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Dr. Oliver Sahan

Managing Partner

Areas of specialization

  • Individual business criminal defense for executives and decision-makers
  • Strategic consulting for companies
  • Corporate business criminal defense

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„Open, appreciative, creative, competent“ – „assertive“ –  „top professional“.

JUVE Law Firm Directory 2024/25

“A criminal defense attorney any manager would want by his side.”

Chambers Germany 2025

„Outstanding strategist, top professional, assertive.“

JUVE Law Firm Directory 2023/24

Recommended in Business Criminal Law

Handelsblatt – Germany’s Best Lawyers 2024

Vita

  • Studied law at the University of Kiel
  • Research assistant at the Bucerius Law School in Hamburg (with Prof. Dr. Erich Samson)
  • Judicial clerkship in jurisdiction of Higher Regional Court of Hamburg
  • Doctorate from the Bucerius Law School in Hamburg
    Dissertation: “No tax declaration obligation with risk of self-incrimination”
  • Part-time lecturer at the Universities of Augsburg (2008 – 2012) and Gießen (2012 – 2015) and the BLS (since 2015)
  • Lawyer and Managing Partner at the law firm ROXIN Rechtsanwälte Part mbB

Publications*

*For better readability, all news, publications and events have been translated into English.
All publications are only available in the original version.

Article

End of the right of public contractors to inspect the commercial central register

StraFo 2025, pp. 96 – 99 (co-authored with Dr. Sascha Knaupe)

2025

Article

Implications in criminal law arising from unsuccessful references to legal acts of the EU

NZWiSt 2024, pp. 425 – 433 (co-authored with Dr. Ramona Höft)

2024

Comment

Commentary to Sections 299 et seq. of the German Criminal Code and Sections 377 et seq. of the German Fiscal Code

Graf/Jäger/Wittig (eds.), Commentary on white collar criminal and criminal tax law, 3. edition 2024

2024

Article

Giving bribes in commercial practice pursuant to Section 299 of the German Criminal Code in the cases in which the business owner consents – Annotation to German Federal Court dated 28 July 2021 – 1 StR 506/20

ZfIStw 2022, pp. 474 -476

2022

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Comment

Commentary on Section 355 of the German Criminal Code (breach of tax secrecy), Section 356 of the German Criminal Code (Betrayal of client), Section 357 of the German Criminal Code (Incitement of subordinate to commit offence) and Section 358 of the German Criminal Code (Incidental legal consequences)

Dölling/Duttge/König/Rösner (eds.), Nomos Commentary on Criminal Law, 5. edition 2022 (co-authored with Dr. Ramona Höft)

2022

 

Editorship

Minkoff/Sahan/Wittig (publishers), Corporate Criminal Law

Handbook

2020

 

Article

National criminal law against corruption

Minkoff/Sahan/Wittig (eds.), Corporate Criminal Law, 2020, pp. 377 – 413

2020

 

Article

The duty to safeguard the pecuniary interests when using debtor warrants

ZIS 2018, pp. 317 – 329 (co-authored with Dr. Andreas Minkoff)

2018

 

Article

The „de facto non-director“

NZWiSt 2018, pp. 161 – 169 (co-authored with Dr. Johannes Altenburg)

2018

 

Article

Embezzlement of remuneration. Annotations for practitioners to German Federal Court dated 11 April 2017 – 4 StR 252/16

NStZ 2017, pp. 529 – 531

2017

 

Comment

COMMENTARY ON SECTIONS 299 FF. STGB (GERMAN PENAL CODE) AND SECTIONS 377 FF. AO (German Tax Code)

Graf/Jäger/Wittig (eds.), Commentary on White Collar Criminal and Criminal Tax Law, 2. edition 2017

2017

 

Comment

Commentary on Section 355 of the German Criminal Code (breach of tax secrecy), Section 356 of the German Criminal Code (Betrayal of client), Section 357 of the German Criminal Code (Incitement of subordinate to commit offence) and Section 358 of the German Criminal Code (Incidental legal consequences)

Dölling/Duttge/König/Rösner (eds.), Nomos Commentary on Criminal Law, 4. edition 2017

2017

 

Article

An „official act“ in the context of the crime of giving and taking bribes (Sections 334, 332 of the German Criminal Code)

Rotsch/Brüning/Schady (eds.), essay in honour of Heribert Ostendorf, 2015, p. 765 – 777

2015

 

Article

Criminal law and compliance in practice

Temel/Sözüer (eds.), scientific and practical aspects of the compliance discussion, 2013, pp. 61 – 72

2013

 

Article

Review: Detlef Burhoff, Handbook for the criminal investigation proceedings

StRR 2013, p. 95

2013

 

Article

Exemption from seizure of legal correspondence

Rotsch (ed.), Criminal Compliance facing the challenges of the future, 2013, pp. 141 – 154

2013

 

Comment

Commentary on section 355 StGB (German Penal Code) (Violation of Secrecy in Tax Matters), section 356 StGB (Betrayal of Client), section 357 StGB (Misguidance of a Subordinate to commit a crime), and section 358 StGB (Incidental Legal Consequences)

Dölling/Duttge/König/Rösner (eds.), Nomos Commentary on Criminal Law, 3. edition 2013

2013

 

Article

Review: Detlef Burhoff, Handbook for the criminal trial

StRR 2013, p. 95

2013

 

Article

Key Issues Paper on the criminal liability of corrupt physicians

Legal Tribune Online, 09.04.2013

2013

 

Article

Internal investigations considered from a lawyer’s perspective

Kuhlen/Kudlich/Ortiz de Urbina (eds.), Compliance and Criminal Law, 2012, pp. 171 – 185

2012

 

