He is highly experienced in advising companies on a broad range of criminal matters, including bribery, embezzlement, fraud, insider dealing, money laundering, and tax evasion cases. Together with his team, he has successfully defended various companies and senior executives in complex criminal and administrative offence proceedings.
Tim also has very extensive experience in conducting internal investigations. He has led several high-profile compliance reviews across a wide variety of suspected misconduct, both domestically and cross-border. In addition, Tim specialises in assisting companies in the implementation and improvement of compliance management systems, such as in the areas of anti-bribery, anti-money laundering, and sanctions laws and regulations. He has a wealth of experience in conducting compliance due diligences, having advised buy-side and sell-side clients on more than 50 M&A transactions to date.
Tim is widely recognised as a leading practitioner in his field. Germany's renowned legal directory JUVE features him as a "frequently recommended" lawyer for compliance investigations, Legal 500 lists him among the "names of the next generation" for internal investigations in Germany, and German business news magazine WirtschaftsWoche ranks him as a "top lawyer for compliance".