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Defense Lawyer in Cologne

When one should engage a defense lawyer

You or your company are charged with a criminal offense or an administrative offense, respectively?

In such a situation, it is important to have someone at your side, you can rely on and who commands his profession.

 

Strafverteidiger in Köln Dr. Dirk Schlei

Dr. Dirk Schlei

Lawyer

Specialist Solicitor for Criminal Law

Strafverteidiger in Köln Dr. Dirk Schlei - Mandant

What makes me stand out as a defense lawyer

Seniority & Experience

I have been admitted to the bar since 1995 – first in Düsseldorf, later in Cologne. I have great seniority, and experience in criminal defense. This enables me to act at eye level with the police, the public prosecutor’s office and the court: extremely committed and – whenever necessary – combative.

Competence by specialisation & Reviews

As a specialist solicitor for criminal law in Cologne, criminal defense is my exclusive field of activity.

Please read here my clients‘ reviews:

Maintaining competence through constant training

Since the successful completion of the specialist lawyer training for criminal law, I have been constantly fostering my special knowledge of criminal law – among other things by attending advanced training events several times a year.

How would I conduct your criminal defense?

1

Facts

At first: accurate determination of the facts by intense discussion with you, the client, comprehensive study of the files and, if necessary, own investigations.

2

Legal Analysis

In a second step: exact analysis of the material legal situation and reasonable assessment of the proceedings to be expected.

3

Defense Objective & Defense Strategy

Finally: joint determination of how to proceed, in particular: realistic defense objective and appropriate defense strategy.

Experience etc.

Experience

Successful criminal defense in several hundred cases, inter alia white-collar offenses of the following kind:

  • (violation of) accounting duties
  • bankruptcy
  • (violation of) compulsory insurance law
  • (violation of) duty to request to open insolvency proceedings
  • (violation of) foreign trade law
  • forgery of documents
  • fraud
  • subsidy fraud
  • unlawful gambling
  • hiding unlawfully obtained assets
  • money laundering
  • non-payment and breach of trust concerning wages and salaries
  • (violation of the laws on) shipments of waste
  • tax offences
  • trademark infringement

English

  • Fluent English, also proven in numerous international legal disputes including criminal proceedings.
  • Several months traineeship at attorneys Moore & Van Allen, Charlotte, USA.

Education

  • Doctorate to the Doctor of Rights.
  • Studies of law in Freiburg, Germany.
  • Legal clerkship inter alia at the Tax Court Duesseldorf, Germany.

Qualifications & Trainings

  • Specialist Solicitor for Criminal Law.
  • Certified as Compliance Officer (TUEV).
  • Trader examinations on the energy exchanges EEX (Leipzig, Germany) and EPEX (Paris, France). 
  • Specialist training tax law.
  • Notary training corporate law.

 

How to get into contact

Phone +49 1522 8522972
Fax +49 2236 876491

Wilhelm-Waldeyer-Str. 14
50937 Cologne
Germany