Dr Nathalie Isabelle Thorhauer

Nathalie advises and represents companies in cases of white-collar crime (inter alia corruption, embezzlement, and fraud) and insolvency administrators in cases of fraudulent insolvency. Nathalie assists in complex cases of fraud litigation at the interface between civil and criminal law. She specialises in the judicial and extrajudicial assertion of directors' liability and other claims against those involved in white-collar crime. This includes the accompaniment of investigations by public prosecutors, support of internal investigations and enforcement. Nathalie advises companies preventively and on a case-by-case basis on compliance issues,  including those with a cross-border dimension.

Accolades

• Ranked as one of “Germany’s Best Lawyers” for "Corporate Governance & Compliance" and "Wirtschaftsstrafrecht/Criminal Defense"
  Best Lawyers / Handelsblatt 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024

Publications

• Stellungnahme der Wirtschaftsstrafrechtliche Vereinigung e. V. (WisteV) zum Regierungsentwurf des Bundesministeriums der Justiz und für Verbraucherschutz eines "Gesetzes zur Stärkung der Integrität in der Wirtschaft", in: WiJ Edition 3/4.2020, p. 117 et seqq.

• Note for the Board on Anti-Corruption: Germany, Thomson Reuters Practical Law, 2022 (together with Dr Dirk Seiler).

• Anti-corruption: Private Acquisitions and Joint Ventures (Germany), Thomson Reuters Practical Law, 2022 (together with Dr Dirk Seiler).

• The International Investigations Review: Germany, in: Nicolas Bourtin (ed.), The International Investigations Review, The Law Reviews, 13th Edition, 2023 (together with Nina-Isabell Ballwanz and Dr Dirk Seiler).

• Supply Chain Law in Germany: Current Steps Towards a Mandatory Human Rights Due Diligence Law, Herbert Smith Freehills, Latest Thinking, 22 July 2020.

• Ein „Unternehmensstrafrecht“ für Deutschland. Im Blickpunkt: Neue Haftungsrisiken für Manager und D&O-Versicherer?, in: ComplianceBusiness, Edition 2, June 2020, p. 8-10 (together with Nina-Isabell Ballwanz and Dr. Dirk Seiler).

• German Ministry of Justice releases official draft Corporate Sanctions Act, Herbert Smith Freehills, FSR and Corporate Crime Notes, 23 April 2020.

• Corporate Criminal Liability and Internal Investigations – Expected Legislative Changes in Germany, Herbert Smith Freehills, FSR and Corporate Crime Notes, 23 September 2019.

• Jurisdiktionskonflikte im Rahmen transnationaler Kriminalität. Zur Koordination der Strafgewalten über natürliche Personen und Unternehmen in der Europäischen Union, Studien zum Strafrecht, Band 96, Baden-Baden: Nomos – Zürich/St. Gallen: Dike Verlag 2019 (Nomos eLibrary).

• Verschärfter Kampf gegen Geldwäsche. Neues Geldwäschegesetz Ende Juni 2017 in Kraft getreten, in: ICC Germany-Magazin, December 2017, p. 28-31 (together with Dr Helmut Görling and Dr Patricia Nacimiento).

• European Account Preservation Orders. A New Streamlined Procedure for Freezing EU Bank Accounts in Cross-border Cases, in: Herbert Smith Freehills, Cross-border Litigation, International Perspectives, Issue 1, March 2017, p. 12-13 (together with Dr Helmut Görling).

• Die Europäische Ermittlungsanordnung. Im Blickpunkt: Neue Wege der grenzüberschreitenden Beweiserhebung in Strafsachen, in: ComplianceBusiness, Edition 3, September 2016, p. 16-19 (together with Dr Helmut Görling).

• Conflicts of Jurisdiction in Cross-border Criminal Cases in the Area of Freedom, Security, and Justice. Risks and Opportunities from an Individual Rights-Oriented Perspective, in: New Journal of European Criminal Law, Vol. 6, Issue 1, 2015, p. 78-101.

• Contributions to the firm's "Corporate Crime Monthly Update".

Memberships

• Wirtschaftsstrafrechtliche Vereinigung e.V.

• Alumni und Freunde des Fachbereichs Rechtswissenschaft Frankfurt e.V.

• Women in eDiscovery

• JuWiSt e.V. - Juristinnen im Wirtschafts- und Steuerstrafrecht

Background

Nathalie was admitted to the bar in 2012 and holds a doctorate degree (Dr. iur.) of the Goethe-University of Frankfurt in the field of International and European criminal law. Before joining Herbert Smith Freehills in 2016, she initially worked in dispute resolution and arbitration at a leading international law firm while writing her doctoral thesis. She then moved to AGS Legal, one of the leading German law firms specialising in compliance and internal investigations. At EUROJUST, The Hague, Nathalie gained practical experience in cross-border prosecution of transnational crime. Nathalie studied law in Frankfurt and Lyon. She speaks German, English, and French.