Practice
Dr. Kutschelis works as a defense lawyer in the field of criminal law, in particular in the field of white-collar crime and administrative offences.
Mandate aus anderen Rechtsbereichen werden in aller Regel nicht bzw. nur im Einzelfall übernommen, wenn es sich etwa um angrenzende Gebiete handelt. So berät und vertritt Dr. Kutschelis aufgrund seiner beruflichen Erfahrungen in renommierten internationalen Wirtschaftskanzleien zum Beispiel Mandanten im Bereich der Compliance und Internen Untersuchungen ebenso wie in einzelnen Haftungsfällen, die im Zusammenhang mit strafrechtlich relevanten Vorgängen oder Compliance-Vorfällen stehen. Für alle weiteren Anfragen empfiehlt Dr. Kutschelis gerne geeignete Kolleginnen und Kollegen aus seinem beruflichen Netzwerk.
Attorney
Dr. Julian Kutschelis
Born, raised and graduated from high school in Essen, Germany, including a one-year school stay with the American Field Service (AFS) in Sucre/Bolivia
2004-2009
Law studies at the University of Trier, with specialized foreign language training (FFA) in Spanish and Anglo-American law
2009
First state examination in law (with distinction)
2009-2012
Research assistant and doctoral/Ph.D. candidate at the Chair of Civil Law, Commercial, Corporate and Capital Markets Law and Legal Theory of Prof. Dr. Gregor Bachmann, LL.M., at the Free University (FU) of Berlin (now Humboldt University, Berlin)
2014
Doctorate/Ph.D. in law (summa cum laude) with a thesis on corruption prevention, including research stay at Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina, as a scholarship holder of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD); dissertation awarded the Faculty Prize of the School of Law of the FU Berlin
2012-2014
Legal clerkship in Berlin, i.e. at the Public Prosecutor's Office Berlin (Department of Organized Crime), the Federal Ministry of Finance, the US law firm WilmerHale and the Tanzanian German Center for Eastern African Legal Studies, Dar es Salaam/Tanzania, among others
2014
Second state examination in law/bar exam (with distinction)
2015-2019
Attorney at the U.S. commercial law firm Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP Berlin Office, in the areas of compliance and internal investigations, white collar criminal law, corporate liability and corporate law
2019-2023
Lawyer and criminal defense attorney in the boutique firm Krause & Kollegen, Berlin, specializing in white collar and tax criminal law, most recently as Counsel/of Counsel
Publications
Comment on OLG Cologne, 1.10.2020 - 2 Ws 543/20: "Notice of occupation, fine proceedings", NZWiSt 2021, 121 (in German)
Comment on LG Stuttgart, 05.08.2020 - 11 KLs 176 Js 42172/15: "Gross principle, value replacement, enforcement proceedings, depletion"; NZWiSt 2021, 32 (in German)
Comment on BGH, decision of 11.07.2019 - 1 StR 467/18: "Non-order of confiscation of the value of proceeds of crime - Inquiry of the 1st Criminal Senate", in: NZWiSt 2019, p. 467 et seq. (in German)
New Corporate Criminal Law in Argentina, in: CCZ 2018, p. 133 et seq. (in German)
Corruption prevention and management duties in an international group of companies (thesis), Nomos Publishing 2014 (in German)
References
Dr. Kutschelis has worked on the following matters, among others:
- Interne Untersuchung zu sog. „Cum/Ex“-Aktiengeschäften; zahlreiche rechtliche Begutachtungen im Zusammenhang mit „Cum/Ex“-Aktiengeschäften
- Verteidigung GmbH-Geschäftsführer in Ermittlungsverfahren wegen Lohnsteuer- und Kapitalertragsteuerhinterziehungen
- Defense of companies in administrative offence proceedings due to violations of occupational health and safety regulations
- Defense of managing directors against allegations of fraud in connection with the manufacture and distribution of pharmaceutical products
- Verteidigung Vorstand wegen des Vorwurfs der Untreue
- Defense of attorneys in preliminary proceedings for litigation fraud
- Defense of companies in criminal and administrative offence proceedings in connection with the employment of foreign workers
- Assistance to companies in connection with investigations of fatal accidents at work
- Defense of defendants in cross-border proceedings of the European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO)
- Ongoing advice for manufacturing companies on product compliance issues
Memberships
- Criminal Law Working Group of the German Bar Association
- Business Criminal Law Association (Wistev e.V.)
- Criminal Defense Lawyers Association Northrhine-Westphalia e.V.
- Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE)