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Dr. Jakob Christiansen

Dr. Jakob Christiansen

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Dr. Jakob Christiansen advises national and international companies on corporate compliance and corporate litigation. A key focus of his work is the implementation and further development of preventive compliance management systems.

In addition, Dr Jakob Christiansen assists companies in conducting internal investigations in cases of (suspected) compliance violations as well as in regular compliance risk analyses. He also advises companies and private individuals in judicial and extrajudicial disputes, with a particular focus on liability issues relating to compliance breaches and other corporate law disputes. After several years of professional experience, he joined Taylor Wessing in 2026 and is based in the firm’s Hamburg office.

Expertise

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Corporate crime & compliance
Disputes & investigations
Compliance

CV

2026 Associate, Taylor Wessing
2022 - 2026 Associate, ECOVIS Insolvenz und Sanierungs AG
2025 Doctoral degree with a dissertation on insolvency law, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel
2022 Admitted and established as a lawyer, Hamburg
2021 Second State Examination, Hanseatic Higher Regional Court, Hamburg
2019 First State Examination
2015 - 2016 Study of law, Charles University in Prague
2013 - 2019 Legal degree studies, Universität Hamburg

Career

2026 Associate, Taylor Wessing
2022 - 2026 Associate, ECOVIS Insolvenz und Sanierungs AG

Education

2025 Doctoral degree with a dissertation on insolvency law, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel
2022 Admitted and established as a lawyer, Hamburg
2021 Second State Examination, Hanseatic Higher Regional Court, Hamburg
2019 First State Examination
2015 - 2016 Study of law, Charles University in Prague
2013 - 2019 Legal degree studies, Universität Hamburg

Publications

Haftung des Sanierungsgutachters bei Insolvenzverschleppung, in: ZinsO, 41/2023, S. 2159 - 2164

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