Dr. Tony Rostalski, lawyer for white-collar criminal law, criminal tax law and compliance, is immersed in a conversation about the areas of law, including criminal tax law, criminal employment law, criminal environmental law, criminal corruption law, criminal insolvency law, embezzlement and fraud.

Commercial Criminal Law, Criminal Tax Law and Compliance

Employers have extensive obligations with regard to employment relationships. If working time limits are not adhered to, minimum wages are not paid or bogus self-employed persons are employed, this regularly leads to complex investigative measures. Industrial accidents are also used as an opportunity to review safety assessments and other compliance measures.

Sanctions and liability risks arise for both the company and its managers. There is also a risk of entry in the central trade register and the seizure of assets.

Cases involving criminal employment law require specialized legal advice due to the high importance of the interests at stake. We have core expertise in this area and experience in dealing with the relevant authorities (investigating authorities, pension insurance, employers' liability insurance association, trade supervisory authorities, etc.). We are experienced in defending companies and executives in fine proceedings and in corresponding criminal proceedings brought by public prosecutors and courts.

Doctors and other members of the medical profession are exposed to particular prosecution risks in their daily work. Their work regularly directly affects the life, limb and health of patients. Questions of consent to medical treatment, treatment errors, the handling of anaesthetics and allegations of billing fraud are typical and familiar subjects of professional investigations. Such proceedings are also highly stressful for professionals due to the level of professional law involved.

We advise doctors and healthcare professionals as well as medical institutions on allegations of criminal offenses under medical criminal law.

We bring industry knowledge in the health care sector and excellent legal knowledge of the relevant subject matter to our advice. Prof. Dr. Dr. Frauke Rostalski is the editor of the Nomos commentary "Medizinstrafrecht" and has published extensively in this field.

Classic cases of crypto fraud, identity fraud and the threat of cybercrime are increasingly becoming part of everyday life in the German economy. Ransomware attacks and unauthorized access to data, including the outflow of data, result in a large number of obligations for company managers (including reporting obligations in incident management). We are familiar with the procedures and requirements in the context of such scenarios and we have experience in tracing assets.

We advise affected private individuals and managers in these crisis situations. If necessary, we can draw on a network of IT forensic experts and file criminal charges with the relevant offices of the state criminal investigation departments (cyber crime units).

Accusations of insolvency and bankruptcy offenses are a frequent side effect of a corporate crisis. Early advice during the crisis is important in order to reduce the risk of criminal prosecution. It is also essential to have a specialist in the field of criminal insolvency law defend you against allegations of insolvency offenses.

In this way, the risk of civil liability, punishment and a ban on management and board activities as a result of a conviction can be effectively countered.

We provide experienced defense in this area, with economic expertise and, if necessary, by drawing on the expertise of our network of renowned insolvency lawyers.

Due to extensive market surveillance mechanisms, unusual trading behavior quickly becomes the subject of suspicion under capital market criminal law.

We have extensive expertise and litigation experience in connection with market manipulation and insider trading proceedings.

In such proceedings, the defense is often not only aimed at preventing substantial (custodial) sentences, but also at curbing excessive confiscation measures of the assets used to commit the crime. This is about nothing less than protecting the financial capacity of the accused person.

We defend individuals in these proceedings at all stages of the investigation.

In particular, managers in local government (mayors, district councillors, chief administrative officers) and in municipal companies, but also economic actors can be suspected of corruption.

It is not uncommon for such proceedings to be accompanied by press coverage. This places an additional burden on those affected.

As a rule, public officials are subject to additional disciplinary proceedings and the accusations are always closely linked to accompanying offenses such as embezzlement or tax evasion.

In order to be able to use the defence options in such proceedings as efficiently as possible, a specialized defence is required as early as possible.

Almost any economic behavior triggers tax consequences. This also applies in the context of criminal offenses. Against this backdrop, criminal tax law plays a major role in our work as classic tax evasion and as an accompanying offense in other contexts.

The accusation of tax evasion is often associated with high economic risks for those affected. An effective defense depends heavily on the right strategy. Whether intransigence and firmness in the matter or diplomatic, constructive dialog lead to the goal must be decided competently in each individual case.

Where possible, the focus is on preventing an indictment, providing maximum protection for the client and finding an economically sensible solution to the tax dispute.

Environmental criminal law, which sanctions serious misconduct in the environmental sector, is becoming increasingly important. The pressure to investigate is increasing due to the creation of specialized public prosecutor's offices.

For managers and employees, particularly in the waste management, transportation and manufacturing industries, effective compliance within the company is of great importance in order to reduce the risk of prosecution.

In the event of preliminary proceedings, we defend - if necessary - in cooperation with renowned administrative law firms in order to achieve the best possible result.

The defense and reporting of suspected cases, in particular embezzlement and fraud, are part of our daily work.

Our aim is to get to the heart of the matter and the associated legal issues. This is the key to bringing the relevant proceedings to a quick conclusion or defending them effectively and, on the reporting side, to safely initiating preliminary proceedings.

We can draw on a wealth of experience and a profound scientific understanding of the relevant facts.