Dr. Markus Adick
Lawyer | Partner | Specialist lawyer for criminal law | Certified consultant for criminal tax law (DAA) | Lecturer in white-collar crime law
Markus Adick has been working in complex criminal and tax proceedings for almost two decades. He advises and defends clients in particularly sensitive situations where legal, economic and reputational aspects are closely linked. He is particularly well known throughout Germany for his expertise in criminal tax law.
His professional career includes working in the criminal law practice of a leading international commercial law firm in Frankfurt am Main and in a renowned tax law firm in Bonn. He has been running his own law firm as an independent criminal defence lawyer and corporate lawyer for over ten years.
Dr Adick studied law in Passau, Freiburg and Osnabrück and received his doctor of law degree in 2009 with a thesis on the criminal liability of board members for breach of trust. He is the author of numerous articles in legal commentaries, handbooks and specialist journals. He has also published guest articles in publications such as the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) and is consulted as an expert by leading business media such as WirtschaftsWoche.
Teaching assignments at universities
University of Mannheim
Frankfurt School of Finance & Management
Advisory board and lecturing activities (excerpt)
Fachseminare von Fürstenberg (lecturer in the Certified Consultant for Criminal Tax Law course)
Advisory board of the Journal of Commercial Criminal Law and Corporate Liability (ZWH)
“Highly skilled and professional”
Selected specialist publications
§§ 333a – 335c HGB, § 19a – 21a PublG, in: Anzinger/Oser/Schlotter, Rechnungslegung und Prüfung der Unternehmen, Band 5, 2026
Verteidigung in internationalen Steuerstrafverfahren, in: Schaumburg/Peters (Hrsg.), Internationales Steuerstrafrecht, 2. Auflage 2021
Steuerliche Verfehlungen, in: Hruschka/von Freeden/ von Freeden, Steuerliche Betriebsprüfung, 2. Auflage 2026
Organuntreue (§ 266 StGB) und Business Judgment – Die Bewertung unternehmerischen Handelns unter Berücksichtigung von Verfahrensregeln, Peter Lang, 2010, zugl. Univ. Diss. Osnabrück 2009
Adick/Bülte (Hrsg.), Handbuch Fiskalstrafrecht – Straftaten gegen öffentliches Vermögen, C.F. Müller, 2. Auflage 2019
Selected current projects
Advising DAX company in connection with insurance tax corrections
Advising a major international law firm on money laundering compliance
Defending university lecturer in connection with expert opinions
Representing a savings bank in criminal tax proceedings relating to share lending
Advising an international pharmaceutical group on income tax corrections
Defence of managing director in preliminary proceedings by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office in connection with VAT evasion
Defence of managing director of tax consulting company in connection with so-called trade tax havens
Defence of real estate fund manager against allegations of negligent homicide due to construction hazards
Defence of managing director of international chemical company against allegations of land transfer tax evasion in M&A transaction
Representation of a major city in preliminary proceedings against the mayor for breach of trust
Defence of a construction group in fine proceedings for breach of supervisory duties by senior employees
Defence of the head of a regulatory authority against allegations of unlawful issuance of residence permits and corruption
Advising a pharmaceutical company in connection with corruption investigations
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What others say about Dr. Markus Adick
“Absolutely outstanding in his field, top-notch, a very clever and skilled communicator and strategist, always easy to reach, especially when things have to happen quickly.”
Legal 500
2026
“A highly qualified lawyer and at the same time an excellent strategist; his advice is always to the point, reliable and well thought out.”
Legal500
2026
“Markus Adick combines criminal and tax law expertise. He is calm, thoughtful and precise. He has an exceptional sense of when and where it is worth taking a stand and when it is not.”
Chambers
2026