Mr. Kiess has managed multinational forensic investigations of corruption, fraud, cartels, anti-dumping, money-laundering, misconduct and intellectual property theft. He has coordinated a number of e-discovery engagements, advising clients on data collection, data processing, document review and document production. Mr. Kiess has worked with clients in a range of industries, including financial services, asset management, food and beverages, industrial engineering, energy, telecommunication and healthcare. He has worked with international teams in Europe and the U.S.

Mr. Kiess’ notable engagements at A&M include managing an investigation into fraud and corruption allegations in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia of senior sales staff for a public health care company accused of having bribed government officials. This work included analysis of financial data, computer forensics, document review and interviews. He worked on a special investigation at a financial institute to identify bribery, embezzlement and the billing of forged invoices, for which he did a special credit check to search for any violations of regulatory requirements.

Mr. Kiess investigated allegations of faked revenues reported by a German industrial company during the due diligence process, finding that the target failed to file for bankruptcy or report its financial status to the acquiring company. He was nominated to provide an expert witness statement in US arbitration proceedings. Mr. Kiess led an international investigation for one of Europe’s largest banks of trader fraud within carbon emission trading; he investigated whether a multinational bank submitted a suspicious activity report, reviewing the bank’s KYP and NCA procedures and providing remediation support. He did a data-based forensic investigation of the Spanish subsidiary of a German public company, analyzing its accounting systems to identify corruptive payments to public officials and its electronic data for signs of bribery or bid rigging. 

Mr. Kiess earned a master’s degree in sociology (Diplom-Soziologe) from LMU Munich. A German citizen, he is fluent in German and English and has advanced skills in Spanish.