• Major IT Service Provider in Germany: Handling complex crisis and reputational management while performing an internal investigation re a severe #netoo harassement case; cooperation with crisis communication, inhouse legal and compliance teams, authorities and courts
• Banking cooperative in Central Germany: strategic advice and investigation re fraud and theft of huge amounts of Gold by an employee (8-digit damage), cooperation with Insurance company and Prosecutor, avoiding special investigation by banking supervision authority BaFin according to Sec 44 German Banking Act
• Major German plant manufacturer: criminal law assessment of alleged corrupt practices involving individuals in Germany and Russia; developing strategy on dealing with the situation and mitigating the risks
• Banking cooperative in Northern Germany: internal investigation re alleged fraud scheme implemented by a former CEO (7-digit damage), including cooperation with Police and Prosecutor, tax authorities and banking supervision authority BaFin and setup of an external defense counsel team of 11 colleagues
• Major German energy provider: criminal law assessment of alleged corrupt practices; developing strategy on ways to implement a compliant conduct and improvement of anti corruption compliance proceedings
• Banking cooperative in Southern Germany: internal investigation into fraudulent conduct of a part-time employee (7-digit damage), criminal law assessment and cooperation with police and prosecutor, civil law and regulator aspects
• German Fintech: Covering the winding down of an unlawful business according to banking supervision authority BaFin restrictions; negotiations with the prosecutor’s office and BaFin.
• Major German automotive supplier: internal investigation into an alleged social contributions fraud, criminal law assessment of multiple compliance-related situations, defending the client against prosecution authority
• Bavarian banking cooperative: Advice re intransparent conduct of an external advisors, cooperation with banking supervision authority BaFin, reallocation of compliance procedures and training of management and supervisory board
• Municipal utilities corporation: investigating a corruption scheme involving leading employees, cooperation with Prosecutor and Police
• Major German automotive supplier: investigation into a fatal work accident, complex coordination with Bavarian Federal Police experts and other authorities involved, defending the client against prosecution authority
• Austrian Bank: advice on how to deal with a whistleblowing activity, support in internal investigation
• Savings Bank in Southern Germany: advice on dealing with a cybercrime attack
• Individuals: Witness counsel to several dozens of employees of a major Italian bank re alleged breach of United States embargo rules regarding Iran, SWIFT code stripping, and fraud to U.S. correspondent banks
• Individuals: Defending various bank employees in cum/ex tax fraud investigations
• Individuals: Defending a board member of a former German department store chain re alleged embezzlement and fraud
• Individuals: Defending the President of a medical council re alleged tax evasion
• Individuals: Defending a Diesel motor construction engineer re alleged aiding and abetting fraud

• Justus-Liebig University, Giessen, Germany (1st State Examination in Law, 1999)
• University of Osnabrück, Germany (Postgraduate Studies, White Collar Crime, 2001)
• Regional Court of Giessen, Germany (2nd State Examination in Law 2003)

• German
• English

Conferences:

• German Compliance Conference (Deutsche Compliance Konferenz by Deutscher Fachverlag): Setting the respective contents and agenda, picking the speakers, and moderating the conference every year from 2020 to 2025 

Editor:

• Editor of the magazine „Compliance Advisor” (specialist media for law and economics, German specialist publisher)

Publications:

• German Corporate Sanctions Act (VerSanG-E) 2.0 - What results from the "official" draft?
  Jörg Bielefeld
  in: Compliance-Berater 07/2020
• Effective organizational culture, risk- and compliance culture to avoid liability
  Jörg Bielefeld
  in: Compliance-Berater, 06/2020
• German Corporate Sanctions Act (VerSanG-E) - Official!
  Jörg Bielefeld
  in: Compliance-Berater, 06/2020
• Cooperation under the Association Sanctions Act: How Others Do It - Lessons from the UK and USA
  Jörg Bielefeld
  in: Compliance-Berater, 1–2/2020, p. 8 et seq.
• Supervisory Board Member as Mini Jobber - Questionable Awo Transactions
  Jörg Bielefeld (multiple quotes on the "Awo Scandal")
  in: FAZ of 13 December 2019, No. 290, p. 31
• Interdisciplinary view of compliance culture
  Jörg Bielefeld
  in: Compliance Dezember 2019/Januar 2020, p.10
• Cooperation with Criminal Prosecutors in Accordance with the Draft law on German Corporate Sanctions Act
  Jörg Bielefeld
  in: Compliance-Berater, 11/2019, p. 413 et seq.
• Everything is going to Change
  Jörg Bielefeld
  in: Compliance-Berater-Editorial, 11/2019
• German Corporate Sanctions Act - Cooperation with Prosecutors
  Jörg Bielefeld
  in: Compliance-Newsletter, November 2019, p. 7
• The victim compensation procedure under the new law on asset recovery - opportunity and risk at the same time
  Jörg Bielefeld und Timo Handel
  in: wistra, 01/2019, p. 9 et seq.
• Sanctions against Companies for Compliance Violations: Current Developments and Trends
  Jörg Bielefeld
  in: Fraud & Compliance Management: Trends, Entwicklungen, Perspektiven, Hans-Willi Jackmuth, Christian de Lamboy and Peter Zawilla (Publisher), Frankfurt School Publisher, 2018
• New Impetus for Internal Investigations - How the Coalition Agreement influences Internal Surveys
  Jörg Bielefeld
  in: Compliance, 04/2018, p. 2
• Asset Recovery and Compliance
  Jörg Bielefeld
  in: Compliance, 09/2017, p. 2
• CEO Fraud is making Steam in the Compliance Discussion
  Jörg Bielefeld 
  in: Compliance-Berater, 3/2017
• New risks for Companies: What is in Store for Traders in Goods under the (amended) 4th EU Money Laundering Directive
  Jörg Bielefeld and Dr. Lenard Wengenroth
  in: Betriebs Berater, 42/2016, p. 2499 et seq.
• Role Models are Needed - Why every Company needs a Functioning Compliance Culture
  Jörg Bielefeld (Interview)
  in: Kölner Stadtanzeiger and Kölnischen Rundschau, 7.10.2016
• Anti-Corruption Law puts Healthcare in the Focus of Law Enforcement
  Jörg Bielefeld
  in: Compliance, 3/2016, p. 2
• Ban on Seizure of Defence Documents from Internal Investigations - Practical Consequences of the Decision of the Braunschweig Regional Court of 21 July 2015
  Jörg Bielefeld and Dr Lenard Wengenroth  
  in: Compliance Berater, 3/2016, p. 79 et seq.
• Anti-Corruption 2.0 - Practical Implications of the Federal Government's Draft Law on Combating Corruption
  Jörg Bielefeld and Dr Lenard Wengenroth  
  in: Compliance-Berater, 10/2015, p. 367 et seq.
• Everyone should be the best CO
  Jörg Bielefeld
  in: Compliance, Edition June 2015
• Companies are facing a dilemma
  Jörg Bielefeld
  in: Compliance, Edition 04/2015, p. 7
• Compliance - ISO-Standard 19600
  Jörg Bielefeld
  in: Compliance, February 2015, p. 2
• Using the instruments - Plea against an Independent Corporate Criminal Law
  Jörg Bielefeld
  in: DeutscherAnwaltSpiegel, Edition 02, 23 January 2013, p. 4 et seq.

Lectures:

• Guest Appearance on 07 Octobre 2015 on FINANCE-TV about: the Emissions Scandal also raises Compliance Issues at VW;
• Jörg Bielefeld regularly gives Lectures on Corporate Investigation and Prevention & Criminal Compliance.

• White Collar Crime Association, WisteV (Wirtschaftsstrafrechtliche Vereinigung e.V.)
• German Institute for Compliance (DICO)
• Criminal Law Working Group of the German Lawyers Association (AG Strafrecht)
• European Criminal Bar Association, ECBA
• German Centre for White Collar Crime, DZWiSt (Deutsches Zentrum für Wirtschaftsstrafrecht e.V.)

• Jörg Bielefeld is one of "Germany’s best lawyers" for Corporate Governance & Compliance and White Collar Law (Handelsblatt & Best Lawyers 2024) 
• "TOP Lawyer" for Compliance Law (WirtschaftsWoche, since 2019)
• Jörg Bielefeld is one of "Germany’s best lawyers" for White Collar Law (Handelsblatt & Best Lawyers, since 2019) 
• Jörg Bielefeld is a recommended Lawyer for White Collar Crime, Internal Investigations & Compliance in Germany, first tier (LeadersLeague 2022) 
• Jörg Bielefeld is recommended for White Collar Law in Germany (EXPERT GUIDES 2020, 2021)
• Jörg Bielefeld is recommend for Compliance Law (kanzleimonitor 2019/2020, 2020/2021)

Jörg Bielefeld trained over 10.000 executive staff of various corporations in Anti-Corruption Compliance and in Best Practice during Search and Seizure

2003