Christoph Schlossarek

Christoph Schlossarek is a managing director in BRG’s Forensic Technology, Investigations & Disputes (FTID) practice in Düsseldorf. He has spent over twenty years leading complex cross-border investigations into fraud, corruption and compliance breaches. He advises on fraud prevention, internal controls and corporate security. He has worked as an external investigator for international advisory firms and inside a major international group as the executive responsible for forensics, security and internal audit.

At BRG, Mr. Schlossarek leads internal and regulatory investigations into suspected fraud, bribery and corruption, accounting irregularities and misconduct by employees and management. He works closely with law firms on compliance, white-collar crime and merger and acquisition matters. He supports them with fact-finding, forensic accounting and analysis of electronic evidence and prepares his findings to withstand scrutiny from authorities, courts and supervisory bodies.

For private equity investors and corporates in transactions, Mr. Schlossarek conducts integrity and compliance due diligence and investigates suspected irregularities. For restructuring professionals, he helps uncover misconduct and control failures in distressed situations. He also helps organizations build and strengthen fraud prevention, compliance and security programs.

Mr. Schlossarek has extensive international experience, including investigations in the People’s Republic of China on behalf of international clients.

Before joining BRG, Mr. Schlossarek was a managing director in the Global Investigations practice of an economic consulting firm. Before that, he was a senior managing director in the Forensic & Litigation Consulting practice of a global business advisory consulting firm.

For over ten years, he held senior positions at METRO AG, the Düsseldorf-based international wholesale group, including director of Corporate Security and Forensics and deputy head of Group Internal Audit. He was responsible for forensic investigations and fraud prevention worldwide, as well as global security resources, crisis management and asset protection. He also gained direct operational and management responsibility serving on the management board of RUNGIS express. Earlier in his career, he worked in forensic investigations at Big Four firms and was managing director of a specialist forensic consultancy.

From 2015 to 2025, Mr. Schlossarek served on the supervisory board of KIS (Kompetenzcenter Internationale Sicherheit) at Rheinische Hochschule Köln. He works in German, English, and French.