Dr. Lucas Jürss
Lawyer, Certified Specialist Lawyer for Criminal Law, Partner as defined in the PartGG
Languages:
German, English
Wasserstraße 13
40213 Düsseldorf
T +49 (0)211 86 50 6-26
F +49 (0)211 86 50 6-50
juerss@tdwe.de
Assistant
Sylvia Niewzol
niewzol@tdwe.de
Lawyer since 2020 (joined tdwe with admission to the bar; partner since 2024). Advice and defense in all areas of commercial and tax criminal law as well as in internal investigations.
Previously worked as a research assistant in a major international law firm. Studied law in Hamburg (Bucerius Law School) with a stay abroad in Paris (Sciences Po Paris). Doctorate at the Free University of Berlin (Freie Universität Berlin) on the topic of liability of company executive organs (D&O liability) in stock corporations.
Recommended lawyer in industry services (WirtschaftsWoche, Handelsblatt/Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in Germany) for white-collar criminal law, criminal tax law and corporate governance & compliance.
Member of the Human Rights Committee of the German Federal Bar Association (since 2024). Lecturer in compliance at the FOM University of Applied Sciences for Economics and Management (until 2025). Certified Compliance Officer (C.H.Beck).
Publications
Chapter: Fraud And Subsidy Fraud (together with RA Dr. Max Schwerdtfeger), in Kruse/Tute, Corporate Criminal Liability in Germany, C.H.Beck Verlag (2026)
Pflichten und Sanktionen des LkSG: Eine Systematisierung (together with RA Florian Schuler), ESG 2024, 90
Der Regress einer Verbandsgeldbuße gegen Organmitglieder in der Aktiengesellschaft, Peter Lang Verlag (2022)
Publisher
Together with Prof. Dr. Hans-Jörg Fischer: Pinno, Künstliche Intelligenz und Corporate Governance – eine kritische Analyse der Anforderungen für Unternehmen vor dem Hintergrund der KI-Verordnung (KCW Schriftenreihe, Band 5, 2026)
Together with Prof. Dr. Hans-Jörg Fischer: Krause, Interne Untersuchungen in Unternehmen: Rechtlicher Rahmen und Praxisprobleme, (KCW Schriftenreihe, Band 4, 2025)
