+49 40 35 52 80-974 +49 40 35 52 80-80 s.ottow@heuking.de
- White Collar Crime
- Tax Criminal Law
- Sports Law
- Compliance
Vita
- Admitted to the barsince 2011
- Education and former activities
- Langrock Voß & Soyka in Hamburg,
Salaried Partner for White Collar Crime 2017 - 2019 - Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek in Hamburg,
Senior Associate for White Collar Crime/Litigation2012 - 2017 - Roxin Rechtsanwälte in Hamburg,
Legal Assistant for White Collar Crime2010 - 2011 - Hanseatic Higher Regional Court of Hamburg,
Legal Clerkship with legal training at Hogan Lovells and at Norddeutscher Rundfunk in Hamburg2008 - 2010 - Chair of Prof Dr Ursula Nelles for Criminal Law, Criminal Procedural Law and White Collar Crime, University of Münster,
Research Assistant2004 - 2008 - University of Münster,
Law studies with additional studies in Anglo-American Law (FFA) and with internships at LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae in Boston, USA, and at Clifford Chance in Frankfurt2000 - 2004
Qualifications/current topics
Dr. Sabine Ottow advises companies and individuals in all areas of commercial and criminal tax law and regularly defends clients in criminal and administrative fine proceedings. Her other areas of expertise include conducting internal investigations and advising on all compliance issues, in particular whistleblower systems and corruption prevention.
She is regularly recommended in the relevant rankings by WirtschaftsWoche, Handelsblatt, FAZ, and Legal 500.
Part-time activities
- Member of the board of the Hamburg Bar Association (HAV)
- Regional representative of the Association of Women Lawyers in Commercial and Criminal Tax Law (JuWiSt) for the Hamburg region
- Ombudswoman for various companies (WhistleFox)
Affiliations
- Member of the Association for Commercial Criminal Law (WisteV)
- Member of the Deutsche Strafverteidiger e. V.
- Member of the International Bar Association (IBA)
- Member of the Criminal Law Working Group of the DAV (German Bar Association) e. V.
Dr. Sabine Ottow's Distinctions
F.A.Z. Institut: Top Anwalt 2026
WirtschaftsWoche Top Anwalt 2026
Handelsblatt: Deutschlands beste Anwälte 2025
Best Lawyers 2026
Handelsblatt: Deutschlands Beste Anwälte 2024
Best Lawyers 2025
Best Lawyers 2025
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Publications
2020
2017
Lectures
2019
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