The question of the criminal liability of transnational companies for international crimes is increasingly important. This study is grounded in the current state of the art at the international level and across multiple jurisdictions. It explains corporate liability using an attribution model: the conduct of the company's employees and its lack of adequate supervision and organisation are attributed to the company. The study also shows that complicity is the most relevant mode of participation. The overall conclusion is that the preventive effect of criminal law in this area is limited and needs to be complemented by a series of other measures as part of a holistic approach to corporate criminality.

Legal education at the universities of Freiburg, Oxford (UK) and Munich 1984-1990. First State Exam in Bavaria, 1990; Second State Exam in Baden-Wuerttemberg, 1994. LL.D. 1992 and Habilitation (Post-Doc) at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, 2001 (venia legendi in Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Criminology, Comparative Law and Public International Law). Former senior research fellow at the Max-Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law and senior research assistant at the University of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany. Acting Professor in Freiburg, summer term 2002 and winter term 2002/2003, Calls to chairs from the universities of Göttingen and Graz. Since May 2003 Chair of Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Comparative Law and International Criminal Law at the Georg-August-University Göttingen, Germany. Head of the Department of Foreign and International Criminal Law, Institute of Criminal Law and Justice at the University of Göttingen. Responsible for the Master Programs since April 2006. Judge at the Provincial Court Göttingen (Landgericht). Dean of Students of the Faculty of Law at the University of Göttingen between April 2008 and 2010. Since February 2017 Judge at the Kosovo Specialist Chambers, The Hague (KSC) and since December 2017 Advisor (amicus curiae) Special Jurisdiction for Peace, Bogotá, Colombia.

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