2024-2025 Global AI Trends Guide
Désirée Maier
Partner
Languages
English, French, German
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Overview
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Experience
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Credentials
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Désirée Maier advises clients on issues relating to white-collar criminal law and compliance. She has particular expertise in the life sciences and health care sector.
One focus of her work lies on setting up and conducting cross-border investigations and in the defence against allegations of a criminal nature. She has extensive experience in advising during dawn raids, coordinating compliance of investigations with requirements under German, local law, U.S. and UK law as well as communicating with law enforcement authorities.
Désirée also regularly advises on the establishment and implementation of global compliance systems, including the performance of compliance audits. In addition, she has expertise in connection with civil law claims arising from compliance matters.
Désirée worked in the legal department of a U.S. Fortune 500 company with global responsibility for internal investigations and is head of the compliance working group of the German Mergers & Acquisitions Association.
Representative experience
Advising a global Fortune 500 pharmaceutical company on internal investigations in numerous European countries, including on corruption and antitrust allegations and potential compliance violations.
Conducting an investigation for a worldwide leading medical supplies producer (DAX 40), relating to potential embezzlement, bribery and tender violations in Ukraine.
Conducting a comprehensive internal investigation for a leading DAX 40 company into product compliance and fraud allegations and defending the company in the related public prosecutor proceedings.
Conducting an internal investigation in various European countries for a worldwide acting healthcare distributor (Fortune 500) into allegations around the CE certificate.
Advising a leading global Fortune 500 company on internal investigation in connection with proceedings by the Italian public prosecutor's office for possible tax evasion/bribery of public officials.
Advising a global manufacturer of medical devices on updating their global compliance system, on updating policies, procedures and organizational structure, setting up a corresponding organisation.
Credentials
Education
- Second State Exam in Law, Bavaria, 2012
- First State Exam in Law, University of Augsburg, 2010