About
Lea Babucke is a Principal Associate in our White-Collar Defence and Global Investigations group.
She advises and defends companies and individuals across the full spectrum of white-collar and tax criminal law, with a particular focus on internal and cross-border investigations. Having spent 1.5 years working in Freshfields' New York office, Lea has extensive experience handling multi-jurisdictional investigations and navigating the complexities of cross-border proceedings, including engagement with US authorities.
Her core areas of focus include money-laundering criminal law and tax criminal law, as well as conducting internal investigations, including matters involving workplace misconduct, such as allegations of MeToo-related misconduct. She also advises companies on risk and crisis management, in particular in connection with comprehensive data requests from authorities and parliamentary committees of inquiry, as well as accompanying dawn raids and search measures.
Alongside her advisory practice, Lea is a lecturer at the University of Trier and a member of the Internal Security Committee ("Ausschuss Innere Sicherheit") of the German Bar Association (DAV). She publishes regularly on white-collar crime and compliance topics and is co-editor of a journal on legal psychology.
Lea speaks German, English and French.
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Lead Associate on a cross-border internal investigation into allegations of corruption, fraud and breach of trust, for an international industrial group spanning multiple jurisdictions.
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Advised an international automobile manufacturer on allegations of criminal and regulatory misconduct, including providing criminal law advice on-site during dawn raids and liaising with investigating authorities.
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Lead Associate on a #MeToo compliance investigation at a European credit institution conducting interviews with witnesses and accused individuals and directing extensive eReviews.
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Structured the corporate defence of a mobility services provider in a prosecutor's investigation against its managing directors following raids of business and private premises.
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Lead Associate on the criminal defence of a European credit institution over unauthorised international transactions, representing the client in negotiations with investigating authorities.
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Defended clients against allegations of export control violations and advised on sanctions risk and trade compliance, including shareholders of a leading building materials company and a global payment services provider.
Dr. Lea Babucke
Feldmühleplatz 1
Düsseldorf 40545