Volker H. Hoffmann
Seniorpartner
Lawyer/Of Counsel
1948 | Born in Arolsen (Waldeck) |
1966 | High-school graduation at St. Andrews’s School, USA |
1967 | Abitur in Offenbach/Main |
1969-1973 | Law studies in Bonn |
1974-1976 | Legal clerkship |
1977-1982 | Prosecutor in Koblenz (Commercial criminal law and attorney-general ship) |
1982-1984 | Management of an employers’ association |
1985-1988 | Attorney of Deutsche Anlagen GmbH (DAL) in Mainz with special functions, esp. mergers of foreign shares. |
Seit 1985 | Foundation of Hoffmann & Partner in Mainz, senior partner of the law firm |
Main areas: White collar crime law, fiscal offences law, economic law
Extensive experiences as defence counsel in large and complex economic crime cases as well as in the process of crime detection in enterprises or against enterprises.
Inventor of the institution “ombudsman”. Lawyer for many years of the federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate. Lawyer/ombudsman for various companies.
Long time Rhineland-Palatinate member of the examination board for the second legal state examination of the federal examination office of lawyers.
Member of Bundesverband mittelständische Wirtschaft – Unternehmerverband Deutschland e.V.
Languages: German, English