![Fachanwalt Dr. Thomas Richter am Schreibtisch](https://www.richter.law/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/richter_dr-richter.jpg)
Chambers and Partners Europe 2024
I am a lawyer specializing in criminal law with more than 15 years of successful legal practice. Before establishing my own law firm, I was an equity partner at the distinguished criminal law firm HammPartner in Frankfurt am Main. My legal career began at the renowned commercial law firm Hengeler Mueller in Frankfurt.
I gained international professional experience during a six-month secondment at the law firm Roschier in Helsinki and during my legal traineeship at Shearman & Sterling in New York.
I studied in Münster, Edinburgh and Heidelberg and I received my doctorate from the University of Augsburg with a thesis on capital markets criminal law supervised by Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Michael Kubiciel. I enjoyed a classical high school education with qualifications in Latin, Greek and Hebrew.
I am involved in various professional associations, such as
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