Manuel has vast experience in advising both companies and public entities and has coordinated and supervised projects in over 70 countries. He co-founded LegalHelix and is a Senior Fellow at the Carol and Lawrence Zicklin Center for Business Ethics Research at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton Business School.

As a lawyer in Germany, he managed a network of boutique law firms from more than 30 jurisdictions specializing in white-collar crime and business integrity, and collaborated with law firms in different countries, including Spain and the US on corporate integrity projects. He also served as a consultant for international organisations, including the WTO and the UNODC and participated in a project of the European Commission on the harmonization of corporate criminal liability in Member States. He is a frequent speaker at international fora.