+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
Most companies and public organizations are obliged to set up and operate reporting offices to receive information on legal violations. You can find more information on our website about whistleblower systems.
Part-time activities
- Lectureship University of Liechtenstein (White Collar Crime)
- Co-speaker of the working group on capital market criminal law of the Wirtschaftsstrafrechtliche Vereinigung e. V.
- Teaching activity in further education for public prosecutors and police officers in North Rhine-Westphalia
- Ombudsman for various companies
- 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