Criminal Law · Frankfurt am Main

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Personal defence and corporate criminal-law counsel for entrepreneurs, executives and companies, discreet, strategic and with full commitment.

Alexander Rumpf, Specialist Lawyer for Criminal Law Florian Schmidt-Tüshaus, Specialist Lawyer for Criminal Law
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The partners

Who defends
you.

Three partners, one standard: the highest personal quality, discreet, determined and at your side.

The firm's meeting room
When it matters

Composure is
a strategy.

Our stance

When proceedings begin, more is at stake than a verdict. It is about your freedom, your assets, your reputation, and the calm of being in good hands.

Partners, not an apparatus

You speak with the partners who actually run your case, from the very first moment to the end. No handover to rotating associates. Whoever starts, stays.

Composure

Defence and corporate criminal-law counsel at the highest level, strategic, discreet, consistent. So that you stay able to act, and composed, even in a crisis.

Practice areas

What we
stand for.

Two levels: the broad fields we are at home in, and the focus areas where we are especially sharp.

Our focus areas

01
Money laundering & capital markets →
Banks, financial-services providers and fintechs, § 261 StGB, GwG, AMLA, and market abuse under MAR / WpHG.
02
Internal investigations →
Independent, defensible and in English, for boards and in-house legal and compliance teams.
03
Export control & sanctions →
Foreign Trade and Payments Act (AWG), EU-Russia sanctions, dual-use, defended with a China desk.
04
Customs criminal law & smuggling →
Customs investigations, import duties, anti-dumping duties (China), §§ 370, 373 German Fiscal Code.
05
EPPO proceedings →
European Public Prosecutor's Office in Frankfurt: subsidy fraud, customs, anti-dumping, VAT.
06
Foreign national arrested in Germany →
Consular notification, choice of defence lawyer, a reachable contact for families, embassies and consulates.
07
Airport security clearance (ZÜP) →
Working at Frankfurt Airport and under investigation? How the defence protects your clearance under section 7 LuftSiG.
08
European Arrest Warrant & extradition →
Arrested in Germany on a European Arrest Warrant? Procedure before the Higher Regional Court Frankfurt, consent, deadlines and defence.
09
Automotive grey market & sanctions →
A car you sold turned up in Russia? Defence for car dealers and foreign buyers under section 18 AWG.
10
Fatal workplace accident in Germany →
A fatal or serious accident at your German site? Defence of managers and companies against negligent homicide charges, also for foreign-owned groups.

Our German site covers further practice areas in depth, tax criminal law, compliance and corporate counsel, medical criminal law, internal investigations, undeclared work and more. See all practice areas (DE) →

International mandates
Reach

Wherever you
need us.

Our mandates do not stop at national borders. We act across regions, throughout Germany, across Europe and worldwide, wherever our clients need us. We advise in English, German and French.

Nationwide
before every court
Europe
cross-border
Worldwide
wherever you need us

Awards

Handelsblatt Germany's Best Lawyers 2026, Alexander Rumpf, white-collar crime Handelsblatt Germany's Best Lawyers 2026, Florian Schmidt-Tüshaus, tax criminal law Handelsblatt Germany's Best Lawyers 2026, Florian Schmidt-Tüshaus, white-collar crime
Client voices

What clients
report.

Real voices from exceptional situations, public Google reviews with names, and anonymised feedback from clients who prefer to stay discreet. Reviews originally written in German are shown in translation.

★★★★★

"Alexander is absolutely one of the best criminal-law defence attorneys, in particular in the renewable energy sector. Highly reliable, professional, competent and efficient. I could only recommend to talk with him."

Ning LiGoogle review
★★★★★

"Mr Rumpf is not only an outstanding lawyer, but also a person with a big heart. From the very beginning he supported me and my family with great commitment, honesty and expertise."

Ali AbdallahGoogle review · translated
★★★★★

"In my case Mr Rumpf was there within minutes and looked after me from start to finish, with compassion and thoroughness. No false hopes, no empty promises."

Paul OczenaschekGoogle review · Local Guide · translated
★★★★★

"At some point I could sleep again at night, because I knew someone had it under control. The first lawyer with whom I truly felt taken seriously."

Anonymised client voice
Your next step

Ready to be
in good hands?

Confidential, non-binding and fast, and always with a partner. In a crisis, every hour counts.