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.

As a rule, he does not take on matters from other areas of law, or only in individual cases if, for example, they concern similar areas. Based on his professional experience in renowned international commercial law firms, Dr. Kutschelis, for example, advises and represents clients in the area of compliance and internal investigations as well as in individual liability cases related to criminal law or compliance incidents. For all other inquiries, Dr. Kutschelis is happy to recommend suitable colleagues from his professional network.

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)