Europe Criminal Law Lawyer of the Year - 2019 - Ingo Klaus Wamser, Rechtsanwalt Wamser
Germany
Rechtsanwalt Ingo Klaus Wamser Ingo Klaus Wamser founded the law firm Rechtsanwalt Wamser in 2005 as the youngest holder of a bar admission in Germany at this time. He is a certified specialist in criminal law (Fachanwalt für Strafrecht) and a certified defence counsel for economic crimes (Zertifizierter Verteidiger für Wirtschaftsstrafrecht DSV). Legal activities are focused on domestic and international criminal law as well as cross-border litigation cases of high complexity and are carried out within the scope of the juridical possibilities throughout whole Europe. Beside the classical activity as a lawyer Mr. Wamser works as a lecturer on the law of the sea at Montanuniversität Leoben in Austria and on the field of private security companies. He has been a member of a delegation at the International Maritime Organization and is still a permanent legal advisor to military and private security forces in the field of maritime security and maritime law enforcement. Mr. Wamser is entitled to practice in criminal cases before all German courts, within certain limits in other EU member states, at the International Criminal Court, the Kosovo Specialist Chambers and the Special Tribunal for Lebanon at The Hague. Classic criminal cases are handled with experience as well as transnational investigations, cases of alleged terrorism financing and organized crimes.
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Mr. Wamser speaks German and English. Basic knowledge exists in French and Italian. Due to his expertise and high standards in professional ethics Ingo Klaus Wamser worked as a legal expert for cases regarding lawyer’s remuneration for the Munich bar authority and in 2015 he was appointed as a judge at the Anwaltsgericht München for cases of counsel’s misconduct by the Bavarian Ministry of Justice. In 2019 he co-drafted the Code of Conduct for Specialist Counsel at the Kosovo Specialist Chambers and is a member of the working group for the establishment of an independent representative body for counsel at this court. Mr. Wamser is the author of various articles on criminal and maritime law and of a book on the counsel’s disciplinary proceedings at the International Criminal Court. He is co-author of a commentary on the German Federal Lawyers’ Act.
Ingo Klaus Wamser
GLOBAL 100 | 2019
