Attorney Dr. Alessandra Simmer advises and defends clients in all areas of criminal law, especially commercial criminal law and criminal tax law. Focus areas of her work include the defence of companies in fine proceedings and criminal law support in internal investigations.

After her studies at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich with a focus on criminal justice, criminal defence, and prevention, she completed her postgraduate legal clerkship in the district of the Munich Higher Regional Court, including training stations with the Munich II Public Prosecutor’s Office and a renowned Munich criminal defence law firm. She then continued her studies with an LL.M. course, including international, criminological, and forensic aspects, at the Maastricht University. From 2021 to2023, she worked as a research associate at a criminal law chair of Augsburg University. She obtained her doctorate in 2024 with a thesis on a topic related to core criminal law and medical criminal law.

Dr. Alessandra Simmer advises clients in German and English.

• Commercial criminal law

• Compliance and internal investigations

• Criminal tax law

• Cybercrime and IT-related Criminal Law

• Legal Advice and Support in Parliamentary Inquiries

• Continental AG in the "Diesel cases"

• Assault and the Pandemic: The Criminal Liability for SARS-CoV-2 Infection Under Sections 223 et seq. of the German Criminal Code (StGB), 2024; Writings on Criminal Law, Vol. 443, Duncker & Humblot [2025]

• Cum-Ex: The Forfeiture of Bonus Payments in Conjunction with the Imposition of a Fine and a Prison Sentence, Juristische Rundschau 2025, pp. 565–574 (in cooperation with Stephan Horster) [2025]

Deutsch, Englisch