+49 211 600 55-217 +49 211 600 55-210 a.szesny@heuking.de
- White Collar Crime
- Tax Criminal Law
- Capital Market Criminal Law
- Environmental Criminal Law
- Compliance
- Criminal Compliance
- Corporate Criminal Law
- Sports criminal law
Vita
- Head of the White Collar & Criminal Compliance Practice Group
- Admitted to the Bar since 2005
- Education and former activities
- Doctorate in law 2008
- VBB Attorneys at Law, Düsseldorf 2006-2008
- Wessing II Verjans Attorneys at Law, Düsseldorf 2005-2006
- Legal clerkship at the District Court of Wuppertal 2003-2005
- Institute for White Collar Crime, University of Osnabrück 2001-2003
- LL.M. studies in White Collar Crime, University of Osnabrück 2001-2002
- Law studies in Osnabrück and Leiden/Netherlands 1995-2001
Qualifications/current topics
Dr. André-M. Szesny, LL.M., specializes in commercial and tax criminal law as well as compliance and heads the corresponding practice group. He is regularly recognized as a top lawyer by renowned industry services such as JUVE, WirtschaftsWoche, Chambers, and Legal 500.
As an individual defense attorney, he is involved in large-scale and complex proceedings such as the Wirecard complex, Cum-Ex proceedings, and the Hessian justice scandal. As a corporate defense attorney, he advises and represents clients in particular in environmental, tax, and capital market criminal and administrative offense proceedings. He also conducts internal investigations in cases of suspected compliance violations or internal criminal offenses.
Part-time activities
- Lecturer at the University of Cologne (LL.M. program in commercial criminal law)
- Co-spokesperson for the Capital Markets Criminal Law Working Group of the Economic Criminal Law Association
- Teaching position in continuing education for public prosecutors and police officers in North Rhine-Westphalia
- Ombudsman for various companies (WhistleFox)
- Certified Consultant for Corporate Criminal Law (DAA)
Affiliations
- Working Group Criminal Law of the German Lawyers’ Association
- International Bar Association (IBA)
- Corporate Criminal Law Association
Dr. André-M. Szesny's Distinctions
Lexology Index: Germany – Business Crime Defence 2026
Chambers Germany 2025
Handelsblatt: Deutschlands Beste Anwälte 2025
Best Lawyers 2026
WirtschaftsWoche TOP Anwalt 2025
JUVE Handbuch Wirtschaftskanzleien 2024/2025
Juve Handbuch Steuern 2024
Leaders League 2024
Handelsblatt: Deutschlands Beste Anwälte 2024
Best Lawyers 2025
Legal 500 EMEA 2024
WirtschaftsWoche: Legal All Stars 2023
Chambers Europe 2024
Legal 500 Germany 2024
WirtschaftsWoche: TOP Anwalt 2024
WWL Germany 2024
JUVE Handbuch Wirtschaftskanzleien 2023/2024
Juve Handbuch Steuern 2023
Best Lawyers 2024
Chambers Europe 2023
Leaders League 2023
WirtschaftsWoche: Legal All Stars 2022
Legal 500 Germany 2023
JUVE Handbuch Wirtschaftskanzleien 2022/2023
Handelsblatt: Deutschlands Beste Anwälte 2022
Best Lawyers 2023
Juve Handbuch Steuern 2022
Legal 500 EMEA 2022
WirtschaftsWoche: TOP Anwalt 2022
Chambers Europe 2022
Legal 500 Germany 2022
JUVE Handbook Commercial Law Firms 2021/2022
Best Lawyers 2022
Handelsblatt: Deutschlands Beste Anwälte 2021
Juve Handbuch Steuern 2021
Legal 500 EMEA 2021
WirtschaftsWoche: TOP Anwalt 2021
Chambers Europe 2021
Legal 500 Germany 2021
JUVE Handbook Commercial Law Firms 2020/2021