Three and a half years in prison for former top lawyer. cum-ex share transactions.
Former top lawyer at the major law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer for aiding and abetting serious tax evasion in four cases. This was the first time that a tax lawyer from a major law Firm was prosecuted for his role as an advisor in the Cum-Ex complex. Investors were reimbursed for capital gains taxes they never paid and are estimated to have defrauded the state of at least ten billion euros.