Anika Schürmann

Dr. Anika Schürmann co-leads Baker McKenzie's German Investigations, Compliance & Ethics Practice and serves on the Legislative Committee for Compliance & CSR of the German Bar Association. A bar-certified professional in criminal law (Fachanwältin für Strafrecht), Anika has close to 20 years of experience in advising clients on all aspects of business crime, with a strong focus on complex investigations and proceedings. Anika is also co-head of Baker McKenzie's German Consumer Goods & Retail Industry Group.

Anika advises on all areas of business crime, including cartels and bid rigging, corruption, fraud, tax and customs evasion, cybercrime, product compliance violations, and other business crime offenses. She has extensive experience managing complex internal investigations and representing clients in regulatory and judicial proceedings before German and European authorities and courts – both in self-disclosure/leniency cases and on the defense side. Anika also designs and implements global compliance programs and counsels clients on the legality of business models and contractual relationships with business partners.

Legislative Committee for Compliance & CSR of the German Bar Association (DAV) - Committee Member

German Association of Antitrust Lawyers - (Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht) – Former Co-head of the North Rhine-Westphalia chapter

German White Collar Crime Association (WisteV) - Member

Association of Female Lawyers in White Collar Crime and Criminal Tax Law (JuWist) - Member

Criminal Law Section of the German Bar Association (DAV) – Member

W@CompetitionDE – Member of German chapter