Criminal law. State of the art.

We are the generalists among the specialists: our lawyers are proficient in the entire range of criminal law and contribute know-how from other relevant fields. Our big plus: main negotiation competence, which cannot be taken for granted in the market.

"A leading firm for white-collar crime."

JUVE Handbook German Commercial Law Firms

"The interest of the client is in everyone's focus."

Legal 500 Deutschland

"Very strong in white-collar crime overall."

Chambers Europe

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Criminal cases in which someone is found standing over a corpse with a smoking gun are rather rare. Most verdicts are therefore not based on direct, irrefutable and obvious evidence, such as a clear witness account. The question of guilt or innocence – or at least of guilt that cannot be proven – is then answered via indirect, so-called evidentiary signs, i.e. circumstantial evidence.

Blog

In its FOCUS-SPEZIAL series, Focus magazine has surveyed the top commercial law firms for 2023. We are again listed in the category “multidisciplinary top business law firms” as well as for the specialties Compliance and Commercial Criminal Law. Our partner Prof. Dr. Heiko Ahlbrecht is named as one of the top lawyers in criminal law for the West.

Awards & rankings

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Press

Prof. Dr. Heiko Ahlbrecht

Partner - Lawyer, Specialist lawyer for criminal law

Dr. Eren Basar

Partner - Attorney-at-Law, Certified Specialist in Criminal Law, CIPP/E

Dipl.-Fw. Rainer Biesgen

Partner - Lawyer

Dr. Rainer Birke

Partner - Lawyer, Specialist lawyer for criminal law

Dr. Matthias Dann, LL.M.

Partner - Lawyer

Andreas Pfister

Partner - Lawyer

Jonathan Rüschendorf

Partner - Lawyer

Dr. Helga Wessing

Founding partner - lawyer, specialist lawyer for employment law

Prof. Dr. Jürgen Wessing

Founding partner - lawyer, specialist lawyer for criminal law

Dr. Silke Baumanns

Lawyer

Philipp J. Butler Ransohoff, LL.B.

Lawyer

Jana Hammesfahr

Lawyer

Meike Hanisch

Lawyer

Christian Heinelt

Lawyer

Dr. Volodymyr Izrailevych

Lawyer, specialist lawyer for tax law

Nina Bergmann, LL.M.

Lawyer

Dr. Tobias Thielmann

Lawyer

Johannes Wiegelmann

Lawyer

Prof. Dr. Helmut Frister

Of Counsel

Powerful unit – complex cases. If you are attracted to working as part of a specialised team and taking on the personal responsibility this requires, you could be a perfect match to you team.