Christoph Hoerauf

Managing Director
Co-leads A&M DI, specializing in complex cross-border investigations and damages in international arbitration
Extensive experience in financial and accounting investigations, fraud and corruption, financial crimes, and quantum assessment
Profiled as leading expert in compliance investigations, forensic accounting, and mass data analysis
Munich
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Christoph Hoerauf is a Managing Director with Alvarez & Marsal Disputes and Investigations in Munich. He co-leads the practice and provides advisory and investigative services for complex international investigations and disputes.

Mr. Hoerauf has many years of experience in financial and forensic investigations and specializes in investigating money laundering, market manipulation, financial statement fraud, bribery, and corruption-related matters. He counsels clients on compliance programs, forensic audits, and compliance reviews. 

Mr. Hoerauf brings multiple years of experience handling forensic technology aspects of investigations as well as disputes, advising clients on forensic investigation of complex data sets, digital evidence, and the disclosure of electronic documents. He is also an expert in the technical and strategical application of data analytics to assist clients in matters involving complex data structures. Mr. Hoerauf has worked on various cross-border investigations that required collection of data and information in multiple countries and has managed all aspects of these types of assignments. 

In addition to his expertise in investigations, forensic technology, and data analytics, Mr. Hoerauf has extensive experience in legal disputes and has been involved in various international post-merger and commercial disputes. He has worked with global clients across a range of sectors including financial services, transportation, automotive, technology, pharmaceuticals, and industrial and consumer goods.

Prior to joining A&M, Mr. Hoerauf worked with Boston Consulting Group, where he worked on various pre-merger and post-merger deals with a focus on clients in the industrial goods and financial services sectors.

Mr. Hoerauf earned a master’s degree in information engineering from the Technical University of Cologne. He frequently speaks on forensic investigations and data analytics at conferences on compliance and antitrust, data protection, and litigation. 

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