Hans Jakob Folker
Hans Jakob Folker heads our corporate criminal law practice group and primarily handles corporate criminal law disputes and internal investigations.
Formerly deputy public prosecutor with the Danish State Prosecutor for Serious Economic and International Crime, Hans Jakob has unique insight into prosecution service work methods, including dawn raids and search & seizures. His clients are primarily major Danish and foreign enterprises, who seek his discerning input into complex legal matters involving international criminal law, corruption, international sanctions, and AML law.
Hans Jakob also advises on matters concerning industrial espionage and internal fraud.
A highly qualified and experienced litigator, Hans Jakob also argues criminal cases in court.
Background
Career
- Partner, Kromann Reumert 2016-
- Right of audience before the Danish High Court 2015
- Kromann Reumert, 2013-
- Deputy public prosecutor with the Danish State Prosecutor for Serious Economic and International Crime 2007
- Prosecutor with the Copenhagen Police Dept. and elsewhere 2000
Education
- Admitted to practise law 2013
- Master of Laws (cand. jur.), Aarhus University 1996
Languages
- The Scandinavian languages
- English
Activities
- External lecturer on Corporate Criminal Law and Regulatory Control at the University of Copenhagen
Publications
- Book: "Erhvervsstrafferet" (Corporate Criminal Law), chapters on authority and criminal procedures in general and bribery & kickbacks, 2015
- Book: "Proceduren" (Advocacy), chapter on the criminal liability of legal persons, 2019
- Article: "CEO Fraud og andre former for svig mod virksomheder" (“CEO Fraud and other forms of defrauding businesses), 2016
- The book "Compliance for praktikere" (in English: Compliance for practitioners), published by Djøf Forlag, 2021, the chapter on economic crime
