Since my admission to the Bar in 1998, I have worked exclusively in criminal law. I advise and defend companies, associations and individuals in commercial criminal law and tax criminal law as well as in chosen areas of general criminal law. I am committed to maintaining an overview - even in complex proceedings: Identifying the relevant details, determining the legal essentials– and, on this basis, representing the interests of my clients in an expert manner.
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After working for a national commercial law firm and most recently spending 17 years as a named partner at a well-known criminal law firm, I have decided to progress my legal career as a sole practitioner from 2026 onwards. This will allow me to offer my clients the greatest possible independence in all areas.Yet, working alone does not mean working in isolation: my personal assistant, Ms Heike Wolf, my research assistant Amos Rosenbauer, and, depending on the case, specialist colleagues, auditors and tax consultants from my international network support me in keeping my focus on the essentials without losing sight of important details.
Cases in which I was involved that have become public knowledge have included:the criminal defence of board members of several state banks and savings banks on charges of embezzlement, executives of local-authority run businesses on charges of corruption and embezzlement, the “Dieselgate” investigations, defence of the legal advisor of an issuing house on charges of aiding and abetting fraud, individual defence against fraud charges regarding federal road tolls, defence of COO against charges of subsidy fraud and tax evasion, consultants in the context of cum/ex trade arrangements, auditor in the Wirecard case (APAS proceedings) and a listed real estate group in connection with GDPR fines before the EuropeanCourt of Justice.

Born in Konstanz, raised in Vienna and The Hague
1990
Study of Law at the Freie Universität of Berlin
1995
First state-law examination
1996 to 1998
Trainee lawyer (Rechtsreferendar) in Berlin
1998
Second state-law examination; Lawyer working in a Berlin law firm
since 2001
Specialist lawyer for criminal law (Fachanwalt für Strafrecht); moving to a transregional commercial law firm
2001 to 2011
Extra-professional Lecturer at the Faculty of Law of the University of Potsdam
2008 to 2025
Partner at the law firm Freyschmidt Frings Pananis Venn
2026
Founding the independent law firm RAVENN
Languages: German, English, Dutch




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