Attorney Serkan Erdogan [PK1] advises and defends clients in all areas of criminal law, especially commercial, medical, and IT criminal law as well as criminal tax law. His focus areas include the defence of companies and criminal law advice in internal investigations.

Prior to joining Knauer&, he had already worked for more than two years as an attorney for a Berlin-based law firm that is active nationwide and specialises in commercial, medical, and IT criminal law as well as criminal tax law. His multi-faceted and continuously growing experiences in dealing with investigating authorities – accompanying both damaged and accused parties – allow him to develop personalised strategies.

During his studies at Freie Universität in Berlin and the University of Warwick in Coventry (UK) and during his postgraduate legal clerkship at the Berlin Appellate Court, Attorney Serkan Erdogan already chose commercial criminal law as a focus area. He gained initial practical experience, especially also in the area of transnational internal investigations, by working several years as research associate in globally operating law firms specialising in commercial law.

He obtained [PK2] his PhD with a doctoral thesis on the topic of “Internal investigations and their consideration in the sanctioning of businesses”.

In addition, he regularly publishes essays and gives lectures on specialist criminal law topics.

Serkan Erdogan speaks German, Turkish, and English.

• Commercial criminal law (inter alia fraud, embezzlement, subsidy fraud)

• Compliance/internal investigations

• Medical practitioner and medical criminal law/corruption in the healthcare sector

• IT and data protection criminal law/cybercrime

• Corruption and money laundering: prevention and defence

• Criminal tax law

• Appeals

• Criminal law expert opinions

• Commentary on Sections 218–219b of the German Criminal Code (StGB) (in collaboration with Prof. Dr. Christoph Knauer), as well as commentary on Sections 203–205 of the German Criminal Code (StGB) and Sections 211, 212, 216, and 222–229 of the German Criminal Code (StGB) (in collaboration with Prof. Dr. Christoph Knauer and Johannes Brose, Judge at the Higher Regional Court), in Spickhoff, BeckOK Medical Law, 1st edition

• Disclosure of Passwords to Expedite the Review of Data Storage Media—Commentary on the Hamburg Local Court’s ruling of March 30, 2023, Case No.: 162 Gs 2237/21, WiJ 02.2024, p. 77 ff.

• Practical commentary on the Federal Court of Justice (BGH) judgment of February 24, 2022—3 StR 202/21 (resumption of the main trial), in NStZ 2024, Issue 11, p. 696 et seq.

• “brand eins” interview “The Dynamic One—IT Criminal Law,” in “brand eins / The Best Business Law Firms 2024,” p. 46 et seq.

• Commentary on the Federal Court of Justice (BGH) judgment of June 1, 2023 – 4 StR 225/22 (Financial Loss in Employment Fraud), in NStZ 2024, Issue 5, p. 291 ff.

• “Confiscation Measures Following Data Protection Violations in the Healthcare Sector,” co-authored with Johannes Lamsfuß, L.L.M., medstra, Issue 4/2023

• On the Criminal Liability for Distributing a Blackmail Trojan via the Internet (Ransomware), co-authored with Tilmann Dittrich in ZWH 2022, p. 13 ff.

• Requirements for the Validity of Consent Under Data Protection Law in the Context of a Criminal Investigative Measure, Commentary on the Regional Court of Kiel, 10th Grand Criminal Chamber, Order, Aug. 19, 2021, 10 Qs 43/21, jurisPR-StrafR 5/2022, Note 1

• Cyber Risks in Hospitals—Legal Aspects and Practical Implementation Guidelines, co-authored with Diana Nadeborn, KH-J 2/2022, p. 37 ff.

• Business Continuity Following Cyberattacks – Compliance Obligations When Applying for Short-Time Work Benefits Following Cyberattacks (“Cyber Short-Time Work”), co-authored with Tilmann Dittrich in CCZ, Issue 12/2022, p. 398 ff.

• „Zugriff auf Passwörter durch Ermittlungsbehörden – Reichweite von Ermittlungsbefugnissen und Verteidigungsstrategien“, Vortrag beim Berliner Anwaltsverein am 21.06.2023

• Berliner Anwaltsverein (BAV)

German, Turkish, English