Kerstin Wilhelm

Practice Areas

Kerstin has extensive experience advising clients in situations of crisis, with a particular focus on internal and enforcement investigations into all areas of business crime. She is a highly accomplished litigation and investigations practitioner and co-head of the German Crisis Management & Compliance group. She has specialised experience in internal and government investigations, both domestic and cross-border, in the field of white-collar crime as well as in compliance matters including advising on compliance risk assessments and compliance policies. Kerstin also has extensive experience in advising clients on EU sanctions risks with a focus on Russia-related sanctions which includes comprehensive advice in the context of mergers and acquisitions and joint ventures, dealing with sanctions regulators in Germany and abroad, representing clients vis-à-vis the authorities in regulatory and criminal proceedings and conducting investigations into potential sanctions breaches.

During a secondment to the investigations in-house team of a large international U.S.-based technology company, she gained additional experience in conducting internal investigations into sensitive matters in a number of jurisdictions.

Kerstin also has extensive experience in advising on dawn raids, as well as in complex civil litigation proceedings with a focus on banking and capital markets litigation, in particular mass litigation, often involving cases that are high-value, reputation-threatening and multijurisdictional.

Career

Kerstin joined Linklaters in 2010 and was elected Partner in 2019.