The agency has added a former felony lawyer to its Frankfurt litigation group.
Ashurst has employed Volker Rosengarten as a associate in its Frankfurt, Germany litigation follow. The agency introduced his arrival as we speak (15 Could) from Noerr, the place he labored as a associate for nearly three years.
The litigator has expertise throughout white-collar crime, compliance and investigations points. Rosengarten constructed his follow on industrial felony regulation with a give attention to cross-border points. His consumer base consists of administration our bodies and firms, which he defends in felony and administrative offence proceedings, together with his illustration of FIFA in connection to the Panama Papers investigations, and he advises on regulatory points and sanctions regulation. He additionally handles inside investigations and guides shoppers on compliance points, together with representing their pursuits in associated civil and administrative regulation proceedings.
Rosengarten joins the agency because it goals to broaden its German capabilities, along with his arrival approaching the heels of IP partner Roman Brtka, together with company companions Marina Arntzen and Stefan Bruder. He famous in an announcement that he joined the agency due to its “place in dispute decision and its sturdy international expertise in white-collar crime and investigations”, which he stated made Ashurst “a horny platform for my future work”.
He began his authorized profession at Allen & Overy (now A&O Shearman) in 2007 and left for Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan in 2012, the place he was promoted to associate in 2018 earlier than his switch to Noerr.
Ashurst Germany’s dispute decision follow head Nicolas Nohlen stated in an announcement: “Volker’s expertise in white-collar crime, inside investigations and compliance is the right complement to our present German disputes follow.” He highlighted that Rosengarten “will permit us to additional strengthen our Frankfurt providing and efficiently broaden this space along with his arrival”.
The agency’s disputes, investigations and advisory division head Tom Connor added: “White-collar crime and investigations are an space of strategic focus for us. Volker’s arrival displays this, and likewise marks an extra step within the continued progress of the disputes follow in Germany.”
Ashurst partner Tim West spoke to CDR in January to debate his work on the agency as a associate within the London dispute decision follow.
