Joshua Pawel LL.M. (Compliance)

Joshua Pawel, LL.M. advises and defends both private and corporate clients in all areas of white collar criminal law. Another focus of his practice is advising corporate clients on all kinds of compliance issues, particularly in the field of anti-corruption and AML compliance. Joshua Pawel is part of the firm's Compliance Unit.

He studied law at the University of Münster. From early on, he focused on white collar and criminal tax law. After graduating, he took up his legal clerkship at the Higher Regional Court of Hamm, working for the public prosecutor’s office Essen in the department for organized crime, a criminal division at the Essen Regional Court, and a boutique law firm specializing in white-collar criminal law in Düsseldorf.

From 2019 to 2021, Joshua Pawel completed the Master Program "Compliance & Corporate Security" at the University of Applied Science, Cologne. In 2021, he successfully passed the examination to become a Certified Compliance Officer exam (TÜV).

Before joining PARK | Wirtschaftsstrafrecht, Joshua Pawel worked as a lawyer at a medium-sized commercial law firm and a major international law firm in Düsseldorf. There, he was also involved in advising and defending corporate and private clients in all areas of white-collar criminal law as well as assisting companies in internal investigations and advising them on compliance issues.

Joshua Pawel joined PARK | Wirtschaftsstrafrecht in January 2022.

Joshua Pawel is a member of the Association of German Defence Lawyers, the Association on White Collar Criminal Law, the Criminal Law Section of the Association of German Lawyers and the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners.