Dr. Maria Miluscheva
Certified specialist in criminal law
Dr. Miluscheva is the founder and managing director of the law firm, a Certified Specialist in Criminal Law (Fachanwältin für Strafrecht) and holds the academic degree Dr. jur.Her approach to criminal defence combines academic depth, courtroom experience and strategic clarity at the highest level.
Her legal practice focuses on complex criminal proceedings with both domestic and international dimensions. Her principal areas of practice include white-collar and tax criminal law, cybercrime, sexual offences, drug offences, extradition law and European criminal law. Since November 2022, she has represented a third party affected by confiscation proceedings in connection with the Wirecard proceedings.
She also represents clients in proceedings conducted by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO), particularly in cases involving allegations of VAT carousel fraud and EU subsidy fraud.
Dr. Miluscheva practises throughout Germany and, in selected cases, represents clients before courts across the country as well as in Austria, Liechtenstein and Bulgaria.
Professional Career
Dr. Miluscheva began her legal career by studying law at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. She subsequently completed her legal traineeship within the jurisdiction of the Higher Regional Court of Munich and passed the Second State Examination in Law in Bavaria with above-average results. She was admitted to the legal profession by the Munich Bar Association in 2008.
After practising as a lawyer at a Munich law firm, Dr. Miluscheva established her own law firm in 2016 and has practised independently ever since. Since 2020, she has also served as an honorary judge. In June 2025, she became Presiding Judge of the Third Criminal Senate of the Bavarian Lawyers’ Court of Appeal. She is also a Certified Defence Lawyer in White-Collar Criminal Law (DSV).
She obtained her doctorate at the Private University in the Principality of Liechtenstein. Her doctoral thesis examined the enforcement of the European Arrest Warrant, focusing on the balance between effective criminal prosecution and the protection of the rights of those affected, with particular reference to Bulgaria. She was awarded the title of Certified Specialist in Criminal Law (Fachanwältin für Strafrecht) in 2011.
Continuing Professional Development and Areas of Advanced Expertise
Continuous professional development is an integral part of Dr. Miluscheva’s legal practice. Her advanced professional training focuses particularly on white-collar and tax criminal law, cybercrime, European and international criminal law, as well as professional negotiation and communication in criminal proceedings.
Her key areas of continuing professional development in recent years have included:
- current case law in white-collar and tax criminal law, as well as in cybercrime cases
- defence against findings arising from tax audits and tax investigation proceedings
- international investigations, particularly those involving the Schengen Information System and Interpol
- cybercrime and the handling of data relevant to criminal proceedings
- IT law, through the specialist lawyer training course in information technology law
- money laundering, asset recovery and confiscation, and asset-related issues in white-collar criminal cases
- sexual offence proceedings from the perspective of the defence
- forensic trace analysis, psychology of witness testimony, interview and interrogation techniques, and forensic medicine
- rhetoric, communication psychology, non-violent communication, and empathetic listening
- systemic and psychosocial approaches, particularly in dealing with personal and family structures
- family and inheritance matters in tax criminal cases
This continuous specialisation brings an interdisciplinary perspective to her work as a criminal defence lawyer and reinforces her commitment to a standard of criminal defence that combines legal precision, strategic thinking and a nuanced understanding of the human dimension of each case.