Daniel specializes in healthcare compliance and medical criminal law, pharmaceutical advertising and competition law, digital health and telemedicine, as well as (medical) product liability and pharmaceutical law. His clients primarily include companies in the pharmaceutical and medical device industries, developers of digital health applications and telemedicine providers, hospitals, and healthcare associations. Daniel is a university lecturer in healthcare compliance and a frequent speaker at professional conferences. He is the author of numerous legal publications and editor of the reference work Healthcare Compliance. In addition, he serves as a commentator on corruption offenses and pharmaceutical advertising (criminal) law in the Nomos Commentary on Medical Criminal Law. Daniel has received numerous awards and is recognized by JUVE as one of the leading legal advisors in the healthcare sector. Clients describe him as an “outstanding healthcare lawyer” and a “brilliant strategist”, while competitors refer to him as a “key opinion leader in medical white-collar criminal law.”
Vita
- 1996 – 2001 – Legal studies at the University of Freiburg and the University of Salzburg
- 2002 – 2005 – Doctorate in Law (Dr. iur.) at the Institute for German, European and International Medical Law, Health Law and Bioethics (IMGB), Universities of Heidelberg and Mannheim, supervised by Professor Dr. Jochen Taupitz
- 2004 – 2005 – Postgraduate studies in mediation at FernUniversität in Hagen, with a focus on business mediation
- 2004 – 2006 – Legal clerkship (Referendariat) in Freiburg and Dubai
- 2006 – Admission to the Bar as Attorney-at-Law
- 2006 – 2007 – Attorney-at-Law in the Life Sciences & Healthcare Industry Group at Taylor Wessing, Hamburg
- 2007 – 2011 – Senior Legal Counsel, Compliance Officer, and Head of Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) at Roche Pharma AG, Grenzach-Wyhlen
- 2009 – Health Compliance Leadership Consortium Programme at INSEAD, Fontainebleau
- 2011 – Healthcare Compliance Ethics & Regulation Program, Seton Hall University School of Law & Sciences Po, Paris
- 2012 – Healthcare Compliance Certification Program, Seton Hall University School of Law, Newark, USA
- 2012 – 2016 – Partner at DIERKS + BOHLE Rechtsanwälte, Berlin
- 2017 – Founding Partner of GNP Rechtsanwälte Geiger Nitz Partner PartG mbB, Munich and Berlin
- Since 2017 – Partner at GNP Rechtsanwälte, Munich
- 2024 – Certified Investigation Expert, Steinbeis Transfer Institute for Crime, Investigation & Compliance, Berlin
Membership and Activities
- Legal Committee of the German Association of Research-Based Pharmaceutical Manufacturers (BPI)
- Advisory Board on Healthcare Compliance at the German Association for the Promotion of Integrity in the Pharmaceutical Industry (AKG)
- Anti-Corruption Working Group at the German Association of Research-Based Pharmaceutical Manufacturers (BPI)
- Chair of the “Healthcare” Working Group at the German Institute for Compliance (DICO)
- Ethics Committee of the Technical University of Munich
- Medical Law Working Group of the German Bar Association (DAV)
- Lecturer in the Master’s Program in Pharmaceutical Law at Philipps University Marburg
- Lecturer in Healthcare Compliance at the School of Governance, Risk and Compliance, Berlin
