Commercial Criminal Law & Criminal Tax Law
Commercial criminal law has long sanctioned more than just (subsidy) fraud and embezzlement. Decision-makers and companies are increasing being targeted by public prosecutors intensifying their fight against suspected white-collar crimes.
We have many years of experience in defending managers as well as national and international companies and corporations of all sizes. We support our clients in all stages of criminal and fine proceedings, from internal investigations or search raids to hearings before authorities, courts, or investigation committees, investigation proceedings, and main hearings to appeals.
We defend and advise clients in all business-related areas, in particular:
Bank Criminal Law
The defence of banks and their employees requires special expertise. In many cases, it is not possible to use traditional criminal law defence strategies in proceedings involving banks, as, in addition to criminal law considerations, regulatory aspects frequently play an important role. As experienced defence lawyers for executives from the banking sector with longstanding experience in advising banks, we consider all aspects required for a successful defence in this area.
Criminal Tax Law
Another focus of our practice is defence in criminal tax proceedings. In such cases, even the investigation of the facts regularly requires special business expertise. We are familiar with the special procedures of criminal tax proceedings and the authorities and structures involved. If necessary, we draw on our extended network of cooperation partners to bring renowned law firms specialising in tax law on board.
Capital Market Criminal Law
Anyone faced with accusations of having breached ad-hoc duties or engaged in insider trading or market manipulation needs defence lawyers familiar with the very special rules of the capital markets. Our highly specialised lawyers are also well versed in regulations outside criminal law and thus able to provide holistic advice to and successfully defend our clients.
Corruption: Prevention and Defence
No company is fully protected against corruption; bribery and the willingness to take bribes do not recognise national borders. We can not only look back on many years of defence experience in traditional corruption criminal law, but also have the special international expertise required to guide our clients through transnational cases. This comprehensive experience also comes into play when we give preventive advice to decision-makers on how to effectively stop corruption in their organisation in future.
Criminal Competition Law
In shareholder disputes, after the misappropriation of trade secrets, or in the sale of products protected by intellectual property rights: together with our cooperation partners from our large network of renowned law firms, we securely guide clients through crisis situations in the area of commercial criminal law.
Money Laundering:
Prevention and Defence
Advice on preventive anti-money-laundering measures and the defence against money-laundering accusations both require knowledge and understanding of a company’s internal processes. However, an effective defence is also based on profound knowledge of the continuously changing legal framework conditions in the area of money laundering.
All attorneys in our firm strive to satisfy high scientific standards in their work and are always up to date with the latest developments in the field of law, not least thanks to our good network. We use this as a basis for developing preventive strategies in cooperation with our clients or supporting them as defence counsel when they are confronted with money-laundering accusations.
Criminal Labour Law
Compliance with employer duties is mainly incumbent upon company executives and the management board. Many of these duties have been defined in a granular fashion and are subject to detailed regulations. Our longstanding experience in the defence of decision-makers enables us to guide our clients through this regulatory jungle and develop effective defence strategies.
Insolvency Criminal Law
When a corporate crisis ultimately leads to insolvency or accusations of an intentional delay in filing for insolvency, a comprehensible explanation of complex business interactions is a key prerequisite for a successful defence. We know what is important to public prosecutors and authorities and help our clients weather the crisis.
IT Criminal Law / Cybercrime
Collection of electronic evidence (e-Evidence) has come to play a key role in many (white-collar) criminal law proceedings. We have both the requisite experience and the technological expertise to mount a comprehensive defence for our clients, despite the ever-expanding powers of the investigating authorities. We also advise clients faced with accusations in the area of cybercrime in all stages of the proceedings.
Further Practice Area
Our clients also count on us in other legal practice areas such as environmental criminal law, criminal accounting law, and violations of foreign trade legislation.