Irmela van der Bijl Mysen is Specialist Partner in BAHR’s Asset Management & Private Equity practice group. She focuses on operative Compliance and ESG Programs with an emphasis on anti-corruption, fraud, conflict of interest, anti-money laundering and other white-collar crime, and human rights and working conditions. Irmela assists our asset management clients with integrating compliance considerations at all stages of the investment cycle, including through due diligence of potential acquisitions, during ownership and when exiting positions. She also assists portfolio companies in operationalization of regulatory requirements and expectations on compliance and human rights, tailored to risk and strategic objectives.

Irmela handles all aspects of program design and implementation, risk assessments, documents, training programs, due diligence on third parties, internal reporting procedures (whistleblowing) and investigations, and monitoring and improvement initiatives. She has extensive experience in Compliance M&A due diligence pre-acquisition and post-merger compliance integration and focuses on actionable solutions to compliance issues faced by companies.

Prior to joining private practice, Irmela held senior positions as in-house compliance officer at major multinational corporations (private and public) headquartered in Norway with operations in high-risk jurisdictions in Eurasia, Asia, Africa, and Latin America. She also supported start-ups with operations in Norway and emerging markets in their strategic design and implementation of compliance and human rights programs tailored to risk and future objectives. Irmela has participated in critical decision-making through all levels of management from strategic decisions at the board and executive management level to operational issues at remote work locations.