White Colar and Criminal Tax Defense

Licensed since 2014 Attorney at Law at stetter Rechtsanwälte since 2014 Legal training in Munich and Osnabrück LL.M. postgraduate program, white collar crime Certified Compliance Officer (Univ.) Munich Bar (admitted to all German Courts, except the Federal Court of Justice in Civil Law)

Stephanie has over a decade of experience as a lawyer and criminal defense attorney, with a specialization in white collar crime and criminal tax law. In addition, she provides expert counsel on matters of criminal compliance to both companies and individual clients.

She studied law at Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich, with a focus on "Criminal Justice, Criminal Defense, and Prevention". While working, she obtained a postgraduate master’s degree in white collar crime law from the University of Osnabrück, earning the title Magister Legum (LL.M.). Her qualifications include certification as a compliance officer from the Center for Continuing Education and Knowledge Transfer (ZWW) at the University of Augsburg.

Her area of expertise focuses on criminal property and criminal employment law. Her experience in this field includes representing clients in proceedings on suspicion of involuntary manslaughter following industrial accidents. She represents companies in administrative and judicial criminal proceedings as well as fine proceedings and regularly defends executive board members and members of management in white-collar crime and criminal tax matters.

Another focus of her work is the provision of preventive counsel to companies, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), on matters pertaining to compliance. This includes advising on the implementation of compliance management systems, drafting company guidelines, employee training, and conducting internal investigations. Since 2024 she contributes her expertise to the working group “German medium-sized companies” of the German Institute of Compliance (DICO). Stephanie also represents companies and other organizations in criminal proceedings that have sustained financial losses or other forms of damage due to criminal activities.

Since January 2024, Stephanie is a member of the advisory board of the specialist journal BankPraktiker, published by FCH AG.

AWARDS 

Stephanie Kamp received the following awards:

1. Best Lawyers

Stephanie Kamp LL.M. "Criminal Defense"

Listed 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024| 2025

Stephanie Kamp LL.M. "Criminal Tax Practice"

Listed 2024| 2025

2. WirtschaftsWoche 

Top Attorney at Law Stephanie Kamp LL.M. “White collar criminal law”

Listed 2022

Top Attorney at Law Stephanie Kamp LL.M. "Compliance"

Listed 2024

Stephanie is member of the following associations:

Women’s White Collar Defense Association (WWCDA), Juristinnen im Wirtschafts- und Steuerstrafrecht (JuWiSt) – Association of Female White Collar and Tax Crime Lawyers, Regional Representative Munich of JuWiSt, Wirtschaftsstrafrechtliche Vereinigung (WisteV) – White Collar Defense Association, Deutsches Institut für Compliance (DICO) – German Institute for Compliance – Working group “German medium-sized companies”, Member of the Advisory Board of the monthly specialist journal “Bank Praktiker”, published by FCH AG, Deutscher Anwaltverein (DAV) – German Bar Association – Working Group on Criminal Law, Rechtsanwaltskammer (RAK) München – Munich Bar Association.

Legal Counsel

Experience

Stephanie is representing and represented clients in most significant criminal matters in Germany. Her representations include the following matters:

1) Wirecard Proceedings: Defence of the Former Head of Accounting

Co-defense counsel of the former Head of Accounting since 2020

-      in the criminal investigation during which a release from custody was achieved in 2021,

-      in the investigation by the Parliamentary Investigation Committee of the 19th German Bundestag and

-      in the criminal trial before the 4th Criminal Chamber of the Munich I Regional Court regarding the allegations of accounting fraud, market manipulation, fraud and breach of trust since December 2022.

2) Cum-Ex Scandal: Defence of a Former Board Member of an International Bank

Co-defence counsel of a former board member of an international bank since 2019 with relation to the allegation of aiding and abetting tax evasion amounting to millions of euros.

3) Cum-Ex Scandal: Defence of a Former Broker

Co-defence counsel of a former broker of one of the world's largest inter-dealer brokers based in London concerning the allegations of aiding and abetting tax evasion in the millions of euros.

4) Dieselgate: Defence of a Development Engineer

Co-defence counsel of a development engineer of a German car manufacturer in the criminal investigation regarding the allegations of fraud as well as strategic advisor regarding the investigation by the United States Department of Justice.

5) White-Collar Defence: Defence of a Senior Board Member Against the Allegations of Fraud and Breach of Trade Secrets

Defence counsel of a senior board member of a machine manufacturer against the allegations of fraud in the millions and infringement of trade secrets.

6) White-Collar Defence: Defence of a Safety Engineer Against the Allegations of Negligent Homicide After a Workplace Accident

Defence counsel of a safety engineer against the allegation of negligent homicide after a workplace accident on a major construction site.

7) MLAT-Proceedings: Representation of a Utility Group

Representation of a utility group that suffered damages in the range of three-digit millions of euros e in connection with a Mutual Legal Assistance Request by the United States of America.

8) Compliance Advice: Automotive Supplier

Advise to an automotive supplier on the further development of its compliance management system as well as conducting an internal investigation regarding the allegation of commercial bribery.

Studied in Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich

Since 2024, Stephanie has been a permanent co-author of the column “Strafrechtsrisiken in der Bank” in the monthly specialist journal BankPraktiker, published by FCH AG. This journal targets specialists and managers from various institutions in the banking industry. Stephanie has also been a lecturer at FCH AG since 2023, delivering presentations on topics such as handling requests for information from investigating authorities in banking practice and defense strategies during searches and seizures.