged human rights violations, and on stock corporation law disputes. He also handles cases where clients are pursuing and defending damages claims arising out of compliance failures and advises on related directors and officers (D&O) insurance coverage.Patrick is a member of the Committee for Corporate Social Responsibility and Compliance of the German Bar Association. He is a frequent speaker at conferences and webinars and is a lecturer at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, where he presents and teaches on compliance, internal investigations, and ESG. Patrick regularly publishes articles relating to compliance and ESG issues, international and European civil litigation, and alternative dispute resolution in academic and professional journals and in the daily press. He is the co-editor of the Berlin Commentary on the German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act (Erich Schmidt Verlag, 2024).<h4>Representative Experience</h4><ul><li>Counseling a German multinational company with regard to criminal allegations about the use of forced labor in its international supply chain</li><li>Advising a German multinational company regarding alleged human rights violations in its supply chain</li><li>Conducting an investigation on behalf of Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen regarding equity trades around dividend date</li><li>Advising Mercedes-Benz Group AG regarding diesel emissions</li><li>Carrying out an internal investigation on behalf of the Supervisory Board of MAN SE with regard to bribery allegations and providing advice on the setup of MAN SE’s compliance organization</li><li>Assisting a German multinational company in complying with Germany’s Supply Chain Due Diligence Act</li><li>Advising various multinational companies on their CSRD-related reporting obligations</li><li>Advising investors on SFDR requirements</li><li>Representing a German bank in court proceedings to pursue damages arising out of noncompliance with tax obligations</li><li>Advising a German bank in relation to D&O insurance coverage</li><li>Defending a listed German biomedical company against rescissory actions by shareholders</li><li>Investigating tax structured transactions on behalf of a German bank</li><li>Representing a German bank in arbitral proceedings against a former director</li><li>Carrying out several internal investigations for an engineering group regarding business decisions relating to international infrastructure projects and joint ventures</li><li>Advising a German bank on pursuing damages claims against several former directors and related D&O insurance topics</li><li>Representing MAN SE in pursuing damages claims against former directors arising out of their responsibility for setting up a compliance organization and related D&O insurance topics</li><li>Advising Deutsche Bahn AG with regard to its damages claims arising out of a cartel among its railway track suppliers</li><li>Providing advice to, and conducting an investigation on behalf of, a German public listed company regarding its listing as a specially designated national by the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control</li><li>Advising a U.S.-German multinational company with regard to an internal investigation of its Eastern European, Russian, and Central Asian sales network</li><li>Conducting an internal investigation on behalf of Hamburg Commercial Bank AG (previously HSH Nordbank AG) concerning the dismissal of managers</li><li>Completing several investigations of kickback payments and breach of trust in outsourcing projects</li></ul>

Patrick Späth berät seit mehr als 15 Jahren zu Compliance- und Corporate Governance-Themen sowie Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance („ESG“) und führt interne Untersuchungen durch.Thematische Schwerpunkte seiner Beratung sind interne Untersuchungen, der Aufbau von Compliance Management Systemen sowie deren Adaption an neue Risiken, wie zum Beispiel im Bereich globaler Lieferketten. Hierzu zählen das Supply-Chain-Risikomanagement, das deutsche Lieferkettensorgfaltspflichtengesetz, die Prävention und Aufklärung wirtschaftskrimineller Verhaltensweisen (u. a. Bestechung, Betrug, Korruption, Untreue, US FCPA), Wirtschaftssanktionen