Germany 43 www.lawyer-monthly.com Lawyer Monthly Women in Law Awards 2025 Dr. Simone Kämpfer About Dr. Kämpfer Dr. Simone Kämpfer is one of Germany’s most respected criminal defence lawyers and a leading figure in white-collar crime litigation. A partner in the firm’s White-Collar Defence and Global Investigations departments, she heads the White-Collar Defence practice for the Central Europe region. Before joining the firm in 2018, Dr. Kämpfer served as a public prosecutor — including as press officer for the whitecollar crime division — and later as a defence lawyer at a top boutique specialising in white-collar criminal law. Her practice covers high-stakes defence for companies and individuals in complex commercial and tax criminal proceedings, both in and out of court. She advises on all aspects of commercial criminal law — from breach of trust, corruption, and fraud to money laundering, insider trading, and foreign trade law — and is widely experienced in compliance matters, internal investigations, and sensitive workplace cases, including MeToo. She also acts as a trusted lawyer and ombudsperson for major international companies, and counsels clients facing parliamentary investigation committees at both federal and state level. Dr. Kämpfer serves on the Supervisory Board of Droege Group AG, is a trustee of Bucerius Law School, a member of ECLE (Economy, Criminal Law, Ethics), and sits on her firm’s ethics committee. She is a frequent lecturer, an author on criminal and procedural law, and a member of the Executive Advisory Board for ZWH – Commercial Criminal Law and Liability. Partner Freshfields Email: simone.kaempfer@freshfields.com Tel: (Düsseldorf) +49 211 49 79 0 www.freshfields.com Education • Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich and • University of Regensburg, Germany (Dr iur) • Admitted as Rechtsanwalt, Germany • Certified specialist lawyer for criminal law • Partner at tdwe Rechtsanwälte (2007–2018) • Public prosecutor (1998–2007) • Supervisory board member of Droege Group Experience • Defense of a Big Four audit firm (EY) in criminal and professional proceedings • Advising Axel Springer SE in connection with MeToo allegations against the then editor-in chief of Bild. • Representation of companies and witnesses in the “PKW-Maut” Parliamentary Inquiry • Committee of the German Bundestag • Defense of Facebook against accusations under the NetzDG “In white-collar defence, trust is everything — you must protect your client’s rights with precision, discretion, and unwavering integrity.”
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