Strate Und Ventzke

What Strate Und Ventzke does

Strate und Ventzke (operating as Strate und Kollegen Rechtsanwälte) is a Hamburg-based sole proprietorship law firm (Einzelkanzlei) founded in 1985 by Dr. h.c. Gerhard Strate, one of Germany's most prominent criminal defense attorneys. The firm specializes in criminal defense (Strafverteidigung), revision law, economic criminal law (Wirtschaftsstrafrecht), constitutional complaints (Verfassungsbeschwerde), compliance consulting, and international sanctions advisory. Services are delivered by a small team of approximately 5 employees: Gerhard Strate as owner, plus employed attorneys Alexandra Rieckmann and Dilowan Döhring, with support staff. The firm charges fees on a quote-based / honorary fee arrangement typical for German criminal defense attorneys, with no public pricing disclosed; Strate is noted as one of the most expensive criminal defense lawyers in Germany.

The firm's core intellectual assets are the proprietary complete archive of German supreme court criminal decisions from October 1879 to present, and the HRRS online legal journal (Höchstrichterliche Rechtsprechung im Strafrecht), which Strate co-founded in 1999 and which serves over 100,000 monthly accesses at hrr-strafrecht.de. Distribution is entirely direct and referral-based: clients (including high-profile individuals facing criminal charges, business executives, and companies in economic crime investigations) consult the firm directly at the Hamburg office, with representation extending throughout Germany and limited cross-border mandates involving international judicial assistance. Marketing is conducted through academic publications, legal scholarship, and earned media coverage rather than traditional channels. The firm has no parent company, no external investors, no subsidiaries, and no funding rounds, operating as an independent owner-operated practice.

Name

Strate Und Ventzke

Legal name

Strate und Kollegen Rechtsanwälte

Website

https://strate.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

1985

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Strate und Kollegen is a Hamburg-based sole proprietorship law firm founded in 1985 by Dr. h.c. Gerhard Strate, specializing in criminal defense, constitutional complaints, economic crime, and compliance advisory for high-profile individual and corporate clients throughout Germany.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Legal Services

NAICS

Offices of Lawyers (541110)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

White-Collar Defense & Investigations (BPAHAAAJ)

akta.pro secondary industry

Legal & Regulatory Publishing (Case Law, Statutes, Treatises) (MPAJACAA)

Keywords

• Criminal defense law
• Constitutional complaints
• Economic criminal law
• Compliance advisory
• Legal publication services

Headquarters

HQ city

Hamburg

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Legal Defense Services: Legal representation in criminal cases, constitutional complaints, and economic crime matters. Services include defense at all stages of proceedings, appeals, revision proceedings, and constitutional complaint procedures.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Strate und Kollegen (formerly Strate und Ventzke) is a Hamburg-based law firm providing criminal defense representation at all stages of proceedings, with specialization in revision law, appeals on points of law, and constitutional complaints. The firm also advises companies and executives on economic criminal law, compliance, and international sanctions matters, and publishes the HRRS online legal journal offering free access to German supreme court criminal law rulings.

