Richard Roeder is a German-qualified attorney in the Munich office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. He is a member of the Firm’s White Collar Defense and Investigations, FCPA and International Trade Practice Group, as well as the Transactional Practice Groups Mergers and Acquisitions, Private Equity and Capital Markets.

Mr. Roeder focuses on internal and regulatory investigations and advises clients from various industries in the areas of sanctions, anti-money-laundering and anti-corruption compliance.  Mr. Roeder focuses on clients in the banking, automotive, mining, oil and gas, healthcare and information technology industries.

Mr. Roeder received his law degree (first state exam) from Bucerius Law School, Hamburg, Germany and undertook his clerkship (cumulating in the second state exam) at the High Court of Munich, Germany. He holds a Master of Laws (LL.M.) from the University of California, Berkeley, USA, a Master of International Studies (M.I.S.) from the University of Queensland, Australia and a Ph.D. on Foreign Mining Investment Law from the University of Cologne, Germany.

Prior to joining Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Mr. Roeder was a fellow of what today is called the Mercator Fellowship on International Affairs working for the German Ministry of Economics, the German Foreign Service, the European Union and the United Nations Development Programme. From 2013 onwards he worked as an associate with the White Collar Defense and Investigations and Corporate/M&A Practice Groups of a renowned international law firm in Munich, specifically focusing on sanction compliance.

Mr. Roeder speaks German, English and Spanish.