{"id":1794,"date":"2023-09-29T08:54:40","date_gmt":"2023-09-29T07:54:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pragal-prinzenberg.de\/rechtsanwaelte\/dr-oliver-pragal\/"},"modified":"2026-07-05T08:20:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T08:20:09","slug":"dr-oliver-pragal","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pragal-rechtsanwaelte.de\/en\/lawyers\/dr-oliver-pragal\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Oliver Pragal, LL.M. (Cape Town)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Dr. Oliver Pragal, LL.M. (Cape Town), has been admitted to the bar in Hamburg since 2007 and practices exclusively in criminal law<\/a>. The legal publication JUVE <\/em>has recommended Dr. Pragal<\/a> for many years as an “experienced defence lawyer in white-collar criminal law,” as well as “highly experienced in internal investigations and corporate defense,” and describes him as “technically excellent and precise, collegial, and well-connected.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He has been authorised to carry the title \u201cSpecialist Lawyer for Criminal Law\u201d since 2012. Since 2013, Dr. Pragal has been a member of the Committee on Criminal Law of the Hanseatic Bar Association in Hamburg<\/a> and currently serves as its chairman. He has been actively involved in the International Bar Association (IBA) for many years, was appointed as an Officer of the Criminal Law Committee<\/a> in 2026 and maintains a global network across all relevant jurisdictions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Pragal is particularly active in the field of commercial and tax criminal law, especially in complex and wide-ranging proceedings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beginning with his dissertation on the offence of bribery and corruption in business transactions (\u00a7 299 StGB) <\/a>at the Bucerius Law School<\/a> in Hamburg, Pragal boasts over 20 years of expertise in the field of criminal law relating to corruption. This specialisation covers the offences of bribery and corruption in the health sector (\u00a7 299a\/b StGB)<\/a>. Dr. Pragal has published numerous articles on the subject.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to defending individuals, Dr. Pragal is regularly hired as corporate defence counsel and as a criminal law advisor in compliance crises and internal investigations. He is co-author of the handbook \u201cRichtiges Verhalten in der Compliance-Krise<\/a>\u201d [\u201cAdequate management of the Compliance Crisis\u201d] (1st<\/sup> edition 2023; ed.: Dr. Philipp Engelhoven<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This also increasingly concerns cross-border investigations involving foreign investigative authorities or the European Public Prosecutor\u2019s Office<\/a> (EPPO).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the best possible handling of such proceedings, Dr. Pragal has a worldwide network of experienced and highly qualified colleagues in all important jurisdictions \u2013 the \u201cGlobal Defence Alliance\u201d of which he is a founding member \u2013 at his disposal.<\/p>\n\n\n

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