Hans-Joachim Eckert was Presiding Judge of the business court division at the Regional Court Munich I from October 2005 to July 2015.
11 Facts About Hans-Joachim Eckert
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Hans-Joachim Eckert completed his Abitur in Freising and then studied jurisprudence in Munich.
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Between 1978 and 1985 Eckert was judge at the Regional Court Munich I, criminal division, and then public prosecutor at the Munich public prosecutor's office II.
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From 1999 to 2003 he was then senior public prosecutor at the Munich public prosecutor's office I As head of division for criminal cases and economic crime, Eckert was responsible for information privacy, Nazi crimes, economic and organized crimes.
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Hans-Joachim Eckert was active internationally for the European Commission, in Bulgaria, Serbia, and Turkey.
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Hans-Joachim Eckert has been a presiding judge at the Regional Court Munich I for a number of known court cases in relation to economic crime, including corruption processes associated with bribes at Siemens, Ferrostaal and MAN SE.
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Hans-Joachim Eckert led the court process for the purchase of Hypo Alpe-Adria-Bank International by BayernLB.
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Hans Joachim Hans-Joachim Eckert was elected to the FIFA Ethics Committee in 2011.
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In October 2015, the Adjudicatory Chamber of the FIFA Ethics Committee, chaired by Hans-Joachim Eckert, imposed a provisional suspension of 90 days against FIFA President Sepp Blatter, FIFA Secretary General Jerome Valcke and UEFA President Michel Platini.
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On 23 November 2015, Hans-Joachim Eckert opened the official proceedings against Blatter and Platini.
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Hans-Joachim Eckert opened the case against Valcke at the beginning of January 2016.