Product overview

Strate Und Ventzke is a Hamburg-based law firm offering criminal defense services, economic criminal law defense, constitutional complaints, compliance consulting, and international sanctions advisory. The firm operates primarily through its core service offerings in criminal and constitutional law, supplemented by the online legal publication HRRS (hrr-strafrecht.de) which provides free access to German supreme court rulings. The firm was founded in 1985 and is led by Dr. h.c. Gerhard Strate, with current lawyers Alexandra Rieckmann and Dilowan Döhring.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Strafverteidigung (Criminal Defense) Criminal defense representation at all stages of proceedings, from investigation through appellate proceedings up to the highest courts, with specialization in revision law and appeals on points of law. Targeted at individuals and entities facing criminal prosecution in Germany.
• Wirtschaftsstrafrecht (Economic Criminal Law) Legal defense in cases involving business crimes such as fraud, embezzlement, insolvency offenses, corruption, and violations of tax and regulatory law, including international sanctions. Targeted at business executives, managing directors, and companies.
• Verfassungsbeschwerde (Constitutional Complaints) Representation in constitutional complaints arising from criminal law (challenging convictions, pretrial detention decisions, execution of sentences) and other legal areas involving constitutional law issues. Targeted at individuals and entities challenging state action before the Federal Constitutional Court.
• Compliance-Beratung (Compliance Consulting) Preventive legal advice on compliance structures, internal investigations, and defense in compliance-related proceedings to minimize risk of criminal procedures. Targeted at companies and executives facing regulatory exposure.
• Internationale Sanktionen (International Sanctions) Legal advisory on international sanctions and foreign trade law, including defense in proceedings involving EU sanctions regulations. Targeted at companies and individuals subject to sanctions enforcement.
• HRRS - Höchstrichterliche Rechtsprechung im Strafrecht Online legal journal providing free access to supreme court rulings in criminal law, co-founded by Gerhard Strate in 1999, serving over 100,000 monthly users via hrr-strafrecht.de. Targeted at legal professionals and academics.

Quantifiable outcome

• Three successful reopening (Wiederaufnahme) proceedings for life imprisonment cases - a rare achievement in German legal history
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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Feature2 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Wohlers (Universität Zürich)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1978Former employee of Gerhard Strate who has collaborated on legal publications and educational activities. Contributed laudatory speech for honorary doctorate ceremony in 2003.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Hengeler Mueller: Hengeler Mueller is one of Germany's premier full-service law firms with a leading white-collar and criminal defense practice. It competes with Strate und Kollegen for complex criminal mandates but addresses a broader corporate and financial institution client base.
• Clifford Chance LLP: Clifford Chance is a global law firm with a substantial white-collar, investigations, and criminal defense practice in Germany. While it operates a broad full-service model compared to Strate's specialist boutique, it competes for the same high-end Wirtschaftsstrafrecht and cross-border criminal defense mandates.
• A&O Shearman: A&O Shearman (the merged Allen & Overy and Shearman & Sterling) is a global law firm with a substantial white-collar and criminal defense practice. It addresses similar high-end Wirtschaftsstrafrecht and cross-border mandates as Strate und Kollegen, but within a broad full-service international platform.
• Linklaters: Linklaters is a major international law firm with white-collar, investigations, and criminal defense capabilities across its German offices. It overlaps with Strate und Kollegen on complex criminal and compliance matters for corporate clients but at significantly larger scale.
• Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer: Freshfields is a major international firm with a significant German criminal defense and investigations practice. It overlaps with Strate und Kollegen on white-collar and corporate crime matters but as part of a much broader full-service offering for large corporate clients.
• Hogan Lovells: Hogan Lovells is a global law firm with a notable German criminal defense and investigations practice. Comparable to Strate und Kollegen on white-collar and cross-border criminal mandates, but delivered as part of a full-service international platform.

Direct peers

• Schöna Rechtsanwälte: Schöna is a well-known German criminal defense boutique firm. It is comparable to Strate und Kollegen as a specialist practice focused on serious criminal defense matters, including high-stakes and high-profile cases, with a similarly focused boutique business model.
• Wessing Rechtsanwälte: Wessing is one of Germany's most established criminal defense boutique firms, known for high-profile white-collar and economic crime cases. It is directly comparable to Strate und Kollegen in its focus on complex criminal defense and revision work, and operates as a similar specialist boutique model.
• Tilp Rechtsanwälte: Tilp is a German criminal defense boutique known for its work in serious criminal matters. It is directly comparable to Strate und Kollegen in its boutique specialist model focused on high-stakes criminal defense and white-collar cases in Germany.
• Feigen & Graf Rechtsanwälte: Feigen & Graf is a Frankfurt-based criminal defense boutique firm specializing in white-collar crime and complex criminal proceedings. It is directly comparable to Strate und Kollegen in its specialization in Wirtschaftsstrafrecht (economic criminal law) and complex criminal defense mandates.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/strate-und-ventzke

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Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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