Rechtsanwalt Andreas Meyer

The case file comes first

No defense without full knowledge of the investigation file. I request access to the file immediately after taking on the mandate and analyze the evidence before developing a defense strategy. Expert opinions, witness statements and digital evidence are evaluated systematically.

Communication on an equal footing

I keep my clients informed regularly and in plain language — in English where needed — explain the legal context clearly, and discuss every step before I take it. A mandate is a collaboration, not a one-way street.

Availability in emergencies

Criminal-law emergencies know no business hours. In the event of an arrest, a search or an arrest warrant I am reachable around the clock and can act immediately — even before a formal mandate is concluded. In Kiel and throughout Germany.

Defense through the highest courts

I not only defend at trial — I guide clients through every stage: the investigation, the intermediate proceedings, appeal, appeal on points of law, and the constitutional complaint. The goal is not the fastest outcome, but the best.

Successful constitutional complaint against an extradition to Romania. The court set aside the decision of the Higher Regional Court of Schleswig-Holstein and remitted the case, holding that the lower court had not sufficiently examined the concrete detention conditions awaiting the complainant.

Successful constitutional complaint: the court found a violation of Article 4 of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and set aside the extradition decision of the Higher Regional Court of Schleswig-Holstein. The lower court had not sufficiently examined the detention conditions in the designated prisons — in particular, for quarantine and the closed regime it relied solely on the minimum cell sizes reported, and, for the semi-open regime, it failed to recognize that, where a prisoner has only 2 m² of personal space in a shared cell on a permanent basis, even longer out-of-cell time does not rebut the presumption of a violation. The court had already halted the surrender by interim injunction of 24 July 2020.

Successful chamber decision concerning an extradition to the Russian Federation: the court set aside the admissibility decision of the Higher Regional Court of Schleswig-Holstein and remitted the case. It criticized the insufficient judicial examination of the bar to extradition arising from political persecution, and the failure to investigate the refugee status granted in another EU member state.

Interim injunction against an extradition to the Russian Federation for the purpose of prosecution: the court prohibited the surrender by decision of 24 June 2019. The Higher Regional Court then set aside its admissibility decision and ruled on admissibility again; in the follow-up proceedings 2 BvR 1661/19, the Federal Constitutional Court set aside that new decision. It discontinued the proceedings in 2 BvR 894/19 by decision of 22 November 2019; the State of Schleswig-Holstein has to reimburse the necessary expenses.

Successful chamber decision in extradition proceedings concerning Romania. The court first prohibited the surrender by interim injunction and then upheld the constitutional complaint. The decision of the Higher Regional Court of Schleswig-Holstein was set aside for violation of the right to the lawful judge (Article 101(1) sentence 2 Basic Law): without referring the matter to the European Court of Justice and without evaluating the case law of the ECJ and the European Court of Human Rights, the Higher Regional Court had assumed that the detention conditions to be expected met the minimum standards.