Simone Lersch

Simone Lersch advises on all aspects of white-collar crime and medical criminal law. She represents companies and individuals in preliminary investigations regarding criminal and administrative offences, helps companies/service providers identify risks under white-collar and medical criminal law in the context of mergers and acquisitions and advises on the introduction, implementation and review of compliance structures.

Compliance & Internal Investigations
Corporate/M&A
White-collar Crime & Tax Offences

Simone Lersch studied law in Bonn (Germany) from 1998 to 2003. From 2006 to 2015, she worked as a public prosecutor in Cologne (Germany). Simone Lersch was admitted to the German Bar in 2015 and initially worked at Tsambikakis & Partner, a Cologne-based, nationally renowned law firm that specialised in white-collar and medical criminal law, before moving to Luther in 2025.

Simone Lersch is a lecturer at the University of Applied Sciences for Police and Public Administration in North Rhine-Westphalia (HSPV NRW), where she lectures on criminal and criminal procedural law.

• The Legal 500 Germany 2024: Recommendation in "White-Collar Crime: Advice to Companies" ("Simone Lersch: More experience and commitment is not possible. Always on the ball, always paying attention to detail. Excellent at communicating with clients and with authorities and courts. Very knowledgeable and tactically clever. Focused on clear analysis and well-founded recommendations, not show. Excellent understanding of corporate group interrelations and coordination with other advisory services. ", first recommendation in 2020) 
• The Legal 500 Germany 2022: Recommendation in "Industry Focus - Health Care & Life Science" ("Simone Lersch: Very good insights and perspectives on the specifics of the healthcare market and the strategic view that leads to optimal advice and decision-making in the company. ", first recommendation in 2020)
• Best Lawyers 2025: Recommendation in "Corporate Governance and Compliance Practice"
• Best Lawyers 2024: Recommendation in "Criminal Tax Practice"

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