Georg Krakow

• Representing and advising in criminal proceedings, dealing with the police and the prosecutors office to the court and the supreme court as well as international courts; acting as defence lawyer or representing aggrieved parties.
• Conducting international and national Internal investigations of criminal and regulatory law related issues as basis for decision-making, for pursuing or defense against claims, avoiding or supporting proceedings.
• Representing and advising in civil and arbitration proceedings related to a core criminal law issue.
• Representing and advising in fiscal penal proceedings.
• Cases with involvement of crypto-currencies.
• Representing and advising in administrative and administrative penal proceedings, in particular including regulatory proceedings regarding AML, conduct and sanctions compliance.
• Representing and advising public entities including cases that involve dealing with public law compliance and parliamentary committees issues.
• Representing and advising in administrative penal proceedings.

Georg Krakow is listed as a leading criminal law and compliance expert in Austria in all major lawyer directories:

• Hall of Fame lawyer in dispute resolution: white-collar crime (including fraud) Legal 500 EMEA, 2024
• Recognised practitioner for White-Collar Crime in Chambers Europe, 2024
• "The DLA team, headed by Georg Krakow, has extensive experience in white-collar crime. Even in complex cases, Georg Krakow knows every detail and never loses focus. He always provided legal advice to our complete satisfaction. We really appreciate his calm manner and the timely, pragmatic, and solution-oriented advice.“ Client, Legal 500 2024
• "He's very approachable, hard-working, and brilliant in his ideas." Client, Legal 500 2024
• "If you have 20 questions, he could answer half by heart and could answer the rest with a laptop.“ Client, Chambers Europe 2024
• "Georg Krakow is one of the most distinguished experts in white-collar crime and compliance matters in Austria." Client, Legal 500, 2023
• "Georg Krakow’s extensive knowledge of the Austrian public sector and his experience as a former public prosecutor helped us choose the right strategy for our case. What made the experience unique was that he used the mentioned skills to provide a set of solutions and was ready to take immediate action. His experience gave us great confidence in our decisions." Client, Legal 500, 2022
• "Georg Krakow is a first-class white-collar crime practitioner with a particular focus on internal investigations and compliance matters. He also handles tax evasion and credit fraud proceedings as well as matters relating to export regulations.” Chambers Europe, 2021

• Since 2021, Partner and Head of Litigation & Regulatory at DLA Piper, Vienna
• 2014 to 2021, Partner, Vienna based international law firm
• 2011 to 2014, Senior Counsel, Vienna based international law firm
• 2008 to 2011, Head of Cabinet of Ministry of Justice, Senior Public Prosecutor
• 2004 to 2008, Public Prosecutor and senior public prosecutor
• 1998 to 2004, Austrian judiciary (trainee judge, judge, ministry of justice)
• 1992 to 1998, Head of legal department of private retail company
• 1988 to 1992, Sales person and Department head in furniture retail company