Editorship

Schulz/Reinhart/Sahan (eds.), Essay in honour of Imme Roxin

2012

 

Article

No duty to safeguard the pecuniary interests for the director who is formally appointed however practically powerless

Schulz/Reinhart/Sahan (eds.), essay in honour of Imme Roxin, 2012, pp. 295 – 306

2012

 

Article

Fulfilment of corruption offences by panel doctors? Annotation to German Federal Court, dated 29 March 2012 – GSSt 2/11

StRR 2012, pp. 390 – 391

2012

 

Article

The criminal liability of panel doctors for taking bribes, Annotation to German Federal Court dated 29 March 2012

ZIS 2012, pp. 386 – 389

2012

 

Article

Communication for the termination of corruption schemes

Thomas Rotsch (ed.), scientific and practical aspects of the compliance discussion, 2012, pp. 105 – 122

2012

 

Article

The German Federal Court rules that corrupt panel doctors are not criminally liable

Legal Tribune Online, 22.06.2012

2012

 

Comment

Commentary on section 355 StGB (German Penal Code) (Violation of Secrecy in Tax Matters), section 356 StGB (Betrayal of Client), section 357 StGB (Misguidance of a Subordinate to commit a crime), and section 358 StGB (Incidental Legal Consequences)

Dölling/Duttge/König/Rösner (eds.), Nomos Commentary on Criminal Law, 2. edition 2011

2011

 

Article

Dangerous territory – Which benefits may panel doctors accept without risking criminal prosecution?

KVHJ 2011, pp. 5 –8

2011

 

Article

On the incorruptibility of panel doctors

ZIS 2011, pp. 23 – 28

2011

 

Article

Corruption within the healthcare sector – Criminal liability of panel doctors for taking bribes is still undecided

Legal Tribune Online, 05.05.2011

2011

 

Comment

Commentary on sections 299 ff. StGB (German Penal Code) and sections 377 ff. AO (German Tax Code)

Graf/Jäger/Wittig (eds.), Commentary on white collar criminal and criminal tax law, 1. edition 2011

2011

 

Article

new regulation on the principal witness – there is no alternative to actively putting an end to corrupt systems then establishing efficient compliance-structures

Betriebs-Berater (BB) 2010, pp. 647 – 652

2010

 

Article

Practice case in criminal law

ZJS 2010, pp. 238 – 245

2010

 

Article

Corruption as a risk under criminal tax law

Joecks/Ostendorf/Rönnau/Rotsch/Schmitz (eds.), essay in honour of Erich Samson, 2010, pp. 599 – 617

2010

 

Article

Criminal tax law risks for banks and their employees who transfer assets to Switzerland

IStR 2009, pp. 715 – 720

2009

 

Comment

Commentary on section 355 StGB (German Penal Code) (Violation of Secrecy in Tax Matters), section 356 StGB (Betrayal of Client), section 357 StGB (Misguidance of a Subordinate to commit a crime), and section 358 StGB (Incidental Legal Consequences)

Dölling/Duttge/König/Rösner (eds.), Nomos Commentary on Criminal Law, 1. edition 2008

2008

 

Article

Review: Christoph E. Hauschka (publisher), Corporate Compliance – A Handbook to avoiding liability within a company

ZIS 2008, pp. 481 – 482

2008

 

Article

Practice case in ecological criminal law

ZJS 2008, pp. 177 – 186

2008

 

Article

Attorneys of one firm representing opposing interests

Anwaltsblatt 2008, pp. 698 – 702

2008

 

Article

Review: Lutz Eidam, The Privilege against Self-incrimination in Criminal Proceedings at the Beginning of the 21st Century, 2007

ZIS 2007, pp. 294 – 297

2007

 

Article

Can the panel doctor be a potential perpetrator of the crime of taking bribes in commercial practice pursuant to Section 299 para. 1 of the German Criminal Code?

ZIS 2007, pp. 69 –74

2007

 

Article

Section 3 of the Code of Criminal Procedure with regards to the substantive regulations of commission and participation: Is there a definition of the accessory that is specific to the Code of Criminal Procedure

ZIS 2007, pp. 142 – 149

2007

 

Article

Taking bribes – the danger of criminal liability for panel doctors

Deutsches Ärzteblatt 2007, pp. 2392 – 2393

2007

 

Article

The remaining scope of the Fortsetzungsfeststellungsklage pursuant to Section 113 para. 1 s. 4 of the Code of Administrative Court Procedure

Juristische Arbeitsblätter (JA) 2007, pp. 805 – 811

2007

 

Article

The concept of participation in the light of Section 3 of the Code of Criminal Procecure

Juristische Arbeitsblätter (JA) 2006, pp. 539 – 542

2006

 

Article

Review: The principle of ne bis in idem in European criminal law

ZIS 2006, pp. 495 – 496

2006

 

Thesis

No duty to declare taxes in case of a possible self-incrimination

Dissertation

2006

 

Article

On abandonment of attempt resulting in exemption from punishment, annotations to German Federal Court, dated 27 April 2004 – 3 StR 112/04

Juristen Zeitung (JZ) 2005, pp. 203 -205

2005

 

Article

On abandonment of attempt resulting in exemption from punishment, annotations to German Federal Court, dated 27 April 2004

Juristische Arbeitsblätter (JA) 2005, pp. 171 – 173

2005

 

Article

Combining and separating criminal cases

Juristische Arbeitsblätter (JA) 2005, pp. 801 – 809

2005

Get in touch with me

Dr. Oliver Sahan

ROXIN Rechtsanwälte Part mbB
Rathauscontor
Große Johannisstraße 9
20457 Hamburg
Germany

T +49 40 589 67 77-20
E sahan@roxin.de

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