Theresa Sauerwein

Frankfurt Germany

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The Best Lawyers™ in Germany 2026

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Theresa advises clients on white-collar crime, criminal tax law, compliance and internal investigations. As well as defending clients in complex white-collar crime proceedings, she provides criminal law and strategic advice to companies and their executive bodies, representing their interests vis-à-vis all investigating authorities, including public prosecutors, tax investigators, financial, supervisory and antitrust authorities. Theresa provides companies with advice on internal investigations and the implementation and improvement of compliance management systems, including anti-money laundering compliance.

CV

2025 Salary Partner, Taylor Wessing

2020 - 2025 (Senior) Associate International law firm, Frankfurt am Main

2017 - 2019 Legal clerkship

Career

2025 Salary Partner, Taylor Wessing

2020 - 2025 (Senior) Associate International law firm, Frankfurt am Main

2017 - 2019 Legal clerkship

Education

2025 Doctoral degree, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main

2017 - 2019 Second state examination, Frankfurt am Main

2011 - 2015 Law degree, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main

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Handelsblatt/Best Lawyers Ranking 2026: Significant improvement for Taylor Wessing Germany

18 June 2026

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Corporate/M&A & capital markets

Taylor Wessing advises the founding partners of Securepoint on the sale to Maxburg’s first Single Continuation Fund, with Accel KKR as the anchor investor

9 June 2026

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