Dr. h.c.* Michael Bärlein

(* Honorary doctorate from the Mongolian University of Arts and Culture)

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Michael Bärlein was born in Berlin in 1944 and grew up in Bavaria.

He studied law at the Free University of Berlin and in Heidelberg and Grenoble in France. Alongside his studies, he managed several well-known bars in Berlin. He completed his legal training in Berlin, passing the second state exam in 1973.

After a short period of employment in the civil service, he settled in Berlin as a lawyer and criminal defense attorney. In the course of his long career, he has helped establish several successful law firms, including the law firm Ignor Bärlein Partner. He was also a judge at the Berlin Lawyers’ Disciplinary Court for 16 years.

In 2012, he founded the law firm Danckert Spiller Richter Bärlein together with Jakob Danckert, among others. He has been a partner at DANCKERT BÄRLEIN & PARTNER since 2016 and has been senior partner since January 2025.

He is a member of the supervisory board of HMS Bergbau AG and is involved in a wide range of sporting and cultural activities. He was awarded an honorary doctorate by the Mongolian University of Arts and Culture for his voluntary work in Mongolia.

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• Various lecture series and training courses for doctors and hospital staff in medical criminal law
• Various lectures on crisis management in companies

• Deutscher Anwaltverein (DAV)
• Vereinigung Berliner Strafverteidiger e.V.
• Deutsch-Israelische Juristenvereinigung
• Verband Berliner Kaufleute und Industrieller e.V. (VBKI)
• Stellv. Vorsitzender des Freundeskreises des Teatro la Fenice e.V.
• Berliner Wirtschaftsgespräche e.V.
• Deutsch-Mongolische Gesellschaft e.V.

• Ketten und Karusselle – Steuerbetrug, in: DATEV-Magazin, Ausgabe 01/2017
• Michael Bärlein, Markus Englerth, De Pluribus Unum? Unternehmensstrafrecht in Europa, in: Ahlbrecht/Dann/Wessing/Frister/Bock (Hrsg.), Unternehmensstrafrecht, Festschrift für Jürgen Wessing, München 2016, S. 33-54
• Michael Bärlein, Volkmar Mehle, Aufsichtsrat und Strafrecht, Der Aufsichtsrat 2015, S. 8-9
• Michael Bärlein, Panos Pananis, Jörg Rehmsmeier, Spannungsverhältnis zwischen der Aussagefreiheit im Strafverfahren und den Mitwirkungspflichten, NJW 2002, S. 1825-1830
• Michael Bärlein, Stephan Rixen, Babywiegen – Ein Hilfskonzept eigener Art, Kriminalistik 2001, S. 54-56