In addition to the criminal offenses defined in the Criminal Code, banking and capital markets criminal law primarily encompasses criminal offenses and administrative offenses arising from the Securities Trading Act (WpHG), the Stock Exchange Act (BörsG), the Banking Act (KWG), the Money Laundering Act (GwG), the Stock Corporation Act (AktG), and the Commercial Code (HGB). Investigations in banking and capital markets criminal law are characterized by close cooperation between law enforcement agencies and the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin).
Consulting and defense in banking and capital markets criminal law therefore require special expertise in order to build the necessary counterweight to state investigations.