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Dr
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Simmons & Simmons LLP
Profile Info
Name
Hans-Hermann Aldenhoff
Experience
Corporate Monitoring Exp

Hans-Hermann has been acting for corporations that have been subject to a monitorship, typically following their involvement in bribery and corruption, fraud and related financial crimes, for several years. His appointments have included advice to a German DAX 30-listed company in relation to tainted activities in Central Asia as well as advice to a Chinese TMT company on disclosure obligations following its entering into a deferred prosecution agreement.

Currently, he is advising Larry Thompson, the DoJ appointed Monitor of Volkswagen Group on all matters of German and European labour and data protection matters.

Professional Experience

After obtaining a banking diploma, Hans-Hermann read law and economics in Münster (PhD), Düsseldorf and Sydney (LL.M.). Besides this, he underwent executive training in law firm leadership at Harvard Law School. He went to school in Phoenix/Az. and worked for Deutsche Bank, Allianz and the German Chamber of Commerce in Bangkok, Johannesburg and Singapore before joining a leading international law firm in 1999.

Hans-Hermann joined Simmons & Simmons in Düsseldorf as a partner in 2002. He led the firm’s German offices for more than ten years and oversaw its expansion into now three locations in Düsseldorf, Frankfurt and Munich. In addition, he has been Head of the firm’s Global Dispute Resolution Practice Group and a member of the International Executive Committee since 2008. Chambers Global cites clients who describe Hans-Hermann as "a consummate professional who explains difficult legal issues in plain English, which is remarkable given that it is not his first language. He is engaging, straightforward and extremely pleasant to work with". The leading German weekly magazine WirtschaftsWoche ranks him as one of Germany’s top practitioners for compliance.

He publishes frequently in the areas of employment and criminal law. By invitation of the United Nations, Hans-Hermann advised the government of the Palestinian administrated regions on anti-corruption legislation and acted as a trainer for the legal authorities in 2013. In 2015, members of the German parliament consulted him as a legal expert on the draft legislation against corruption in the health sector.

Education
Education

1989, apprenticeship - Deutsche Bank AG, Aachen/Germany, best graduate at Chamber of Commerce

1996, law degree - University of Münster/Germany, with high distinction, top 8% nationwide

1998, Dr. jur. (German equivalent to JD) - University of Münster

1999, German bar exam - Düsseldorf/Germany, high distinction, top 3% nationwide

2000, LL.M. Master of Laws - University of Sydney/Australia, high distinction

2008, executive training in law firm leadership - Harvard Law School

Affiliations
Professional Memberships

Düsseldorf bar

Alumni of the University of Sydney

TMA - Turnaround Managers' Association

Certifications/Licenses

Certfied banker, Aachen/Germany, 1989

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Contact Info
Email
Hans-Hermann.Aldenhoff@simmons-simmons.com
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