Dr Lars Kutzner is one of Germanys leading lawyers in the field of corporate white collar-crime advise, compliance management services and conducting internal investigations. For more than 18 years he advises and assists his clients in navigating through national and international crises.

He primarily advises and represents companies, but also boards of directors, supervisory boards and executives in all types of criminal and administrative investigations by supervisory authorities, tax and customs investigators, public prosecutors or courts. 

Lars also defends and represents companies in national and international investigations, confiscations, in criminal proceedings and before parliamentary committees of inquiry. He advises clients from all sectors but has a focus on clients from the retail & consumer sector as well as from the financial sector.

Lars was admitted to the bar in 2004 and is a partner at Osborne Clarke since 2022.

Recommended lawyer for Tax law and Criminal law

Best Lawyers, (2009 – 2021)

TOP-Lawyer in the field of Compliance

Wirtschaftswoche (2020)

Helping you succeed in tomorrow's world

Companies face immense challenges in a globalised world, but these challenges also offer immense opportunities. Helping global players to navigate between risks and capitalize on opportunities also means fostering and adapting the company’s compliance structures, protecting entrepreneurs and companies from criminal activities inside and outside their own company, and clarifying suspicious circumstances. That’s what I do best.

Integrating legal tech solutions is an essential part of my work. OC Solutions helps us in rendering the best legal services combined with deep legal tech knowledge to achieve the most for our clients.

Lars Kutzner, who is well-versed in tax crime issues.

Legal500, (2020)
akquinet

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Major UK Stock listed company

Managing global internal investigation

German automobile supplier

Conducting internal investigation in Germany and Dubai

Major German bank

Conducting legal audit of tax compliance system

German subsidiary of major US stock listed pharmaceutical company

Advising on criminal implication of tax function outsourcing & Memo re restructuring of group to mitigate

Major German technological company

Advising on criminal labor law and social security law issues

Major German sports luxury company

Advising on criminal tax topic

German subsidiary of major UK bank

Advising on potential criminal implication of investment handling

German subsidiary of major Japanese technology company

Conducting internal investigation and representing in a criminal tax issue

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