Dr. Carsten Bormann
M.Jur. (Oxford)

Public Law / RegulatoryForeign TradeComplianceAerospace and Defence

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Dr. Carsten Bormann<br/>M.Jur. (Oxford)

Experience

Carsten Bormann advises and represents national and international clients on all questions concerning public / regulatory law and foreign trade.

His work includes, in particular, advice to international companies in the context of foreign direct investment screenings. Further areas of his expertise are export control and sanctions law, with an additional focus on the development and implementation of compliance structures.

Furthermore, Carsten Bormann advises companies on the risks of criminal offences and  provides accompanying legal support during internal investigations and external criminal and summary proceedings.

Carsten Bormann also has diverse experience in advising regulated industries.

Education

Carsten Bormann has been a lawyer at Oppenhoff since 2022. He studied law at the University of Bonn, specialising in European and international law, and at the University of Oxford (Magister Juris). During his legal training, Carsten Bormann worked in, among others, the business division of the German Federal Ministry of Defence and the Federal Ministry of the Interior. Before transferring to Oppenhoff, he was a desk officer at the Federal Ministry of the Interior, working in the Public Security division, and a lawyer in the regulatory practice group atHengeler Mueller.

 

Dr. Carsten Bormann
M.Jur. (Oxford)

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German, English

Konrad-Adenauer-Ufer 23
50668 Köln
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Books and Legal Commentaries

Transnationale Informationsgewinnung durch Nachrichtendienste und Polizei – Eine Untersuchung von Zulässigkeit und Verwertbarkeit [Transnational information-gathering by intelligence services and police - an examination of its admissibility and usability]
Bonn 2016 (Diss.)

Articles and Essays

Immer dichtere Regulierung durch Sanktionen und Exportkontrolle [Increasingly tight regulation through sanctions and export control]
Börsen-Zeitung dated 9 July 2022 (in collaboration with Stephan Müller)

Trading with Russia, Iran and other blacklisters – a deal breaker?
WorldECR, Issue 109, p. 30 et seqq.

Die Konfliktmineralienverordnung Baustein eines Sorgfaltspflichtensystems mit Haftungsrisiken [The Conflict Minerals Ordinance: building block of a due diligence system with liability risks]
AW-Prax Issue 08/2021 (in collaboration with Dr. Vera Jungkind)

Tactics and pitfalls in multijurisdictional FDI proceedings
WorIdECR, Issue 101, p. 23 et seqq. (in collaboration with Regina Kröll)

Geheimschutz in der Wirtschaft [Protection of secrecy in business]
DÖV 2020, p. 1061 et seqq. (in collaboration with Anouk Ludwig)

Die jüngste Novelle des Investitionsprüfungsrechts - Europäisierte Verschärfung [The latest amendment of investment screening law – Europeanised tightening of proceedings]
M&A Review 2020, p. 412 et seqq. (in collaboration with Dr. Vera Jungkind)

Die Novelle des Außenwirtschaftsrechts - Europäisierte Verschärfung des Investitionskontrollverfahrens [The amendment of foreign trade law – Europeanised tightening of investment screening proceedings]
DER KONZERN No. 10/2020, p. 369 et seqq. (in collaboration with Dr. Vera Jungkind)

Verschärfung des Außenwirtschaftsrechts vor dem Hintergrund der COVID-19 Pandemie [Tightening of foreign trade law against the background of the COVID 19 pandemic]
NZG 2020, 619 (in collaboration with Dr. Vera Jungkind)

Interne Compliance-Programme als Instrument der Exportkontrolle [Internal compliance programmes as instruments of export control]
AW-Prax Issue 03/2020 (in collaboration with Dr. Vera Jungkind)

Der Fall Khashoggi - Exportkontrolle im Spannungsverhältnis zwischen politischer Interessenverfolgung und Durchsetzung übergeordneter Rechtssätze ” [The Khashoggi case – export control in the tense relationship between the pursuit of political interests and the enforcement of overriding legal principles]
DÖV 16/2019, 629 (in collaboration with Anouk Ludwig)