Awards
- Values Award 2022 given by Women in the Legal World, Madrid
- Maria-Otto-Award 2022 given by the German Bar Association (DAV), Berlin
- Honorary Bencher (Honorary Member of the Board) of the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple, London, since 2022
Profile
biography
Dr. Margarete Countess von Galen was born in Cologne and has been a licensed attorney since 1983. She has been a certified specialist in criminal law since 1998 and received her doctorate from Humboldt University of Berlin in 2004. She advises and defends companies and individuals in matters of white-collar crime, compliance, and professional conduct law, and has been active in national and European legal policy for decades.
Education & Qualifications
Main areas of activity
- Economic and tax criminal law
- Whistleblowing
- Compliance
- Professional law
- Constitutional complaints
- Criminal Law (Sexual Harassment & Assault)
- Legal issues of prostitution
- European law
Positions & Mandates
Judicial & institutional offices
Committees & Boards
She regularly provides opinions on legislative proposals in Germany and at EU level and participates as an expert in hearings of the German Bundestag, the European Commission and the European Parliament.
Publications
Editor and co-author · CHBeck, 2024
Commentary on Sections 30 et seq. and Section 130 of the German Administrative Offenses Act (OWiG), co-authored with attorney Schaefer · Nomos, 2022
Commentary on other legal assistance and the Regulation establishing the European Public Prosecutor's Office · Nomos, 2020
Dissertation · Humboldt University of Berlin, 2004
Co-editor · also member of the advisory board of the Journal for Economic Criminal Law and Corporate Liability (ZWH)
Further essays and case notes on criminal law, criminal procedure, professional law for lawyers and the rule of law; regular lecturing in these areas.
Memberships
Association of Berlin Criminal Defense Lawyers · German Bar Association (DAV) · Republican Lawyers Association · European Criminal Bar Association (ECBA)