Stephanie Kamp LL.M.,
Counsel
Munich Bar (admitted to all German Courts, except the Federal Court of Justice in civil legal matters) since 2014
L.L.M. Master’s degree program in White-Collar Crime Law
Certified Compliance Officer (Univ.)
Languages: German, English
Stephanie has over a decade of experience as a lawyer and criminal defense attorney, with a specialization in white-collar crime and criminal tax law. In addition, she provides expert counsel on matters of criminal compliance to both companies and individual clients.
She studied law at Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich, with a focus on "Criminal Justice, Criminal Defense, and Prevention". While working, she obtained a postgraduate master’s degree in white-collar crime law from the University of Osnabrück, earning the title Magister Legum (LL.M.). Her qualifications include certification as a compliance officer from the Center for Continuing Education and Knowledge Transfer (ZWW) at the University of Augsburg.
Her area of expertise focuses on criminal property and criminal employment law. Her experience in this field includes representing clients in proceedings on suspicion of involuntary manslaughter following industrial accidents. She represents companies in administrative and judicial criminal proceedings as well as fine proceedings and regularly defends executive board members and members of management in white-collar crime and criminal tax matters.
Another focus of her work is the provision of preventive counsel to companies, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), on matters pertaining to compliance. This includes advising on the implementation of compliance management systems, drafting company guidelines, employee training, and conducting internal investigations. Since 2024 she contributes her expertise to the working group “German medium-sized companies” of the German Institute of Compliance (DICO). Stephanie also represents companies and other organizations in criminal proceedings that have sustained financial losses or other forms of damage due to criminal activities.
Since January 2024, Stephanie is a member of the advisory board of the specialist journal BankPraktiker, published by FCH AG.
Stephanie is representing and represented clients in most significant criminal matters in Germany. Her representations include the following matters:
1. Wirecard Proceedings: Defence of the Former Head of Accounting
Co-defense counsel of the former Head of Accounting since 2020
- in the criminal investigation during which a release from custody was ^ achieved in 2021,
- in the investigation by the Parliamentary Investigation Committee of the 19th German Bundestag and
- in the criminal trial before the 4th Criminal Chamber of the Munich I Regional Court regarding the allegations of accounting fraud, market manipulation, fraud and breach of trust since December 2022.
Links:
(2.) Legal magazine LTO – Wirecard
2. Cum-Ex Scandal: Defense of a Former Board Member of an International Bank
Co-defense counsel of a former board member of an international bank since 2019 with relation to the allegation of aiding and abetting tax evasion amounting to millions of euros.
3. Cum-Ex Scandal: Defense of a Former Broker
Co-defense counsel of a former broker of one of the world's largest inter-dealer brokers based in London concerning the allegations of aiding and abetting tax evasion in the millions of euros.
4. Dieselgate: Defense of a Development Engineer
Co-defense counsel of a development engineer of a German car manufacturer in the criminal investigation regarding the allegations of fraud as well as strategic advisor regarding the investigation by the United States Department of Justice.
5. White-Collar Defense: Defense of a Senior Board Member Against the Allegations of Fraud and Breach of Trade Secrets
Defense counsel of a senior board member of a machine manufacturer against the allegations of fraud in the millions and infringement of trade secrets.
6. White-Collar Defense: Defense of a Safety Engineer Against the Allegations of Negligent Homicide After a Workplace Accident
Defense counsel of a safety engineer against the allegation of negligent homicide after a workplace accident on a major construction site.
7. MLAT-Proceedings: Representation of a Utility Group
Representation of a utility group that suffered damages in the range of three-digit millions of euros e in connection with a Mutual Legal Assistance Request by the United States of America.
8. Compliance Advice: Automotive Supplier
Advise to an automotive supplier on the further development of its compliance management system as well as conducting an internal investigation regarding the allegation of commercial bribery.
Stephanie received the following awards:
1. Best Lawyers
Stephanie Kamp LL.M. "Criminal Defense"
Listed 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024| 2025
Stephanie Kamp LL.M. "Criminal Tax Practice"
Listed 2024| 2025
2. WirtschaftsWoche
Top Attorney at Law Stephanie Kamp LL.M. “White Collar Criminal Law”
Listed 2022
Top Attorney at Law Stephanie Kamp LL.M. “Criminal Tax Law”
Listed 2024
Top Attorney at Law Stephanie Kamp LL.M. "Compliance"
Listed 2024
Since 2024, Stephanie has been a permanent co-author of the column “Strafrechtsrisiken in der Bank” in the monthly trade journal BankPraktiker, published by FCH AG. This journal targets specialists and managers from various institutions in the banking industry.
Book Contributions
Germany, in: The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Business Crime 2017, editor: DiBianco, Junck, Global Legal Group Ltd., London 2016, p. 17
Germany, in: The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Business Crime 2016, editor: DiBianco, Junck, Global Legal Group Ltd., London 2015, p. 130
Essays
“The institution of banking secrecy in criminal law”, BankPraktiker 2024, p. 388 - 389
„Potential criminal liability for victims of ransomware attacks", BankPraktiker 2024, p. 292 – 293
„Money laundering and the EU's AML package: what can we expect?", BankPraktiker 2024, p. 196 – 197
"The right of the affected bank to inspect files", BankPraktiker 2024, p. 100 – 101
"How to deal with a dawn raid? - From the perspective of the concerned bank", BankPraktiker 2024, p. 4 – 6
"Dealing with requests for information from investigating authorities", IKS Praktiker 2023, p. 128 – 133
Stephanie is a lecturer at FCH AG since 2023, delivering presentations on topics such as handling requests for information from investigating authorities in banking practice and defense strategies during searches and seizures.
2024
November
Stephanie Kamp LL.M. | Requests for information in banking practice: correct & lean answers
FCH Practice Digital, Webinar
October
Stephanie Kamp LL.M. | Introduction to German White-Collar Criminal Law and Criminal Procedural Law
Guest lecture in the class "Criminal Tax Law and Procedure", Georgetown University Law Center, Washington D.C.
Stephanie Kamp LL.M. | The Failure to Prevent Fraud Offence: Path to a Better World or Pre-Crime Minority Report
12th Annual London White-Collar Crime Institute, American Bar Association Criminal Justice Section, Panel discussion, London
Stephanie Kamp LL.M. | Working Group on Small and Medium-sized Enterprises: Battle of the Codes - King trumps Queen?!
DICO Forum Compliance 2024, Panel discussion, Berlin
2023
November
Stephanie Kamp LL.M. | Requests for information in banking practice: correct & lean answers
FCH Practice Digital, Webinar
2022
November
Stephanie Kamp LL.M. | Dealing with requests for information from investigative authorities and IT searches
11. Frankfurter IT-Rechtstag 2022
May
Stephanie Kamp LL.M. | Aggressive Tax Enforcements: You Can Run but Cannot Hide
Panel discussion, Cambridge Forums, Bagshot (UK)
Stephanie is member of the following associations:
- Women’s White Collar Defense Association (WWCDA),
- Juristinnen im Wirtschafts- und Steuerstrafrecht (JuWiSt),
- Regionalverantwortliche München von JuWiSt,
- Wirtschaftsstrafrechtliche Vereinigung e.V. (WiSteV),
- Arbeitskreis „Mittelstand“ des Deutschen Instituts für Compliance (DICO),
- Fachbeirat der Fachzeitschrift BankPraktiker der FCH AG,
- Deutscher Anwaltverein (DAV) – Arbeitsgemeinschaft Strafrecht und
- Rechtsanwaltskammer (RAK) München.