Frits Schneider
Europe Guide 2024
Band 3 : White-Collar Crime
Band 3
About
Provided by Frits Schneider
Career
Frits Schneider is a lawyer and partner at AKD who specialises in financial and economic criminal law, with a particular emphasis on corporate, environmental and medical criminal law and cybercrime. He has very broad experience, not only with corruption investigations and leading the defence in high-profile corruption cases, but also in criminal cases resulting from serious disasters.
Frits’ has a considerable reputation and substantial expertise in fraud cases. He has 18 years of managerial experience within specialist investigation units and more than 26 years of experience as an investigative lawyer. What is more he has been a deputy judge criminal cases since 2003.
His clients are (inter)national companies, government organisations and their directors. They appreciate his capacity to supervise complex and lengthy criminal cases and his ability to prepare each necessary step along the way with great precision.
Frits also works on internal investigations pertaining to large fraud and bribery cases and advises on the liability of directors and supervisory directors.
Chambers Review
Europe
Frits Schneider of AKD has a broad practice that covers advising the victims on fraud investigations, as well as acting for defendants on investigations into possible breaches of the Dutch Minimum Wage Act or environmental legislation.