sowie steuerrechtliche und umweltrechtliche Anforderungen. Des Weiteren berät er zu aktuellen und künftigen ESG-Anforderungen aus dem Recht der EU (CSRD, NFDR, draft CSDDD). Er ist Mitglied des weltweiten ESG Steering Committee von Morrison Foerster. Patrick Späth führt interne Untersuchungen zur Aufklärung von Fehlverhalten durch und bewertet Compliance Management Systeme. Des Weiteren führt er Due Diligence Prüfungen bei der Auswahl von Vertriebs- und Joint Venture Partnern sowie im Zusammenhang mit M&A Transaktionen in Deutschland und im Ausland durch und entwickelt und konzeptioniert Compliance-Schulungsprogramme. Er ist Mitglied des Corporate, Compliance und Investigations Teams von Morrison Foerster, das bei den JUVE Awards 2023 für die Auszeichnung „Kanzlei des Jahres für Compliance“ nominiert wurde.Patrick Späth vertritt Mandanten gerichtlich, außergerichtlich und vor Schiedsgerichten bei der Abwehr oder Geltendmachung von Ansprüchen im Zusammenhang mit Compliance-Verstößen, behaupteten Verletzungen von Lieferketten-Standards, in aktienrechtlichen Streitigkeiten sowie in Verhandlungen über die Deckung von Schadensersatzansprüchen durch D&O-Versicherer.Patrick Späth referiert regelmäßig bei Konferenzen und Webinaren. Er ist Lehrbeauftragter an der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin für Compliance, interne Untersuchungen und ESG. Er publiziert zu zahlreichen Compliance- und ESG-Fragestellungen sowie zu Themen des europäischen und internationalen Zivilprozessrechts und der alternativen Streitbeilegung in Fachzeitschriften sowie in der Tagespresse. Er ist Mitglied des Ausschusses für Corporate Social Responsibility und Compliance beim Deutschen Anwaltsverein. Er ist Mitherausgeber und Autor des Berliner Kommentars zum Lieferkettensorgfaltspflichtengesetz (Erich Schmidt Verlag, 2024).<h4>Referenzen</h4><ul><li dir="ltr">Untersuchungen für die Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen zu Aktiengeschäften in Nähe des Dividendenstichtags</li><li dir="ltr">Beratung der Mercedes-Benz Group AG im Zusammenhang mit Diesel-Emissionen</li><li dir="ltr">Durchführung einer internen Untersuchungen wegen Korruptionsvorwürfen im Auftrag des Aufsichtsrates der MAN SE und bei der Fortentwicklung der Compliance-Organisation</li><li dir="ltr">Beratung eines deutschen multinationalen Unternehmens bei der Einhaltung des Lieferkettensorgfaltspflichtengesetzes</li><li dir="ltr">Beratung eines deutschen multinationalen Unternehmens im Hinblick auf strafrechtliche Vorwürfe der Nutzung von Zwangsarbeit in seiner internationalen Lieferkette</li><li dir="ltr">Gerichtliche Vertretung einer Landesbank in Schadensersatzprozessen wegen Nichteinhaltung steuerrechtlicher Vorschriften</li><li dir="ltr">Laufende Beratung einer Bank zur D&O Versicherung</li><li dir="ltr">Vertretung eines börsennotierten Biomedizinunternehmens in aktienrechtlichen Anfechtungs- und Freigabeverfahren</li><li dir="ltr">Untersuchung für eine Landesbank zu steuerlich strukturierten Transaktionen</li><li dir="ltr">Vertretung einer deutschen Bank in einem Schiedsverfahren gegen ein ehemaliges Vorstandsmitglied</li><li dir="ltr">Vertretung einer Landesbank bei der außergerichtlichen und schiedsgerichtlichen Geltendmachung und Durchsetzung von Organhaftungsansprüchen und Beratung zu Fragen der D&O Versicherung</li><li dir="ltr">Beratung der MAN SE bei der Prüfung und Geltendmachung von Organhaftungsansprüchen und Verhandlungen mit D&O Versicherern</li><li dir="ltr">Geltendmachung von Schadensersatzansprüchen für die Deutsche Bahn wegen des sogenannten Schienenkartells</li><li dir="ltr">Beratung eines börsennotierten Unternehmens wegen seines SDN-Listings durch das Office of Foreign Assets Controls des U.S.-Finanzministeriums im Hinblick auf das Handelsembargo gegen den Iran</li><li dir="ltr">Beratung eines deutsch-amerikanischen multinationalen Unternehmens und interne Untersuchungen des osteuropäischen, russischen und zentralasiatischen Vertriebsnetzes</li><li dir="ltr">Interne Untersuchungen für die Hamburg Commercial Bank AG (ehemals HSH Nordbank AG) zu den Hintergründen von Entlassungen von Managern</li><li dir="ltr">Diverse Untersuchungen von Untreue- und Kickbackkonstellationen beim Outsourcing von Dienstleistungen</li></ul>