Dr. Erik Buhlmann focuses mainly on the multidisciplinary consulting of medium-sized companies. In cooperation with consulting teams, he coordinates national and international legal, tax and management consultancy. Dr. Buhlmann advises clients on national and international criminal law as well as capital markets. He particularly assits affiliated groups and companies in developing and enhancing corporate compliance programs to detect and prevent regulatory violations (corporate compliance).

His areas of practice include the full range of white collar criminal defense matters facing companies and corporate executives, such as bribery, tax evasion, kickbacks, breach of fiduciary duty, money laundering, antitrust violations, violations of stock market rules, foreign trade offences, banking, securities and investment fraud and other dishonest business practices. In addition he advises clients in the area of export control, particularly between Germany and the USA.

Dr. Buhlmann regularly represents clients and appears before courts and agencies at every stage of criminal procedures, from preliminary proceedings, to trial, up to and including appeals. In addition he assits individuals and companies facing legal orders (arrest warrants, search warrants, seizure of assets, etc.) in dealing with the authorities.

Dr. Buhlmann is visiting lecturer for business law at the Munich University of Applied Sciences.

• white collar and tax crime
• German and international criminal law
• capital market regulation 
• export control
• corporate compliance
• alternative dispute resolution