Dr. Simone Breit

Profile

• Attorney at law and founding partner
• Specialist lawyer for criminal law
• Member of the Statutory Assembly of the German Federal Bar (Bundesrechtsanwaltskammer)
• Member of the Board of the Federal Association for the Prevention of Money Laundering (BGP e.V.)
• Director of the Association of Women Lawyers in Commercial and Tax Criminal Law (JUWiST e.V.)
• Recurring lecturer at several Universities (Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, EBS Law School Wiesbaden, Hessian University of Public Management and Security)
• Lecturer at several events on the topic of money laundering prevention

Portfolio

• Defence and advice of individuals and companies in commercial and fiscal criminal proceedings, in particular in the area of money laundering and corruption
• Preventive advice for companies and individuals, compliance advice and money laundering compliance
• Professional regulatory affairs of the liberal professions (lawyers, auditors, tax consultants, doctors)

Publications

• Author of the Frankfurt Commentary on the Money Laundering Act since the first edition in 2018, now in its 3rd edition. (§§ 51, 55 und 56 GwG)
• Doctoral degree on the subject of “Corruption without remorse – The active remorse in economic criminal law with special consideration of the corruption offences §§ 299, 299a and 299b StGB.”
• Contributor to Beck’s News Service of criminal law

Memberships

• Federal Association for the Prevention of Money Laundering (BGP e.V.)
• Association of Women Lawyers in Commercial and Tax Criminal Law (JUWiST e.V.)
• German Bar Association (DAV)
• Criminal Law Section of the German Bar Association
• Association of German Defence Lawyers e.V.
• Association for Commercial Criminal Law (WisteV)

Awards

• WirtschaftsWoche TOP Anwältin Wirtschaftsstrafrecht/Compliance (2022 und 2023)
• Handelsblatt Anwältin der Zukunft Wirtschaftsstrafrecht (2022 und 2023)
• Legal 500 Empfohlene Anwältin Beratung von Unternehmen und Einzelpersonen 2023