Guiding Principle

Compliance Guiding Principle COS

Our guiding principle is a practical understanding of compliance based on experience and reason.

We see compliance responsibility as a central management task in a company. It is intended to create an appropriate organizational framework as a basis for acting on one’s own responsibility for the benefit and in the interests of the company.
It takes a long time to build a good reputation, but it can be lost very quickly and is difficult to recover.

We design an individual compliance management system tailored to your company’s profile. We take responsibility for the operation and implementation of operational compliance tasks.

In doing so, we always pursue the goal of having your back and taking off the pressure from your business activities. We support entrepreneurial decisions and do not unnecessarily complicate business processes. Compliance outsourcing has many advantages, which we will be happy to discuss with you in a personal meeting.

Stephan Rheinwald

Founder and Managing Partner of Compliance Officer Services GmbH
Lawyer and Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)

Professional Career:

In-house Lawyer, T-Mobile Deutschland GmbH
Head of Wholesale, T-Mobile Deutschland GmbH
Head of Compliance Detection & Response, Deutsche Telekom AG
Compliance Officer, T-Systems International GmbH
Founder and managing director of Compliance Officer Services GmbH

Compliance experience and successes

Development and operation of the Detection & Response function (whistle-blower process and case management) at Deutsche Telekom AG. Successful external certification according to IDW PS 980
Processing and internal investigation of severe compliance cases
Implementation and operation of compliance management systems for a group company with a medium-sized participation structure of approx. 30 participations worldwide
Two successful external certifications according to IDW PS 980 in these companies
Establishment of a due diligence process with business partners
Significant reduction of compliance risks and compliance cases as well as sustainable strengthening of the culture of compliance and values at T-Systems International GmbH
Many years of consulting and training experience at board and managing director level
International management experience

Our Services

Compliance Outsourcing

As an “all-round package”, we offer you consulting, the development and operation of a compliance management system (CMS) by means of outsourcing.

Digital Compliance Guide

Always and everywhere know what is possible and what is not:. With the Digital Compliance Guide, you provide your employees with a tool that generates action competence in all situations.

Compliance Services

We design an individual compliance management tailored to the profile of your company and offer 6 different modules.