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publications and lectures

Lecture at the advanced training course of the Lawyers' Court of the Land of Baden-Wuerttemberg "Final Agreement" of the "Understanding" dated 4th July 2014.

Comment on Sections 13; 15, 16, 17, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27 StGB [German Penal Code] in the "Law regarding Fiscal Offences Comment" of Flore and Tsambikakis, edition 1, 2013; p. 417 - 445.

 "Criminalized Small and Medium Sized Companies" With one foot in prison! Current Series of Lectures on Criminal Law Risks of the Corporate Management Bodies; various dates throughout German (Download PowerpointPresentation).

"Liability of the Tax Consultant in the case of Condemnation of a Client to pay a Fine" in Tax Consultant 2011 p. 26.

Event Report "9th NStZ Annual Meeting 2010 in Frankfurt am Main" [NStZ - New Journal for Criminal Law] in WisteV Newsletter 1/2011 [WisteV - Association of Commercial Criminal Defence Lawyers] of the Work Group Law regarding Fiscal Offences, p. 18 et seq.

Comment on the planned legislation "Draft Law on Improvement of the Combat against Money Laundering and Tax Evasion (Act to combat tax evasion) dated 8th December 2010" as a co-author in WisteV Newsletter 1/2011 of the Work Group Law regarding Fiscal Offences,  p. 19 et seq.

"Support of detained Clients" in the section Law Office and Engagement of NJW [Legal Weekly Magazine] 2010, p. 1728 et seq.

Event Report "4th Beck Criminal Law Conference 2009: Current Criminal Proceedings Law" in NJW 2010, p. 18 et seq.

"Solicitation of Clients in Detention Matters" in the Section Law Office and Engagement of NJW 2009, p. 40 et seq.

"Law regarding Fiscal Offences" in Demuth, Private Property, Planning, Developing and Advising, loose-leaf collection, current as of December 2009, part 2 B III. paragraph 149 et seq.

"Comment on the draft law of the parliamentary groups of CDU/CSU and SPD for strengthening the rights of witnesses and injured in criminal proceedings (2nd Act to Reform the Protection of Victims' Rights)" in the Report of the Stuttgart Bar Association, July 2009.

Technical Paper "Self-Disclosure of Tax Evasion" in TaxConsultant 3/2008, p. 18 et seq.

Event Report "9th NStZ Annual Meeting 2008 in Frankfurt am Main" in NJW, 2008, p. XVI.

"The Lawyer as a Defence Lawyer" co-author in Law of the Legal Profession II, first in 2003, currently 4th edition Stuttgart 2008.


"Criminal Defence and Public Prosecutor: Enemies or Complementary Bodies of Judicature?"

Lecture within the scope of the Introductory Meeting on Public Prosecution Practice of the Ministry of Justice of Baden-Wuerttemberg at Schramberg-Sulgen on 14th June 2007 and on 22nd November 2007.

Speaker on the Management Consultant Congress in Frankfurt am Main on 20th November 2006.

"Risks and Responsibilities of the Holder of a Special Statutory Authority [Prokurist], Workshop, IHK-Bildungshaus of IHK Region Stuttgart, Kornwestheim on 19th October 2005 [IHK - Chamber of Industry and Commerce].

"The Law on Tax Amnesty in the Light of the 'Tax Havens' and the Consequences" co-author in IstR [International Tax Law] 2004, p. 73 et seq.

"Risks with respect to the Law regarding Fiscal Offences in Small and Medium Sized Companies", Institute for Questions regarding Small and Medium Sized Companies at the University of Osnabrueck (IfMOS), Osnabrück on 27th June 2003.

"Foreign Transactions taking into account the Criminal Law on Corruption" in  RIW [International Commercial Law] 2003, p. 189 et seq.

"Costs of Criminal Proceedings and Criminal Defence" in StB 2003, p. 122 et seq.

"Cross-Border Cash Transfer - Critical Consideration of the Current Jurisdiction on Section 12a ZollVG [German Customs Administration Law] and Section 12a (old version) ZVG" in DStZ [German Tax Journal] 2003, p. 606 et seq.

"Personal Liability of the Executive Board; Legal Framework Terms and Conditions and Options", Management Circle, Munich, 24th July 2002, Berlin 19th August 2002 and Wiesbaden 24th September 2002.

"The Active Personality Principle in International Criminal Law - simultaneously a critical contribution on legitimation of the extension of penal power to foreign countries of Germans", Frankfurt am Main June 2002.

"Current Issues on Exchange Rate Fraud pursuant to Section 88 BörsG [Stock Exchange Law] - simultaneously a discussion of the judgement of the Augsburg Regional Court dated 24th September 2001 - 3 O 4995/00 -“ in wistra [Journal for Commercial and Fiscal Criminal Law] 2002, p. 208 et seq.

"Abuse of Law in Criminal Proceedings by Refusing necessary Acts of Co-operation?" co-author in wistra 2001, p. 328 et seq.

"Current Guideline for Self-Disclosure of Tax Evasion taking into account recent Jurisdiction and Literature" in DStR [German Tax Law] 2001, p. 1821 et seq.