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Galina Rolnik

Attorney at Law | Specialist in Criminal Law

Biography

Career: Born 1980. Raised in Berlin. Law degree from Humboldt University Berlin. Legal traineeship at the Court of Appeal Berlin (Kammergericht). Private practice as independent attorney. 2014: Awarded the title of Specialist Lawyer in Criminal Law by the Berlin Bar Association. Certified Advisor for Tax Criminal Law (DAA). Certified Advisor for White-Collar Criminal Law (DAA). Founding Partner of a criminal law boutique. Founding Partner of GLADICA Rechtsanwälte since April 2020.

Qualifications and Awards: Specialist Lawyer in Criminal Law (Berlin Bar Association). Certified Advisor for Tax Criminal Law (DAA). Certified Advisor for White-Collar Criminal Law (DAA).

Galina Rolnik is one of Berlin's most distinguished criminal defence attorneys. As Founding Partner of GLADICA, she has helped build a law firm that sets new standards in German criminal law: uncompromising in expertise, precise in strategy, and internationally positioned.

Her caseload spans the most demanding areas of criminal law. In white-collar and tax criminal law, she defends clients in proceedings where professional survival and personal freedom are equally at stake. Her dual DAA certification in tax criminal law and white-collar crime represents a depth of specialisation that reaches far beyond the specialist lawyer title. As one of the few truly elite defence lawyers in the field of sexual offences, she represents clients in some of the most personally devastating proceedings imaginable, including modern offences such as deepfake-based abuse and AI-generated material. In drug-related criminal law, she advises both on classical criminal proceedings and on regulatory compliance for entrepreneurs, online pharmacies and specialist businesses seeking to operate legally in the cannabis market.

Galina Rolnik conducts mandates in German, Russian, English and French. She is one of the very few defence lawyers in Germany able to lead international criminal proceedings with a Russian nexus entirely in her clients' native language.

What Clients Can Expect

Complete case management from the first interview under caution through to the final appeal, handled by one attorney throughout.
Dual-certified expertise in tax and white-collar criminal law (DAA), combined with a specialist lawyer qualification in criminal law.
Defence conducted in German, Russian, English and French, including in cross-border and international proceedings.
Highly specialised criminal practice across the most complex areas: tax criminal law, sexual offences, medical criminal law, drug-related offences and AI-related crimes.
Full legal coverage in cannabis law: criminal defence and regulatory compliance for founders, online pharmacies and specialist businesses.
Defence in proceedings involving technology-driven offences: deepfakes, AI-generated material and cybercrime.
Clear strategic assessment from day one. Clients know early where they stand and what options are available to them.