Katharina Humphrey is a partner in the Munich office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. She is a member of the firm’s White-Collar Defense and Investigations Practice Group.
She advises clients in the area of corporate governance and compliance. She has significant expertise in the areas of anti-bribery compliance – especially regarding the enforcement of German anti-corruption laws and the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) –, technical compliance, as well as sanctions and anti-money-laundering compliance.
Katharina advises companies in connection with internal corporate investigations, both nationally and internationally and on the structuring, implementation and assessment of compliance management systems. She represents companies before domestic and foreign authorities during associated criminal and administrative proceedings and is experienced in advising companies in connection with FCPA monitorships or similar monitor functions.
The Legal 500 Deutschland 2025 and The Legal 500 EMEA 2024 listed her again as "Next Generation Partner" in the field of Compliance. In the inaugural 2025 edition of Chambers Germany, she was ranked for Compliance. JUVE named Katharina to its "40 under 40" list in its January 2019 issue, presenting the rising stars among Germany’s lawyers under the age of 40.
Katharina studied at the University of Heidelberg, the University of Geneva and the University of Munich (LMU), specializing in International and European Law. She passed a part of her legal clerkship at the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in New Delhi and the Permanent Mission of the Federal Republic of Germany to the United Nations in New York.
She speaks German, English, French and Italian.
Capabilities
- White Collar Defense and Investigations
- Anti-Corruption & FCPA
- Consumer Protection
- ESG: Risk, Litigation, and Reporting
Credentials
Education:
- Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich - 2010 Law Degree
Admissions:
- Germany - Rechtsanwältin