DLA Piper‘s white-collar crime practice is a popular address for companies in the industrial, financial services, technology, IT, medical, pharmaceuticals, energy and logistics sectors. The comprehensive advice encompasses traditional topics in commercial and criminal tax law and is complemented by expertise in defending against allegations of corruption, fraud, embezzlement, money laundering and trade secret violations. Other key topics include the assistance with criminal accounting, insolvency, customs and foreign trade matters. Christian Schoop specialises in environmental crimes and cyber attacks; Emanuel Ballo is particularly experienced in defending national and international companies in criminal proceedings, and counsel Jürgen Taschke has expertise in employment, tax and civil law as well as longstanding experience in cross-border investigations.
Testimonials
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- 'Very good specialist knowledge and excellent representation of client interests.'
- 'Christian Schoop is an outstanding partner with a very high level of professional expertise and negotiating skills.'
Work highlights
- Comprehensive advice to a listed medical technology company in an investigation into a possible environmental crime in connection with a water discharge.
- Providing criminal law advice to several medical care centers following a search by the public prosecutor's office, including allegations of billing fraud against statutory health insurance companies and private medical services.