Katerina Schenkova Moves In-House as Regional Compliance Officer at Thyssenkrupp

Former Baker McKenzie Senior Associate Katerina Schenkova has joined Thyssenkrupp as its new Regional Compliance Officer.

Thyssenkrupp is a German industrial engineering and steel production multinational conglomerate.

Prior to her move, Schenkova worked for Baker McKenzie as an Associate between 2015 and 2019 and as a Senior Associate since 2019. Earlier, she was an Attorney at Law with Cerha Hempel between 2014 and 2015. Earlier still, she was an Attorney with Baker McKenzie between 2011 and 2014. She started her career with Schoenherr where she was a Student Intern and later an Associate between 2007 and 2010.

“I am grateful for my time at Baker McKenzie and I am excited to put my skills and knowledge into good use atThyssenkrupp,” Schenkova commented. “I am looking forward to my new tasks, advising not only in my core expertise areas of antitrust and anti-corruption but also trade sanctions and data protection. I am taking over a region with an established compliance program and culture and I look forward to further developing and strengthening the role of compliance in the region.”

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