Sven Diener, LL.M.

Sven Diener has been a lawyer at VBB since 2016 and a partner in the firm since 2022. He represents and advises companies and their officers as well as individuals in all areas of white-collar criminal law. He specialises in competition and foreign trade criminal law and also represents clients in sports criminal law and sports disciplinary proceedings, for example before the FIFA Ethics Committee. In 2020, he obtained the title "Master of Laws" in sports law at the University of Bayreuth.

The trade and business press ranks Diener as one of the top lawyers in the areas of white-collar criminal law and compliance; Handelsblatt, among others, listed him as "Lawyer of the Future" in the 2021 Best Lawyers ranking and since 2022 - as well as the sector magazine JUVE and WirtschaftsWoche - as one of the leading lawyers in these areas. He was also involved in high-profile proceedings at an early stage. Diener has defended clients in complex large-scale proceedings such as the so-called "Sommermärchen" proceedings in connection with the 2006 World Cup or the Deutsche Bank "CO2 sales tax carousel".

In addition, Sven Diener supports companies of various sizes on an ongoing basis in the context of preventive criminal law and compliance advice, in particular in the development and expansion of internal guidelines for the delegation of criminal law responsibility. His advice is characterised by a holistic view of the bigger picture.

Mr Diener is the author of articles in specialist journals and handbooks and is also a speaker at in-house training courses and specialist events. Diener is the contact person for the Western regional group of the Wirtschaftsstrafrechtliche Vereinigung e.V. (WisteV).

Memberships:

• Altstipendiaten der Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung e.V.
• Deutscher Anwaltverein e.V. (DAV)
• JDWA – Verein Junger Düsseldorfer Wirtschaftsanwälte e.V.
• Wirtschaftsstrafrechtliche Vereinigung e.V. (WisteV)
• Wirtschaftsrat Deutschland