Constantin Lauterwein

LL.M. University of Sydney

Partner

+49 30 20374 530

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Constantin advises and represents companies, executives and board members in all areas of white-collar criminal law, administrative offenses and corporate compliance.

His clients include entities, companies and their managers faced with government investigations or enforcement actions as well as businesses that have suffered damage caused by criminal conduct. He has extensive experience representing clients before prosecutors, regulators and courts.

The prevention of liability risks connected with business decisions in crisis situations is a key aspect of his practice.

He conducts and supports internal investigations and advises on the implementation and improvement of compliance programs.

In addition to investigating and defending cases concerning fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, tax evasion and corruption, in recent years he has been engaged in matters pertaining to product compliance and liability, international financial sanctions (OFAC), money laundering prevention as well as disputes related to management liability in connection with allegations of criminal conduct.

Publications

Lutter, Transformation Act (Umwandlungsgesetz), sections 346-350, 2023
beck-online.GROSSKOMMENTAR, comprehensive commentary on the Act on Limited Liability Companies (GmbHG), sections 82 et seqq. (criminal and administrative offenses), 2023
Beck M&A Handbook (Beck’sches M&A-Handbuch), Compliance Due Diligence (together with Vera Jungkind), 2nd edition 2022
The injured party’s right to access the files - theory, practice and reform (Akteneinsicht für den Verletzten - Theorie, Praxis und Reform), in: Abraham/Bublitz/Geneuss/Krell/Wegner (eds.), Injured parties in criminal law (Verletzte im Strafrecht), 2020
Co-author: Esser/Rübenstahl/Saliger/ Tsambikakis, White Collar Criminal Law including Tax Offences and Procedural Law. A Commentary, 2017 (financial statement fraud and related offences)
The rights of aggrieved persons, private persons and other bodies to access or obtain information from the records: sections 406e and 475 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (Akteneinsicht und Auskünfte für den Verletzten, Privatpersonen und sonstige Stellen – §§ 406e and 475 StPO), 2011
The Limits of Criminal Law: A Comparative Analysis of Approaches to Legal Theorizing, 2010
Symbolic Legislation. An Analysis Taking Criminal Law as an Example (Symbolische Gesetzgebung, Eine Untersuchung am Beispiel Strafrecht), 2006

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