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Dr. Oliver Sahan

Managing Partner
Hamburg
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areas of specialization

  • Individual criminal defence for executives and decision-makers
  • Strategic consulting for companies
  • Corporate criminal defence

References

„HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL… ACCOUNTS FOR STRATEGIC CONSIDERATIONS BEYOND JUST LEGAL ISSUES“

JUVE Handbuch Wirtschaftskanzleien 2021/2022

„KNOWN FOR HIS ACTIVITY ON PROMINENT MANDATES PRIMARILY REPRESENTING CURRENT AND FORMER EXECUTIVES AND BOARD MEMBERS AGAINST CRIMINAL ACCUSATIONS.“

Chambers Europe 2022 – White-Collar Crime: Defence Counsel

Vita

  • Studied law at the University of Kiel
  • Research assistant at the Bucerius Law School in Hamburg (with Prof. Dr. Erich Samson)
  • Judicial clerkship in jurisdiction of Higher Regional Court of Hamburg
  • Doctorate from the Bucerius Law School in Hamburg
  • Dissertation: “No tax declaration obligation with risk of self-incrimination”
  • Part-time lecturer at the Universities of Augsburg (2008 – 2012) and Gießen (2012 – 2015) and the BLS (since 2015)
  • Lawyer and Managing Partner at the law firm ROXIN Rechtsanwälte Part mbB

Publications

Annotation
ON BRIBERY IN BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 299 STGB (GERMAN PENAL CODE) [A.F.] WITH THE CONSENT OF THE BUSINESS OWNER, COMMENT ON BGH (FEDERAL COURT OF JUSTICE), DATED 28/07/2021

1 StR 506/20

2022
Comment
COMMENTARY ON SECTION 355 STGB (GERMAN PENAL CODE) (VIOLATION OF SECRECY IN TAX MATTERS), SECTION 356 STGB (BETRAYAL OF CLIENT), SECTION 357 STGB (MISGUIDANCE OF A SUBORDINATE TO COMMIT A CRIME) AND SECTION 358 STGB (INCIDENTAL LEGAL CONSEQUENCES)

Nomos Kommentar zum Gesamten Strafrecht, 5th edition 2022

2022
Editorial
CORPORATE CRIMINAL LAW

Handbook, Minkoff/Sahan/Wittig (Ed.)

2020
Article
NATIONAL CORRUPTION LAW

Minkoff/Sahan/Wittig (Ed.), Konzernstrafrecht, München 2020,
p. 377 – 413

2020
Article
FIDUCIARY OBLIGATIONS WITH THE USE OF DEBTOR WARRANTS

ZIS 2018,
p. 317 (together with Dr. Andreas Minkoff)

2018
Article
Der „faktische Nicht-Geschäftsführer“

NZWiSt 2018,
p. 161 (together with Dr. Johannes Altenburg)

2018
Annotation
MISAPPROPRIATION OF PAYMENTS; CASE COMMENTARY REG. BGH (GERMAN FEDERAL COURT OF JUSTICE) 11/04/2017

NStZ 2017,
p. 529

2017
Comment
COMMENTARY ON SECTIONS 299 FF. STGB (GERMAN PENAL CODE) AND SECTIONS 377 FF. AO

Graf/Jäger/Wittig (Ed.), Kommentar zum Wirtschafts- und Steuerstrafrecht, 2nd edition 2017

2017
Comment
COMMENTARY ON SECTIONS 355 FF. STGB (GERMAN PENAL CODE)

Nomos Kommentar zum Gesamten Strafrecht, 4th edition 2017

2017
Article
THE TERM 'OFFICIAL DUTY' IN THE CONTEXT OF CORRUPTION AND CORRUPTIBILITY

Rotsch/Brüning/Schady, Festschrift for Heribert Ostendorf,
S. 765

2015
Article
CRIMINAL LAW AND COMPLIANCE IN PRACTICE

Wissenschaftliche und praktische Aspekte der Compliance-Diskussion (Ed. Temel/Sözüer),
p. 61 – 72

2013
Article
REVIEW OF DETLEF BURHOFF, MANUAL ON THE PRELIMINARY CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION

StRR 2013, 95

2013
Article
THE EXEMPTION OF LEGAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM CONFISCATION

Criminal Compliance vor den Aufgaben der Zukunft, Ed.: Rotsch,
p. 133

2013
Comment
COMMENTARY ON SECTIONS 355 FF. STGB (GERMAN PENAL CODE)

Nomos Kommentar zum Gesamten Strafrecht, 3rd edition 2013

2013
Article
REVIEW OF: DETLEF BURHOFF, MANUAL ON THE MAIN TRIAL

StRR 2013,
p. 95

2013
Article
KEY ISSUE PAPER ON THE CULPABILITY OF CORRUPT DOCTORS

Legal Tribune Online, 09.04.2013

2013
Article
INTERNAL INVESTIGATIONS FROM A LAWYER'S PERSPECTIVE

Compliance und Strafrecht, Ed.: Kuhlen/Kudlich/Ortiz de Urbina,
p. 171

2012
Anthology
FESTSCHRIFT FOR IMME ROXIN

Editorial Prof. Dr. Lorenz Schulz, Michael Reinhart and Dr. Oliver Sahan

2012
Article
FULFILMENT OF THE PARAMETERS OF CORRUPTION BY CONTRACT PHYSICIANS? COMMENT ON BGH (FEDERAL COURT OF JUSTICE), DATED 29/03/2012

StRR 2012,
p. 390

2012
Annotation
ON THE CRIMINAL LIABILITY OF CONTRACT PHYSICIANS DUE TO CORRUPTION, COMMENT ON BGH (FEDERAL COURT OF JUSTICE), DATED 29/03/2012

