Profile
biography
Kilian Schaefer was born in Nuremberg. From 2002 to 2007, he studied law in Freiburg im Breisgau and Paris, and completed his legal traineeship at the Higher Regional Court of Düsseldorf, including placements at a law firm specializing exclusively in white-collar and tax criminal law, as well as at the German Embassy in Sarajevo. He has been a licensed attorney since 2010 and a partner at Galen Rechtsanwälte since 2017. He also lectures on criminal law at the Free University of Berlin.
Education & Qualifications
Main areas of activity
- Economic criminal law
- Tax criminal law
- Insolvency criminal law
- Money laundering
- Fraud and infidelity
- Right of confiscation
- Criminal charges in economic criminal law
- Committees of Inquiry
Publications
Frischmuth/Schaefer · Neue Zeitschrift für Strafrecht (NStZ) 2026, p. 275 ff.
Commentary on Sections 30 et seq. and Section 130 of the German Administrative Offenses Act (OWiG), co-authored with attorney Dr. von Galen · Nomos, 2022
Memberships
Criminal Law Consultant, Free University of Berlin · Association of Berlin Criminal Defense Lawyers.