Regulatory & Compliance

 

The business environment is increasingly influenced by national and international regulations, compliance with which is essential to avoid fines and penalties.

Deloitte Legal has the necessary expertise to avoid risks arising from violations of laws, standards, or internal guidelines and supports both public and private clients in monitoring regulatory changes, implementing appropriate processes, and training employees. In the event of a violation, Deloitte Legal advises on restoring integrity and defends the interests of its clients vis-à-vis the investigating authorities.

 

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Antitrust & Competition Law

We advise national and international enterprises in all areas of German and European antitrust and competition law.  
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Aniti-Money Laundering & Transparency Register

Deloitte Legal provides comprehensive advice on all aspects of compliance with anti-money laundering obligations regarding the notification of beneficial owners to the transparency register, both for German and foreign companies.
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Com­pliance

Today, companies must operate in accordance with a multitude of national and international laws and regulations and require effective business processes to ensure compliance and prevent regulatory issues.

Deloitte Legal provides companies with comprehensive and essential advice on compliance with legal and regulatory obligations that are important and crucial for operational and industry-specific business activities.

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Corporate Criminal Law

The economic consequences of white-collar crime are becoming increasingly apparent. Numerous indicators show that national and international regulators are imposing increasingly severe sanctions on companies and individuals alike.
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Criminal Tax Law

Deloitte Legal advises companies, groups of companies and individuals in all cases related to criminal tax law. The combination of advice related to fiscal offences with general tax advice allows us to optimize the results for our clients, in particular when it comes to the preparation of disclosure letters.
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Dawn Raid Services

Official investigations can affect any company – completely unexpectedly and sometimes through no fault of its own. It is therefore all the more important to be prepared for an unannounced search. We not only offer companies optimal preparation for a search, but also interdisciplinary coordination of the crisis situation “from a single source.”
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Energy

The Deloitte Legal energy team is advising on all aspects of energy law for many years.
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Environmental Social Governance - ESG

ESG steht für einen Ordnungsrahmen für Nachhaltigkeit. Nachhaltigkeit ist ein basales Prinzip der europäischen Wirtschaft. Die maßgeblichen Regularien werden auf EU-Ebene verabschiedet. Die effiziente und korrekte Umsetzung und Beachtung dieser Normen sind für Unternehmen unabdingbar. Viele Regularien betreffen mehrere Rechtsgebiete. Und genau an dieser Stelle zeigt sich der Vorteil unserer spezialisierten und fachübergreifenden Beratungsleistung. Deloitte Legal berät im Bereich ESG fachlich umfassend und bietet alles aus einer Hand.
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Foreign Trade Law

The efficient processing of international sales transactions is immensely important to our clients. Various national, European and international rules - characterized by constant change - regulate global trade. Companies are permanently confronted with new legal challenges.
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Foreign Direct Investments

Mergers and acquisitions may always be subject to investment control if a foreign investor's voting rights exceed certain thresholds. Our experts advise on the strategic approach to investment control in advance and, if necessary, accompany the reporting or review process of the proposed transaction.
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Public Procurement Law

We advise and support public contracting authorities and bidding companies at all stages of the procurement procedure from preparation of tender documents and response to bidder requests to selection of eligible bidders and awarding the contract as well as documentation of relevant facts.  
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News Archive 2025

Navigating the DORA contract compliance challenge

Reviewing and updating IT-related supplier contracts to match the numerous requirements formulated by DORA poses a tough challenge to financial entities, especially given the 17 January 2025 deadline. An efficient, systematic and digitally enabled review process is key to ensuring a DORA-compliant contract landscape.
Analysis
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New Roads to Dispute Resolution

Corporate disputes of all types have increased since the COVID-19 pandemic. Whether from tensions over employment, consumer rights or tax, businesses are facing growing volumes of litigation on multiple fronts. At the same time, disputes are becoming more complex, time consuming and expensive – yet the appetite to litigate is higher than ever.
Research

Anti-Money Laundering Compliance | Part 1: Overview of the new EU Anti-Money Laundering Regulation

EU-wide unified anti-money laundering and transparency requirements lead to a comprehensive expansion of the obligations of German and foreign companies to notify their beneficial owners to the German transparency register (Transparenzregister). In this first part of the series of articles, an overview of the new EU-AMLR is provided before going into more detail on selected key elements of the numerous new regulations in the following articles.

The future of legal work?

At Deloitte Legal, we believe that Generative AI has the potential to drive genuine, sustainable change in the way legal services are received and
delivered.
Research
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Is your tax CMS fit for an audit by the tax authorities?

As of 1 January 2023, the tax authorities are testing a new audit method and are allowed to check the effectiveness of a Tax Compliance Management System (Tax CMS) within the scope of an external audit. If the Tax CMS is effective, audit facilitations for the subsequent external audit will be granted upon application.
Perspective
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The 2024 CLO Strategy Survey

Explore the evolving responsibilities and strategies for the chief legal officer (CLO) role.
Research
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CTA in insolvency of the employer

The insolvency of the employer and the associated occurrence of the security case subject the substantive regulations of the CTA to a practical stress test with effects on the relevant stakeholders (in addition to the trustee, above all the employer/insolvency administrator, beneficiaries, PSV) in the case of hedging of obligations from company pension commitments (bAV commitments)). This Client Alert discusses the current legal framework and design options from the trustee's perspective - with consideration of the "protection case" roadmap.
Perspective
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In our Deloitte Legal Update webcast series, we address current legal issues as well as legal trends and developments that are important for corporate practice.

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Felix Skala, LL.M. (Boston University)

Partner | Lead Regulatory & Compliance Law
+49 40 378 538 0

Matthias Sierig

Partner | Lead Regulatory & Compliance Law
+49 711 669 6281

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