WT Regional Investigations, Crisis Response & Compliance Workshop

Wolf Theiss hosted the 2025 edition of the WT Regional Investigations, Crisis Response & Compliance Workshop – a private, by-invitation-only event for selected professionals from the fields of investigations, compliance and corporate governance.

Held over two days in Prague, this closed-door forum offers a discreet setting for high-level exchange on legal and practical challenges arising from cross-border investigations, evolving enforcement regimes and growing expectations on corporate accountability. The programme is designed for senior in-house counsel, compliance officers and executives responsible for legal risk management in the CEE/SEE region and beyond.

Our partner Norman Aas joined a panel moderated by Oleg Temnikov (Wolf Theiss), alongside Carolin Reese (Zalando), Jamie Schafer, CAMS (Perkins Coie), and Dr. Kerstin Wilhelm (Linklaters). The panel explored global approaches to sanctions enforcement — from U.S. sanctions regimes to internal corporate compliance practices.

Topics in focus
This year’s programme is structured around a series of targeted panel discussions addressing current legal and enforcement trends:

• Global anti-corruption and enforcement update
• AI in investigations, data analytics and data protection issues in investigations
• Risk taking in compliance scenarios and the connected management board liability
• Grey zones in pharma and MedTech: What practices may cross the line
• Compliance management programmes and their impacts on sanctions in criminal and competition proceedings
• Sanctions violations/export control – enforcement and compliance standards
• HR-related investigations, MeToo investigations
• Financial crime on the radar, AML