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Friederike Hänsch

Attorney at Law

Biography

Career: Born 1994 in Leipzig. Law degree from the University of Potsdam. Master of Laws (LL.M.) with a focus on international criminal law and public international law at the University of Glasgow. Legal traineeship at the Court of Appeal Berlin (Kammergericht). Positions at a white-collar criminal law boutique and with an experienced criminal defence lawyer. At GLADICA since 2024.

Qualifications and Awards: Master of Laws (LL.M.), International Criminal Law and Public International Law, University of Glasgow. Legal traineeship at the Court of Appeal Berlin (Kammergericht).

Friederike Hänsch brings an academic and practical background that is rare in this combination. Her Master of Laws at the University of Glasgow, specialising in international criminal law and public international law, provides a foundation that extends well beyond German domestic law. Her positions at white-collar criminal law firms and with experienced criminal defence lawyers have shaped an attorney who consistently translates legal theory into robust defence strategies.

At GLADICA, she is highly specialised in three areas that define the present and future of criminal law practice. In environmental criminal law, she defends in proceedings involving greenwashing, fraudulent emissions trading and manipulation of CO2 certificates. In the field of AI and criminal law, she defends in proceedings involving deepfakes, algorithmic surveillance and facial recognition. In traffic law, she is highly specialised in AI, autonomous driving, electric mobility and the liability questions arising from AI-controlled vehicle systems.

What Clients Can Expect

Specialised defence in an area most firms have not yet mastered: AI, surveillance and facial recognition in criminal law.
Highly specialised expertise in environmental criminal law: greenwashing, fraudulent emissions trading and manipulation of CO2 certificates in Germany and the EU.
International academic background through the LL.M. in international criminal law and public international law (University of Glasgow), applied directly to cross-border mandates.
In-depth knowledge of the underlying technical systems: defending AI-related offences or emissions trading fraud requires understanding how the technology works, not just what the law says.
Deep expertise in tax criminal law for clients facing simultaneous tax and criminal law exposure.
Highly specialised defence in drug-related offences with precise knowledge of current investigation methods and case law.
Forward-looking representation in traffic law: liability questions in autonomous driving and new mobility are legal uncharted territory that Friederike Hänsch has systematically mapped out.