
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
