Daniel Krause (lawyer)

Daniel Krause (born July 2, 1964 in Berlin ) is a German lawyer . He mainly works as a criminal defense lawyer in white- collar crime .

Life

Krause comes from a family of lawyers, his mother and grandfather were lawyers, while his father was a pastor . Krause grew up in Berlin and studied law at the Universities of Bonn , Freiburg , and Columbia University in New York . In 1995 he did his doctorate under Urs Kindhäuser on a subject of white-collar crime and has been a lawyer in Berlin ever since.

Krause is a member of the Criminal Law Committee of the Federal Bar Association , co-editor of the New Journal for Criminal Law (NStZ) published by CHBeck Verlag and author of the commentary on the Code of Criminal Procedure (Löwe / Rosenberg ), justified by Ewald Löwe .

Krause achieved fame through his appearance in various high-profile economic criminal proceedings. Among other things, he represented Klaus Esser in the Mannesmann trial before the Düsseldorf Regional Court . He also represented Wolfgang Vogel , Herbert Grönemeyer , Stefan Krause , Markus Frick and Manfred Schmidt . In the corruption case to Ferrostaal he defended the CEO, Matthias Mitscherlich. Matthias Graf von Krockow , former member of the management of the Sal. Oppenheim & Cie. , defended Krause in various criminal proceedings concerning the bank. Krause represented the German Football Association in connection with the public prosecutor's investigations into the award of the 2006 World Cup in Germany . In the so-called Böhmermann affair , Krause defended the moderator Jan Böhmermann in the criminal proceedings against a satirical poem and the like, which were initiated as a result of the criminal complaint by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan . a. on suspicion of insulting organs and representatives of foreign states according to § 103 StGB old version. The proceedings were discontinued. Krause defended the main shareholder of Volkswagen AG , Porsche SE , before the Stuttgart Regional Court in the proceedings regarding allegations of incorrect information to the capital market as part of the failed takeover attempt of the Volkswagen Group by Porsche. The trial ended in an acquittal.

In connection with legal advice on so-called cum-ex transactions , he represents the international law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer , including in the parliamentary committee of inquiry of the German Bundestag and in connection with investigations by the Frankfurt Public Prosecutor's Office .

Currently (2018), Krause represents the interests of Volkswagen AG and other companies of the VW Group in the so-called diesel affair in connection with various public prosecutor's investigations conducted in Germany and in numerous other countries.

Krause runs a law firm specializing in commercial and tax criminal law in Berlin, which currently (2018) employs eleven lawyers.

Publications

• Proper business practices and permitted risk: basic and individual questions of bankruptcy (Section 283 StGB) - at the same time a contribution to the dogmatics of bankruptcy criminal law (1995)
• Commentary on §§ 72 - 93 StPO in: Löwe / Rosenberg, Commentary on the Code of Criminal Procedure, 25th edition (2003) and 26th edition (2008)
• Main negotiation in: Munich Lawyers Handbook: Criminal Defense, ed. von Widmaier, 1st edition (2006) and 2nd edition (2014)
• Criminal liability of managers in: Krieger / Schneider (ed.), Handbuch Managerhaftung, 2nd edition (2010)

Web links

• Website of the law firm Krause & Kollegen

Individual evidence

1. ^ Subject areas of Daniel Krause
2. ↑ Daniela Kuhr: The new member of the defenders team . In: sueddeutsche.de . 2010, ISSN  0174-4917 ( sueddeutsche.de [accessed on April 18, 2018]).
3. ↑ Lawyers in the firm
4. ↑ Proper business practices and permitted risk: basic and individual questions of bankruptcy (Section 283 StGB) - at the same time a contribution to the dogmatics of bankruptcy criminal law, Duncker & Humblot, ISBN 978-3428083756 .
5. ↑ Web link to the Federal Bar Association
6. ^ Co-editor of the New Journal for Criminal Law
7. ↑ Commentary on the Code of Criminal Procedure (Löwe / Rosenberg )
8. ^ Balance sheet , "Germany's best defense lawyers", February 2015 edition
9. ↑ The new member of the defenders team in the Mannesmann process  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Süddeutsche Zeitung May 19, 2010  
10. ↑ The second trial against Wolfgang Vogel , Berliner Zeitung of May 7, 1996, began before the Berlin Regional Court
11. ↑ Lured into the trap - expert opinion exonerate Grönemeyer , Stern from October 2, 2015
12. ^ Search at Deutsche Bank: Head of the litigation department also arrested , JUVE of December 14, 2012
13. ↑ Markus Frick has to go to prison , Handelsblatt dated February 25, 2014
14. ^ Bribery: Indictment against Wulff's ex-spokesman , Das Erste, March 7, 2013
15. ↑ Ex-Ferrostaal boss pays fine , Handelsblatt dated December 12, 2012
16. ↑ Christoph Driessen: Sal. Oppenheim: Defense calls for mild penalties for ex-bankers . In: THE WORLD . June 3, 2015 ( welt.de [accessed April 17, 2018]).
17. ^ Hans Leyendecker, Klaus Ott: Unrest in the DFB paradise . In: sueddeutsche.de . 2015, ISSN  0174-4917 ( sueddeutsche.de [accessed on April 17, 2018]).
18. ↑ Mainz proceedings stopped: Böhmermann's lawyer accuses Chancellor of prejudice . In: FAZ.NET . October 4, 2016, ISSN  0174-4909 ( faz.net [accessed April 17, 2018]).
19. ^ Südwest Presse Online -dienste GmbH: Stuttgart: Defense wants acquittal in the process against ex-Porsche bosses . In: swp.de . March 14, 2016 ( swp.de [accessed April 17, 2018]).
20. ↑ Stuttgarter Nachrichten, Stuttgart, Germany: Ex-Porsche boss: Only now is Wiedeking a free man . In: stuttgarter-nachrichten.de . ( stuttgarter-nachrichten.de [accessed April 17, 2018]).
21. ^ Cum-ex scandal: Freshfields under pressure . ( handelsblatt.com [accessed April 17, 2018]).
22. ↑ JUVE - www.juve.de: Cum-Ex search: accused Freshfields partner mandates Leitner «JUVE. Accessed April 17, 2018 (German). 
23. ↑ JUVE - www.juve.de: Next step: Investigators conduct penalty proceedings against VW a "JUVE. Accessed April 17, 2018 (German). 
24. ↑ VW diesel affair: The fear of managers . ( handelsblatt.com [accessed April 17, 2018]).
25. ↑ The Legal 500 Germany 2018> Germany 2018> White Collar Criminal Law> recommended Law firms, Lawyers. Retrieved April 17, 2018 (American English). 
26. ↑ Krause and colleagues lawyers: KRAUSE & KOLLEGEN. Retrieved April 17, 2018 .