Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has set up an ethics committee to advise the firm’s Germany-based management following intense scrutiny of its alleged role in the country’s cum-ex tax scandal.

The committee will operate independently with a set of ethical principles and written rules of conduct, according to a firm statement. It will be headed by an external chair, Udo Di Fabio, a former judge at Germany’s highest court, and will also include Freshfields partners Barbara Keil and Michael Josenhans, as well as of counsel and former partner Christoph von Bülow.