
Dr. Alba Hernandez Weiss
- Associate at Oehmichen International since October 2024
- Admitted to the Berlin Bar as a European Lawyer and Lawyer, admitted to the Madrid Bar in Spain since 2020
- PhD in Law at the Humboldt-University of Berlin (2020-2024)
- Languages: German, English, Spanish, French
Alba completed her postgraduate studies in “German and European Law and Legal Practice”, with a focus on German Criminal Law, at the Humboldt University in Berlin (2018-2019).
From 2019 to 2020, she was a Trainee Lawyer at Perez Llorca in Madrid, working in the area of white-collar crime and competition law.
Before joining Oehmichen International in 2024, Alba was a research fellow and PhD student of the DFG Research Training Group ‘DynamInt – Dynamic Integration’ at the Humboldt University in Berlin (2020-2024), including a research stay at the Centre de Droit Europeen in Brussels. Alba completed her PhD in European Criminal Law on ‘Admissibility of cross-border evidence in criminal proceedings in the EU: Between EU-Law and Legal Practice ‘ (submission: June 2024, defence: January 2025, Grade:Summa Cum Laude). During this time, she also worked on occasion with Oehmichen International on a project-related basis. Since October 2024 she has joined the firm as Associate and brings in her expertise in EU law and Spanish law.
Rechtsanwaltskammer Berlin
Oehmichen/ Hernandez Weiss, Die EUStA: Eine neue EU-Dimension der Frage der Entschädigung bei überlanger Verfahrensdauer? WiJ 01-2025
Judicial review of investigative measures under the EPPO Regulation. More to it than it seems? A recap of the Oral Hearing in G.K. & Others, 26.04.23, in: European Law Blog.
Gegenseitige Anerkennung als ‘Joker’ bei transnationalen Ermittlungen? Einige Überlegungen zu dem Rechtsstreit Berliner Gerichte im Fall ‘EncroChat’ , in: Zeitschrift für Internationale Strafrechtswissenschaft 2022, S. 427.
“Effective protection of rights as a precondition to mutual recognition: Some thoughts on the CJEU’s Gavanozov II decision”, in: New Journal of European Criminal Law 2022, S. 180.
Lidia Gonzalez, Alba Hernandez; The Price of Freedom; in: website of the Criminal Law Committee of the Legal Practice Division of the International Bar Association, 28.07.2020
Adriana de Buerba, Andrea Bartolomé, Alba Hernandez; From Rat to hero: a new perspective on whistleblowing in the EU in: Newsletter of the International Bar Association, 12.12.2019.
22.10.2024 Workshop: The Relevance of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights for criminal lawyers, Academy of European Law, ERA, Trier.
19.09.2023, Cross-border evidence admissibility – an EU issue?, Need for further EU-Minimum Standards in Criminal Standards?, BRAK, DAV, Brüssel
15.12.2022, La admisibilidad penal de las pruebas transfronterizas y el caso Encrochat, I congreso Internacional de Jovenes Investigadores en cooperación judicial internacional y tecnologias disruptivas, Universidad de Burgos
6.10.2022, Admissibility and exclusion of cross-border evidence: A first step towards EU evidence law?, EU criminal Law influence on the national justice systems, ECLAN PhD Seminar 2022, Vilnius.

Dr. Alba Hernandez Weiss
- Associate at Oehmichen International since October 2024
- Admitted to the Berlin Bar as a European Lawyer and Lawyer, admitted to the Madrid Bar in Spain since 2020
- PhD in Law at the Humboldt-University of Berlin (2020-2024)
- Languages: German, English, Spanish, French
Alba completed her postgraduate studies in “German and European Law and Legal Practice”, with a focus on German Criminal Law, at the Humboldt University in Berlin (2018-2019).
From 2019 to 2020, she was a Trainee Lawyer at Perez Llorca in Madrid, working in the area of white-collar crime and competition law.
Before joining Oehmichen International in 2024, Alba was a research fellow and PhD student of the DFG Research Training Group ‘DynamInt – Dynamic Integration’ at the Humboldt University in Berlin (2020-2024), including a research stay at the Centre de Droit Europeen in Brussels. Alba completed her PhD in European Criminal Law on ‘Admissibility of cross-border evidence in criminal proceedings in the EU: Between EU-Law and Legal Practice ‘ (submission: June 2024, defence: January 2025, Grade:Summa Cum Laude). During this time, she also worked on occasion with Oehmichen International on a project-related basis. Since October 2024 she has joined the firm as Associate and brings in her expertise in EU law and Spanish law.
Rechtsanwaltskammer Berlin
Oehmichen/ Hernandez Weiss, Die EUStA: Eine neue EU-Dimension der Frage der Entschädigung bei überlanger Verfahrensdauer? WiJ 01-2025
Judicial review of investigative measures under the EPPO Regulation. More to it than it seems? A recap of the Oral Hearing in G.K. & Others, 26.04.23, in: European Law Blog.
Gegenseitige Anerkennung als ‘Joker’ bei transnationalen Ermittlungen? Einige Überlegungen zu dem Rechtsstreit Berliner Gerichte im Fall ‘EncroChat’ , in: Zeitschrift für Internationale Strafrechtswissenschaft 2022, S. 427.
“Effective protection of rights as a precondition to mutual recognition: Some thoughts on the CJEU’s Gavanozov II decision”, in: New Journal of European Criminal Law 2022, S. 180.
Lidia Gonzalez, Alba Hernandez; The Price of Freedom; in: website of the Criminal Law Committee of the Legal Practice Division of the International Bar Association, 28.07.2020
Adriana de Buerba, Andrea Bartolomé, Alba Hernandez; From Rat to hero: a new perspective on whistleblowing in the EU in: Newsletter of the International Bar Association, 12.12.2019.
22.10.2024 Workshop: The Relevance of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights for criminal lawyers, Academy of European Law, ERA, Trier.
19.09.2023, Cross-border evidence admissibility – an EU issue?, Need for further EU-Minimum Standards in Criminal Standards?, BRAK, DAV, Brüssel
15.12.2022, La admisibilidad penal de las pruebas transfronterizas y el caso Encrochat, I congreso Internacional de Jovenes Investigadores en cooperación judicial internacional y tecnologias disruptivas, Universidad de Burgos
6.10.2022, Admissibility and exclusion of cross-border evidence: A first step towards EU evidence law?, EU criminal Law influence on the national justice systems, ECLAN PhD Seminar 2022, Vilnius.