The law firm for criminal law in Hamburg

“Reliability and straightforwardness are non-negotiable.” Mr. Meyer-Lohkamp qualified as a lawyer since 1999 and has specialised in criminal law since 2003. He specialises in criminal defence, particularly in the area of commercial criminal and criminal tax law, as well as in general criminal law. JUVE magazine described him in 2015 as a “brilliant forensic scientist”.   Mr. Meyer-Lohkamp is a partner in the Meyer-Lohkamp & Pragal law firm. Its clients include company directors, supervisory board members and managing directors of corporations and SMEs, as well as private individuals. He has been practising exclusively in the criminal defence field since 2000.   Mr. Meyer-Lohkamp has published numerous essays on topics relating mainly to criminal procedure and also regularly gives specialist lectures. Apart from this, he is also the “Northern” Regional Representative in the Commercial Criminal Law Society (Wirtschaftsstrafrechtlichen Vereinigung e. V.) where he focuses on the nationwide defence of individuals in a wide range of commercial criminal and criminal tax matters CV:

• Degree course in law in Kiel and Freiburg im Breisgau

• Law clerk at the Hanseatic Higher Regional Court of Hamburg

• Lawyer in Hamburg since 1999

• Foundation of the Meyer-Lohkamp criminal defence law firm in Hamburg in 2000

• Certified specialist lawyer for criminal law since 2003

• Foundation of the Meyer-Lohkamp & Pragal law firm in Hamburg in 2010

• Lecturer at the University of Hamburg (Institute of Criminology)

Author of a “juris” practice report on criminal law

Member of the advisory board for the Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsstrafrecht und Haftung im Unternehmen (ZWH) (journal of commercial criminal law and liability in companies)

• Head of a working group for legal trainees

Memberships:

• Wirtschaftsstrafrechtliche Vereinigung e. V. (Association of commercial criminal lawyers)

• Vereinigung Berliner Strafverteidiger e. V. (association of criminal defence lawyers in Berlin)

• Hamburger Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Strafverteidigerinnen und Strafverteidiger e. V. (working group for criminal defence lawyers in Hamburg)

Voluntary positions:

• Executive Chairman of the Hamburg Bar Court

• Chairman of the Board of the Hamburger Fürsorgevereins von 1948 e. V. (Hamburg Welfare Organisation of 1948)

Link to the JUVE portrait of attorney-at-law Mr. Meyer-Lohkamp

“Criminal defence is the fight against apparent certainties and for the dignity of the accused”.Dr. Oliver Pragal, LL.M. (Cape Town) qualified as a lawyer in 2007 and has specialised in criminal law since 2011. Dr. Pragal practises in particular in commercial criminal and criminal tax law and is also active in general criminal law (click hereto go to the JUVE portrait of Dr. Pragal). Dr. Pragal is a partner in the Meyer-Lohkamp & Pragal law firm. The firm’s clients include company directors, supervisory board members and managing directors of corporations and SMEs, as well as private individuals. Dr. Pragal is also an ombudsman for whistleblowers from various companies. Key areas:

• the nationwide defence of individuals and companies in a wide range of commercial criminal and criminal tax matters / preventative counselling in matters of criminal law
• Corruption procedures

CV:

• Degree course in law in Kiel
• Awarded a doctorate in active and passive corruption in commercial transactions (section 299 of the German Criminal Code) at the Bucerius Law School (Hamburg)
• Master’s degree with a focus on “Criminal Law” at the University of Cape Town (South Africa)
• Law clerk at the Hanseatic Higher Regional Court of Hamburg
• Lawyer in Hamburg since 2007
• Certified specialist lawyer for criminal law since 2012
• Foundation of the Dr. Pragal law firm in Hamburg in 2008
• Foundation of the Meyer-Lohkamp & Pragal law firm in Hamburg in 2010

Secondary employment:

• Member of the Committee on Criminal Law of the Hanseatische Rechtsanwaltskammer (Hanseatic Chamber of Lawyers) in Hamburg
• Founder of the Institut für Compliance im Mittelstand (Institute for Compliance in SMEs), long-time board member
• Regular speaker at conferences and training courses for criminal law
• Founding member ofRechtsanwälte gegen Totalüberwachung e.V. (Association of lawyers against total surveillance)

Memberships:

• Wirtschaftsstrafrechtliche Vereinigung e. V. (Association of commercial criminal lawyers)
• Working group for criminal law at the DAV (German association of lawyers)

Link to the JUVE portrait of attorney-at-law Dr. Pragal