ZIS 2012,
p. 386

2012
Article
COMMUNICATION IN THE EVENT OF THE TERMINATION OF CORRUPTION SYSTEMS

Wissenschaftliche und praktische Aspekte der nationalen und internationalen Compliance-Diskussion,
p. 95

2012
Article
FEDERAL COURT OF JUSTICE DECLARES THAT CORRUPT CONTRACT PHYSICIANS ARE NOT CRIMINALLY LIABLE

Legal Tribune Online  22.06.2012

2012
Article
NO FIDUCIARY OBLIGATIONS OF THE FORMALLY APPOINTED OR EFFECTIVELY POWERLESS CEO

Schulz/Reinhart/Sahan, Festschrift for Imme Roxin, 2012,
p. 295

2012
Comment
COMMENTARY ON SECTIONS 355 FF. STGB (GERMAN PENAL CODE)

Nomos-Kommentar zum Gesamten Strafrecht, 2nd edition 2011

2011
Article
NAVIGATING A MINEFIELD – WHICH GIFTS MAY CONTRACT PHYSICIANS ACCEPT WITHOUT RISKING CRIMINAL PROSECUTION?

KVHJ 2011,
p. 5 

2011
Article
THE INCORRUPTIBILITY OF CONTRACT PHYSICIANS

ZIS 2011,
p. 23

2011
Article
CORRUPTION IN HEALTHCARE – CRIMINAL LIABILITY OF CONTRACT PHYSICIANS DUE TO CORRUPTIBILITY REMAINS UNDECLARED

Legal Tribune Online 05.05.2011

2011
Comment
COMMENTARY ON SECTIONS 299 FF. STGB (GERMAN PENAL CODE) AND SECTIONS 377 FF. AO

Graf/Jäger/Wittig (Ed.), Kommentar zum Wirtschafts- und Steuerstrafrecht

2011
Article
NEW LENIENCY – NO ALTERNATIVE TO THE ACTIVE END OF CORRUPTION SYSTEMS THROUGH EFFICIENT COMPLIANCE STRUCTURES

BB 2010,
p. 647

2010
Article
CASE STUDY IN CRIMINAL LAW

ZJS 2010,
p. 238

2010
Article
CORRUPTION AS A CRIMINAL TAX LAW RISK

Festschrift for Erich Samson,
p. 599

2010
Article
CRIMINAL TAX LAW RISKS FOR BANKS AND THEIR EMPLOYEES IN THE EVENT OF CAPITAL TRANSFERS TO SWITZERLAND

IStR 2009,
p. 715

2009
Comment
COMMENTARY ON SECTIONS 355 FF. STGB (GERMAN PENAL CODE)

Nomos Kommentar zum Gesamten Strafrecht, 1st edition 2008

2008
Article
REVIEW OF CHRISTOPH E. HAUSCHKA (PUBLISHER), CORPORATE COMPLIANCE – MANUAL OF LIABILITY AVOIDANCE IN BUSINESSES, 2007

ZIS 2008,
p. 481

2008
Article
CASE STUDY IN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW

ZJS 2008,
p. 177

2008
Article
LAWYERS IN A SOCIETY AS REPRESENTATIVES OF CONFLICTING INTERESTS

Anwaltsblatt 2008,
p. 698

2008
Article
THE CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS EXEMPTION FROM SELF-INCRIMINATION AT THE START OF THE 21st CENTURY, 2007

ZIS 2007,
p. 294

2007
Article
IS A CONTRACT PHYSICIAN AN ACTUAL PERPETRATOR OF CORRUPTION IN COMMERCIAL TRANSACTIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 299 PARA. 1 STGB (GERMAN PENAL CODE)?

ZIS 2007,
p. 69

2007
Article
SECTION 3 CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND MATERIAL-LAW REGULATIONS GOVERNING PERPETRATION AND PARTICIPATION, OR: IS THERE A TERM FOR THOSE INVOLVED IN CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS?

ZIS 2007,
p. 142

2007
Article
CORRUPTION – RISK OF PROSECUTION FOR CONTRACT PHYSICIANS

Deutsches Ärzteblatt 2007,
p. 2392

2007
Article
THE REMAINING AREA OF APPLICATION OF THE CONTINUATION OF DECLARATORY ACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 113 I 4 GERMAN RULES OF ADMINISTRATIVE COURTS

JA 2007,
p. 805 

2007
Article
THE TERM PARTICIPATION IN SECTION 3 STOPP (CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE)

JA 2006,
p. 539

2006
Article
REVIEW OF MARCO MANSDÖRFER, THE PRINCIPLE OF THE NE BIS IN IDEM IN EUROPEAN CRIMINAL LAW, 2004

ZIS 2006,
p. 495

2006
Article
NO TAX DECLARATION OBLIGATION WITH RISK OF SELF-INCRIMINATION

Dissertation

2006
Annotation
REGARDING AN EXEMPTING WITHDRAWAL FROM TRIAL, COMMENT ON FEDERAL COURT OF JUSTICE, DATED 27/04/2004

JZ 2005,
p. 204

2005
Annotation
REGARDING AN EXEMPTING WITHDRAWAL FROM TRIAL, COMMENT ON FEDERAL COURT OF JUSTICE, DATED 27/04/2004

JA 2005,
p. 171

2005
Article
CONNECTING AND SEPARATING CRIMINAL CASES

JA 2005,
p. 801

2005

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Dr. Oliver Sahan

ROXIN Rechtsanwälte Part mbB
Rathauscontor
Große Johannisstraße 9
20457 Hamburg

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