Rübenstahl Rechtsanwälte

As a law firm that specializes in white collar and criminal tax law, we provide you with assistance both across Germany, as well as in matters involving international issues. We do this with respect to all criminal law questions and issues that arise in daily business activities and which affect management executives. You can rely on our comprehensive and multi-faceted experience, which we have attained over many years of practice, providing criminal defense assistance and counsel to management executives and companies, as well as preventative criminal-law counsel and company representation.

For issues that extend beyond Germany or German criminal law, we guarantee the best possible, prompt assistance and counsel founded upon our particular expertise in the criminal law of other countries (in particular the United States and Italy), as well as our excellent domestic and international network of specialists in all areas of legal and tax advice, including financial auditing. Through collegial and constructive collaboration with experts in a number of fields, we enjoy working as a team with other attorneys or advisers, whether it is in the context of joint defense or complex litigation, but also with regard to complex tasks that require a multidisciplinary approach in order to achieve the most optimal result.

For us it is important to maintain close and trusted contact with our clients for whom we are available at any time, as well as effective and confidential communication and collaboration. We take a holistic approach as it relates to our assistance and representation: Together with you we develop custom tailored, pragmatic solutions that not only take applicable legal and criminal law considerations into account, but also optimally give due regard to the situation as it confronts you commercially, personally or as it relates to your enterprise.

JUVE, the leading industry handbook for corporate law firms, named the founder of the firm, Prof. Dr. Markus Rübenstahl, as a frequently recommended lawyer in white collar and criminal tax law matters for the years 2015-2017. The economic newspaper “Handelsblatt” and “Best Lawyers” recommend him as one of Germany’s best lawyers (2017-2025/26) and his law firm Rübenstahl Rechtsanwälte (2024-2025) in the categories criminal tax practice, criminal defense and tax law. Furthermore Prof. Dr. Markus Rübenstahl personally as well as his law firm Rübenstahl Rechtsanwälte have been honored as specialists in Compliance by the business magazine “WirtschaftsWoche” (“TOP Kanzlei – Compliance“ and “TOP Anwalt – Compliance“; 2019-2021; “TOP Kanzlei – Criminal Tax Law“ and “TOP Anwalt – Criminal Tax Law“;). In light of this, it goes without saying that we place the utmost demands on our own professional work. To help us in this endeavor, we closely follow and analyze the newest developments in our practice areas. In addition, we lecture in academic settings and regularly publish in professional journals. We routinely give presentations with a particular emphasis on tax and white collar crime issues.