Criminal lawyer in Frankfurt – English-speaking defence for white-collar, tax and extradition cases

Experienced criminal defence lawyers in Frankfurt, Germany

Specialists in criminal law, white-collar crime, tax offences, extradition and compliance

Our law firm in Frankfurt am Main brings together highly experienced specialist criminal defence lawyers with different professional backgrounds and areas of expertise. As a boutique focused on criminal law, we advise and represent clients in all major fields of German criminal law – from white-collar crime and tax offences and criminal tax law to general criminal defence, extradition and international cases, corporate and labour criminal law, compliance and internal investigations.

If you are facing criminal allegations in Germany – whether as an individual, an executive or a company – you should seek qualified legal advice at the earliest possible stage. Our Frankfurt-based, English-speaking criminal defence team represents clients nationwide in investigations, dawn raids, interrogations, arrest and detention matters, as well as complex white-collar and tax-related proceedings.

For a confidential initial assessment and a tailored defence strategy, please contact us on +49 69 710 33 330 or by email at kanzlei@dr-buchert.de.

If you instruct us, you benefit from a team with longstanding criminal defence expertise and the following additional qualifications and specialisations:

  • Specialist Lawyer for Criminal Law
  • Certified Adviser in Tax Criminal Law (DAA)
  • Certified Defence Counsel for White-Collar Crime (DSV)
  • Certified Accounting Specialist (Dr. Endriss School)
  • Certified Data Protection Officer
  • Completed advanced studies in tax criminal law (FernUniversität in Hagen)

We regularly act for private individuals, entrepreneurs, executives, board members and companies throughout Germany. As English-speaking criminal defence lawyers in Frankfurt, we are used to assisting foreign clients, expatriates and international businesses who need clear and reliable guidance on German criminal law and criminal procedure. Our clients benefit from a strong defence team that combines in-depth legal knowledge, practical investigative experience and a strategic, results-oriented approach at every stage of the proceedings – from initial suspicion and dawn raids through arrest warrants and pre-trial detention to main hearings and appeals.

Whether the allegations concern fraud, breach of trust, tax evasion and tax fraud, corruption and bribery, money laundering, corporate and capital market offences, or serious drug and traffic offences, we develop a tailored defence strategy for each individual case. Thanks to our long-standing experience in complex investigations and our work in internal investigations and ombudsperson mandates, we are familiar with the perspectives of both prosecution authorities and corporate stakeholders and can coordinate defence, risk management and reputation protection in a coherent way together with our attorneys.

Criminal Defence Lawyers

The lawyers and specialist lawyers for criminal law at the Buchert Jacob Peter law firm have been working exclusively in the field of criminal law throughout Germany for over 25 years. As English-speaking criminal defence lawyers in Frankfurt, we advise and represent private individuals and companies throughout Germany in all matters of criminal law, with a strong focus on white-collar crime and criminal tax law. Please check our Practice Areas. We assist private individuals as counsel or defence lawyers in all matters concerning criminal law, especially in the areas of criminal law relating to white-collar and corporate crime (for example fraud cases) and criminal tax law (for example tax evasion cases).

Practice Areas

Tax Evasion Defence
White Collar Crime Defence
General criminal law Defence in Germany – English-speaking solicitors

Emergency criminal defence – our key focus areas

Extradition & arrests at Frankfurt Airport (FRA)
DUI in Germany – drunk & drug driving in Frankfurt
Drug offences & airport cases (import/export of narcotics)

Compliance consulting

We advise large and medium size companies in all facets of commercial and labor criminal law including compliance.

Internal Investigations

When there is the suspicion of a criminal offense, we provide professional clarification of the facts through case-related teams set up specifically for the case at hand.

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Ombudspersons

We provide services for well-known companies as ombudspersons against corruption and commercial crime.

Our partners – experienced criminal defence lawyers in Frankfurt

Our partners are experienced criminal defence lawyers and certified specialists in criminal law based in Frankfurt. They combine backgrounds in law enforcement, business criminal law and criminal tax law and regularly act for international clients.

Dr. Rainer Buchert

Dr. Rainer Buchert

Attorney at Law
Police Commissioner (off-duty)
EU Data Protection Officer
Ombudsman
Business criminal law
Criminal law for the medical profession / criminal law relating to medicine
Labor criminal law
Compliance consulting
Internal Investigations

Dr. Caroline Jacob

Dr. Caroline Jacob

Attorney at Law
Specialist Lawyer for Criminal Law
Certified Accounting Specialist
EU Data Protection Officer
Ombudswoman
Business criminal law
Fiscal criminal law
Criminal law for the medical profession / criminal law relating to medicine
Labor criminal law
Compliance consulting
Internal Investigations

Frank M. Peter

Frank M. Peter

Attorney at Law
Specialist Lawyer for Criminal Law
Certified Accounting Specialist (Dr. Endriss)
Certified Specialist Consultant for Criminal Tax Law (DAA)
Certified Specialist Consultant for Business Criminal Law (DSV)
Business criminal law
Fiscal criminal law
Capital market criminal law
Internal Investigations

Alphabet of criminal law

Are you looking for explanations of legal terms from a current investigation or correspondence with your solicitor or the public prosecutor’s office? Use our alphabet of criminal law to find out more about various terms from German criminal law – also helpful for English-speaking clients facing proceedings in Germany. Use our alphabet of criminal law to find out more about various terms from criminal law. For example:

Arrest WarrantCriminal Defence LawyerCourse of Criminal Proceedings in GermanyDrug Offences Narcotics – ExtraditionPre-Trial DetentinTax Evasion Criminal Tax Law