Practice Expertise
- Capital Market Criminal Law
- Corporate Criminal Law
- Criminal Compliance
- Tax Criminal Law
Areas of Practice
- Capital Market Criminal Law
- Corporate Criminal Law
- Criminal Compliance
- Tax Criminal Law
- Capital Market Compliance
- Compliance
- Dispute Resolution
- Environmental Criminal Law View More
WSG Practice Industries
Corporate & Business
Dispute Resolution
Environmental
Financial Services
Government & Public Sector
Taxation
Crossborder Trade & Investment View More
WSG Leadership
- Compliance Group - Member
- White Collar Crime Group - Member
Profile
André Szesny was admitted to the bar in 2005 and has been a partner with Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek since 2013.
He specializes in business regulation, criminal compliance and criminal defense of individuals and corporations. He advises and defends clients in high-profile regulatory disputes, especially criminal proceedings. In the past, he represented private economy corporations and public enterprises, board members and advisory board members, i. a. in cross-border investigations.
He is a visiting lecturer at the Fresenius University of Applied Sciences and editor of the professional journal WisteV-Journal. He authored several essays and book chapters dealing with financial market criminal law, internal investigations and criminal procedure and was rated a leading lawyer in corporate and criminal compliance by the WirtschaftsWoche.
He specializes in business regulation, criminal compliance and criminal defense of individuals and corporations. He advises and defends clients in high-profile regulatory disputes, especially criminal proceedings. In the past, he represented private economy corporations and public enterprises, board members and advisory board members, i. a. in cross-border investigations.
He is a visiting lecturer at the Fresenius University of Applied Sciences and editor of the professional journal WisteV-Journal. He authored several essays and book chapters dealing with financial market criminal law, internal investigations and criminal procedure and was rated a leading lawyer in corporate and criminal compliance by the WirtschaftsWoche.
Bar Admissions
Admitted to the Bar since 2005
Education
LL.M. Programm White Collar Crime at University of Osnabrueck, Germany
University of Osnabrueck, Germany
Leiden University, The Netherlands
Areas of Practice
- Capital Market Criminal Law
- Corporate Criminal Law
- Criminal Compliance
- Tax Criminal Law
- Capital Market Compliance
- Compliance
- Dispute Resolution
- Environmental Criminal Law
Professional Career
Professional Associations
(selection)
American Chamber of Commerce Expert Briefing: German Anti Corruption Legislation (2013)
BehördenSpiegel: Compliance for public companies (2013)
Public Prosecution Authority Düsseldorf: Capital Market Criminal Law (2009)
North Rine Westfalia State Police: Capital Market Criminal Law (2011, 2012)
Professional Activities and Experience
VBB Verjans Boettger Berndt, Duesseldorf, Germany
Wessing II - Verjans, Duesseldorf, Germany
Research assistant at University of Osnabrueck, Germany
- International Bar Association
- Deutscher Anwalt Verein (Germany Lawyers' Ass.)
- Wirtschaftsstrafrechtliche Vereinigung (WisteV)
(selection)
American Chamber of Commerce Expert Briefing: German Anti Corruption Legislation (2013)
BehördenSpiegel: Compliance for public companies (2013)
Public Prosecution Authority Düsseldorf: Capital Market Criminal Law (2009)
North Rine Westfalia State Police: Capital Market Criminal Law (2011, 2012)
Professional Activities and Experience
VBB Verjans Boettger Berndt, Duesseldorf, Germany
Wessing II - Verjans, Duesseldorf, Germany
Research assistant at University of Osnabrueck, Germany
Articles
COVID-19 And Its Impact on Criminal Procedure and Criminal Law
By Andre-M. Szesny, LL.M. |March 2020Also a Task for Corporate Compliance: Violations of Curfews and Quarantine are Punishable
By Andre-M. Szesny, LL.M. |March 2020The German Federal Ministry of Justice Submits a Proposal for a Corporate Sanctions Act
By Andre-M. Szesny, LL.M. |August 2019
Keine Garantenpflicht von Vorstandsmitgliedern oder Geschäftsführern gegenüber Dritten zur Verhinderung von Vermögensschäden, Anm. zu BGH, Urt. v. 10.7.2012 – VI ZR 341/10, WiJ 2013, 33 (www.wi-j.de)
Kommentierung der §§ 324-330d StGB (Umweltstrafrecht), in Leipold/Tsambikakis/Zöller (Editor.), AnwaltKommentar StGB, 2011
more publications: see http://www.heuking.de/en/anwaelte/profil/szesny-llm.html
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