ADVANT Beiten

Corporate Criminal Law and Compliance

Partner

Martin Seevers is a Partner at ADVANT Beiten's Hamburg office and member of the firm’s tax and dispute resolution practice groups. He specializes in the prevention, management and resolution of tax and other criminal law risks in the financial sector. His key areas of advice are tax controversy and tax & white-collar criminal law. He advises on tax transparency, and combating financial crime (money laun-dering, terrorism financing, sanctions), including related compliance and regulatory issues, as well as the conduct of internal investigations. Martin represents domestic and foreign companies as well as individuals in criminal and administrative fine proceedings before public prosecutors, courts, financial and specialized authorities (e.g. Bafin, FIU).

Martin Seevers studied law at the University of Passau, King's College London and the University of Houston Law Center in the USA (LL.M. in Taxation). He was admitted in Germany as a lawyer in 1999 and as a tax advisor in 2005. He is also qualified as a Certified AML & Anti-Fraud Officer. Before joining ADVANT Beiten in 2024, he led the Tax Controversy practice group at EY Law in EY’s Financial Services organization in Germany and EMEIA for more than ten years.

English / German

DICO e.V. (Deutsches Institut für Compliance) ACFE (Association of Certified Fraud Examiners) Expert Council of the Association of Foreign Banks in Germany on the topic of tax compliance

Martin Seevers studied law at the University of Passau, King's College London and the University of Houston Law Center in the USA (LL.M. in Taxation). He was admitted in Germany as a lawyer in 1999 and as a tax advisor in 2005. He is also qualified as a Certified AML & Anti-Fraud Officer.