Dr David Schmid
Counsel
Frankfurt am Main
Dr David Schmid
Counsel
Frankfurt am Main
Contact details
David's work focuses primarily on the field of crisis management. He regularly advises on large-scale, cross-border internal investigations being conducted at corporates and financial institutions, both with respect to ongoing proceedings instigated by regulators or other authorities and in preventative internal investigations, as well as the subsequent remediation measures.
His expertise in particular covers investigations relating to breaches of compliance regulations, tax-specific issues (e.g. cum-ex and similar constellations) or matters related to antitrust law, including associated aspects of white-collar crime. David also has extensive experience advising clients as a single point of contact in cybercrime cases and related prevention measures.
Further, David advises on national and cross-border disputes before public courts. In this context, the focus of his work lies on disputes following internal investigations and investigating the facts for complex proceedings.
David was able to broaden his experience in internal investigations through a secondment to the Regulatory Enforcement team of a major international financial institution.
Qualifications
Professional
Academic
Dr. jur., Ruprecht-Karls-Universität, Heidelberg, Germany, 2013
LL.M., Golden Gate University, San Francisco, USA, 2011
First German Law Degree, Heidelberg, Germany, 2009
Related articles
Publications: 07 June 2023
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Blog Post: 20 October 2021
Highest labour law court in Germany acknowledges recoverability of internal investigation costs
Qualifications
Professional
Academic
Dr. jur., Ruprecht-Karls-Universität, Heidelberg, Germany, 2013
LL.M., Golden Gate University, San Francisco, USA, 2011
First German Law Degree, Heidelberg, Germany, 2009
Published work
- Schmid D. (2017): „Electronic file keeping in court“, BGH, Urteil v. 6.4.2017, III ZR 368/14, Entscheidungssammlung zum Wirtschafts- und Bankenrecht (WuB) 2017, 573 seq. (with Dr Wolf Bussian, in German)
- Schmid D. (2016): "Advisory liability of a bank in connection with a currency-related swap“, OLG München judgment 23 U 3491/14, Entscheidungssammlung zum Wirtschafts- und Bankenrecht (WuB) 2016, 531 seq. (with Jan Erik Windthorst, in German)
- Schmid D. (2013) "Korruption durch Bonuszuwendungen: Strafbarkeit der (Media-)Agentur als Beauftragte im Sinne von § 299 Abs. 1 StGB", Centaurus Verlag
- Schmid D. (2012) "(Do) We need a European Civil Code (?)", Golden Gate University Annual Survey of International & Comparative Law, Volume XVIII, Spring 2012
