EU Whistleblower Directive: Latest News - March 2023

Ms Mayer-Koukol specializes in white-collar crime and defense in complex white-collar crime proceedings. In addition, she has extensive experience in the area of ​​compliance, advises on all questions relating to whistleblowing systems and supports companies in internal investigations.

Ms Mayer-Koukol gives lectures and publishes regularly on current criminal law topics and compliance issues. She acts as an ombudsperson and trusted attorney for companies.

She studied law at the University of Vienna (Mag.iur. 2010 and Dr.iur. 2014). During her studies, Ms Mayer-Koukol was initially student assistant at the Institute for European Law, International Law and Comparative Law and then university assistant to Professor Helmut Fuchs at the Institute for Criminal Law and Criminology. As part of her scientific work, she dealt intensively with criminal law issues, held courses and lectures and published legal articles in the field of white-collar crime. Her dissertation on compliance & criminal law was published in 2016. Initially part-time and then full-time after completion of her studies, she practiced in international law firms and passed the bar exam in Vienna with distinction. She was admitted to the bar in 2018.

Ms Mayer-Koukol gained international experience at the foreign trade office in Barcelona and in 2012 at the Basel Institute on Governance with the anti-corruption expert Professor Mark Pieth. She is a member of the Whistleblowing working group at Transparency International – Austrian Chapter, the Austrian Society for Criminal Law and Criminology, the Austrian Association of Defense Lawyers and the Vienna Bar Association.

An expert in organisational whistleblowing management, Jan was engaged in the development of the new ISO 37002 Standard, is a frequent speaker on subjects related to whistleblowing, and has authored various articles on new legislation concerning whistleblower protection, anti-corruption and organisational whistleblowing best practices.

Jan is CIPP/E is an International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/E). He holds a Postgraduate Diploma (PGDip) from King’s College London in the United Kingdom (EU Competition Law) and a Master’s Degree (LL.M) from Leiden University in the Netherlands (European Law).