As a partner at HWCL, Ulrich Hagel advises companies, associa­tions and public clients on all compliance issues and in the area of dispute resolution. He supports and advises on the estab­lishment and further develo­pment of compliance and risk management systems, whist­le­b­lower systems and internal investigations.

Ulrich Hagel acts as a neutral commercial mediator, conci­liator and arbitrator in conflict resolution, but also as a party repre­sen­tative (mediation lawyer) in mediation procee­dings. Clients value his entre­pre­neurial perspective. Ulrich Hagel worked for over 25 years as a corporate lawyer and commercial project manager for a global market leader in the rail industry, for example as Chief Compliance & Security Officer, Head of Litigation, General Counsel Office (Legal Opera­tions) and Contracts & Commercial Management Procu­rement. For more than 15 years, he was Head of the Compliance Working Group of the German Railway Industry Association (VDB).

Ulrich Hagel is Chairman of the Board of the European Institute for Conflict Management (EUCON), member of the Advisory Board of the German Arbitration Institute (DIS), member of the Human Rights and Export Control Working Groups of the German Institute for Compliance (DICO).

At HWCL, Lou-Angelina Lauer advises companies, associa­tions, etc. on all compliance issues, in parti­cular on German and European due diligence legis­lation and the inter­pre­tation of inter­na­tional treaties and provides efficient and practice-oriented support for internal company implementation.

As an association lawyer and in-house counsel, she has over ten years of experience in working with minis­tries, the Bundestag and federal autho­rities as well as in providing legal advice and conceptual develo­pment of sustaina­bility laws and their complaints procedures.

Her university studies focused on European and inter­na­tional law, and she also has inter­na­tional work experience at the United Nations and foreign chambers of commerce in New York, Nairobi and Singapore.