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Webinars
TRACE hosts webinars on a variety of regulatory compliance topics on a monthly basis. Webinar recordings are available in the members-only Resource Center and can be used for ad hoc training or as part of a comprehensive global training program coupled with our eLearning. Select webinars are open to the public. Advanced training, available through TRACEpro, includes a selection of our recorded webinars.
Dissecting the multinational business focus in Germany
Tuesday, 14 December 2021 | 1:00 PM ET (6:00 PM GMT)
Dissecting the multinational business focus in Germany: how recent laws on company supply chains, public procurement, and even failed legislation on corporate criminal liability can affect how an organization plans for the future
With a growing number of countries concerned about human rights violations throughout the EU, Germany has introduced its own Federal Supply Chain Act to combat bad behavior at every business level, causing a ripple effect that has yet to be determined. Alongside the addition of a recent public procurement register, and the likelihood of corporate criminal liability to be at the forefront of the federal agenda next year, companies doing business in Germany will need to re-assess their resources and prepare for new processes and procedures as they consider working within the country. Our subject matter experts will help to guide the audience on the future of business in Germany.
This webinar will:
- summarize the Public Procurement Register and who is affected;
- review the German Federal Supply Chain Act and predict just how widespread this law’s reach; and
- discuss the failed corporate criminal liability legislation and its likelihood of being passed in the future.
SPEAKER BIOGRAPHY
Dr. Christian Schefold
LL.M., Rechtsanwalt / Partner / Co-Head German Compliance Group
Dentons
Dr. Christian Schefold, LL.M., is a Partner in the Berlin office of Dentons, a member of the Corporate practice and co-heading the German Compliance practice. He focuses on compliance, corporate and data protection law. Christian headed the compliance consultation department at Daimler AG where he was co-responsible for setting up a compliance network within the Daimler group worldwide. Prior to this task, he worked several years as senior counsel with Daimler Financial Services AG being responsible inter alia for IP, IT & DP law, international commercial law, financing, M&A and public-private partnerships (namely for the legal set-up of the German motorway tolling system Toll Collect). He is constantly practicing data protection law since 1996.
Christian’s favorites are setting up compliance management systems (CMS), especially for fighting bribery, avoiding pitfalls with dubious business partners but also for meeting the global challenges of modern privacy requirements.
Dr. Gabriele Haas
Partner
Dentons
Dr. Gabriele Haas is a partner at the Frankfurt office of Dentons. She is a member of the Corporate Practice Group and focuses on compliance and regulation as well as energy law.Dr. Gabriele Haas is a partner at the Frankfurt office of Dentons. She is a member of the Corporate Practice Group and focuses on compliance and regulation as well as energy law.
In addition to her energy practice, Gabriele supports clients from various industries in the areas of compliance and regulation. She advises on setting up bespoke compliance management systems, corporate governance and control structures and on criminal and administrative responsibility and civil liability. Gabriele focuses on market manipulation and insider trading, bribery and corruption, money laundering and terrorist financing as well as on economic sanctions. Gabriele, has significant in-house experience as a senior executive in the energy and oil and gas industry. In her energy practice, she focuses on ESG, energy transition topics and on energy regulation. Gabriele co-heads the working group counterparty risks at DICO e.V.