Our Team

Your specia­lists for compliance, ESG and conflict resolution

Our many years of corporate experience coupled with legal expertise enable us to provide practical and legally compliant solutions.

  • Compliance

  • ESG

  • Human rights

  • Commercial law

  • Dispute Resolution

  • EUCON – European Institute for Conflict Management e.V., Chairman of the Board

  • DICO – German Institute for Compliance e.V.

  • DIS – German Insti­tution of Arbitration, Member of the Advisory Board

  • RTMKM – Round Table Mediation and Conflict Management of German Business, founding member and board member

  • DHL – Member of the Sustaina­bility Advisory Council

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Lawyer and Commercial mediator

Dr. Ulrich Hagel

Partner

  • ulrich.hagel@hwcl.de

  • + 49 179 417 51 39

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).

  • Compliance

  • ESG

  • Human rights

  • Commercial law

  • Dispute Resolution

  • EUCON – European Institute for Conflict Management e.V., Chairman of the Board

  • DICO – German Institute for Compliance e.V.

  • DIS – German Insti­tution of Arbitration, Member of the Advisory Board

  • RTMKM – Round Table Mediation and Conflict Management of German Business, founding member and board member

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Lawyer

Patrick Späth, LL.M. (King’s College London)

Partner

  • patrick.spaeth@hwcl.de

  • +49 178 479 12 65

Patrick Späth, a partner at HWCL, advises German and inter­na­tional companies on compliance and corporate gover­nance issues as well as Environ­mental Social Gover­nance (ESG) Regulation. He conducts internal inves­ti­ga­tions into alleged misconduct, conducts due diligence audits, and evaluates compliance management systems.

Patrick Späth represents clients in court, out of court, and before arbitration tribunals in the defense and assertion of claims related to compliance viola­tions, alleged breaches of supply chain due diligence standards, corporate law disputes, and negotia­tions regarding the coverage of damage claims by D&O insurers. He has extensive experience in advising on regulatory and prose­cu­torial procee­dings, as well as in monitoring and managing spillover risks between regulatory and civil court procee­dings in Germany and abroad.

Legal 500 Germany recom­mends Patrick Späth als leading advisor for internal inves­ti­ga­tions since 2019.

Patrick Späth is a member of the Committee for Corporate Social Respon­si­bility and Compliance at the German Bar Association and member of the board of EBEN e.V.(Deutsches Netzwerk für Wirtschafts­ethik e.V.). He is a lecturer at Humboldt University of Berlin for compliance, internal inves­ti­ga­tions and ESG.

  • Compliance and white-collar criminal law

  • ESG

  • Corporate law, corporate gover­nance and D&O insurance

  • Human rights

  • Dispute Resolution

  • Working groups for ESG, internal inves­ti­ga­tions and human rights at the German Institute for Compliance (DICO)

  • Committee for Corporate Social Respon­si­bility and Compliance at the German Bar Association

  • Board member of EBEN e.V. (Deutsches Netzwerk für Wirtschaft­ethik e.V.)

  • Inter­na­tional Bar Association, Anti-Corruption Committee

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  • Compliance and white-collar criminal law

  • ESG

  • Corporate law, corporate gover­nance and D&O insurance

  • Human rights

  • Dispute Resolution

  • Working groups for ESG, internal inves­ti­ga­tions and human rights at the German Institute for Compliance (DICO)

  • Committee for Corporate Social Respon­si­bility and Compliance at the German Bar Association

  • Board member of EBEN e.V. (Deutsches Netzwerk für Wirtschaft­ethik e.V.)

  • Inter­na­tional Bar Association, Anti-Corruption Committee

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Lawyer

Michael Wiedmann

Partner

  • michael.wiedmann@hwcl.de

  • +49 162 401 37 38

As a partner at HWCL, Michael Wiedmann advises companies from various indus­tries on all compliance issues, in parti­cular with regard to sustaina­bility obliga­tions and ethical corporate gover­nance. He supports and advises on the estab­lishment and further develo­pment of compliance and risk management systems, whist­le­b­lower systems and internal inves­ti­ga­tions as well as on compliance due diligence and commu­ni­cation with super­visory authorities.

Clients appre­ciate his pragmatic and company-specific solutions. Michael Wiedmann worked for over 20 years in various management positions in a large German trading company, including as General Counsel, Company Secretary, Chief Repre­sen­tative, Group Director Public Policy and Chief Compliance Officer. He also has experience in the raw materials and automotive industries.

Michael Wiedmann is Co-Head of the Working Group on Human Rights in Companies of the German Institute for Compliance (DICO) since 2019.

  • Compliance

  • ESG

  • Human rights

  • Commercial law

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  • Compliance

  • ESG

  • Human rights

  • Commercial law

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  • Compliance

  • ESG

  • Whist­le­b­lowers and complaints procedure

  • Human rights, European and inter­na­tional law

Lawyer

Lou-Angelina Lauer, LL.M. (Canterbury/NZ)

Of Counsel

  • lou-angelina.lauer@hwcl.de

  • +49 (0)30 629 39 79 55

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.

  • Compliance

  • ESG

  • Whist­le­b­lowers and complaints procedure

  • Europe and inter­na­tional law

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