Dr. Andrej Umansky advises, defends and represents as an Specialist lawyer for criminal law and Senior Associate of the law firm individuals and companies in criminal law and administrative offences, in particular in the areas of criminal law relating to economic offences.

His practice focuses primarily on proceedings relating to breach of trust and the area of labour criminal law, in particular withholding of social security contributions as well as allegations in connection with the employee leasing. Another main focus of his practice lies in extradition proceedings and cases with international implications.

Languages: French, English, Russian, Ukrainian.

• Studies in Cologne, Paris und Amiens
• Maîtrise en droit (University Paris I – Panthéon-Sorbonne) and German-French Law LL.M. (University of Cologne/University Paris I – Panthéon-Sorbonne) with a specialization in economic law
• Legal clerkship at the Higher Regional Court of Cologne; with parts of the legal clerkship taking place at the Public Prosecutor’s General office of the Higher Regional Court of Cologne
• Long-term experience as a research associate at the Institute for Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure Law, Chair of Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure Law held by Prof. Dr. Cornelius Nestler, Universität of Cologne; remains attached to the chair
• Master’s in History (mention: très bien), University of Paris IV (Sorbonne) and Doctoral Thesis in the Holocaust in Eastern Europe (mention: très honorable), University Picardie – Jules Verne
• Specialist Lawyer for Criminal Law
• Lecturer at Georgetown University
• Scholar at the Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University
• Lectures and publications on German, French and Russian Criminal Law and Law of Criminal Procedure