Lena Hoffmann

Lena Hoffmann

Lena Hoffmann

Partner · Financial Fraud Litigation

Whitfield & Crane LLP

Berlin

Biography

Lena Hoffmann is a Partner in the firm’s Financial Fraud Litigation group. Before joining Whitfield & Crane she served as a public prosecutor in Frankfurt, where she led prosecutions of investment-fraud and Ponzi-scheme operators for nine years.

She represents victims and institutions in civil recovery actions, freezing orders and enforcement proceedings before German and EU courts, often running parallel tracks to criminal investigations.

Lena is admitted as a Rechtsanwältin in Germany and is a graduate of Goethe University Frankfurt. She writes and speaks frequently on fraud litigation strategy.

Representative Matters

  • Won a €12 million judgment against the operators of a cross-border Ponzi scheme
  • Secured a Mareva-style freezing order within one week of instruction
  • Recovery for 40+ investors of a failed Berlin trading platform

Education

Goethe University Frankfurt

Bar Admissions

Rechtsanwältin, Germany

Languages

German
English

Recognition

The Legal 500 Deutschland: recommended lawyer