White Collar Crime
Comprehensive legal assistance in all areas of criminal law
We provide comprehensive legal assistance in all areas of criminal law and other matters involving potential criminal aspects. Our team represents clients at every stage of criminal proceedings. We have extensive experience acting on behalf of clients in proceedings led by tax authorities, the prosecution, the Central Anti-Corruption Bureau, and the Police.
We defend clients in cases involving economic crimes, penal fiscal issues, as well as liability of board members. We also act as legal representatives for auxiliary and private prosecutors in criminal proceedings.
We also assist our clients in implementing internal compliance procedures designed to detect and prevent bribery, corruption, and money laundering, thereby reducing the risk of criminal liability. In addition, we develop and advise on solutions aimed at mitigating the risk of penal responsibility (internal procedures, defense files, indemnity letters).
We work in close cooperation with our tax (VAT, CIT, TP) and legal (labour law, corporate, M&A, and real estate) departments, as well as valuation experts. This multidisciplinary approach allows us to fully understand every aspect of a case and effectively present it before the prosecutor and the court.
We also closely cooperate with forensic experts, supporting internal investigations, due diligence, review and drafting of compliance procedures, eDiscovery, management and employee interviews, and background checks.
our SELECTED experience
- defence attorneys of the individual listed in PL Forbes 100 in criminal proceedings in which the client has been charged with forgery of invoices
- defence attorneys for a member of the management board of a company from an energy industry who was charged with leading an organised criminal group, economic corruption, forgery of invoices and money laundering
- obtaining the second instance court’s revocation of a pre-trial detention order just nine days after it was imposed
- representation of the Client (as an aggrieved party) in criminal proceedings against the President of the Management Board of one of the portfolio companies of the private equity fund connected with conclusion of the agreements to the detriment of the Client in excess of 170m PLN
- preparing and implementing internal procedures mitigating risk of penal fiscal responsibility of the management board members for over 30 companies
- representation of the Client (as an auxiliary prosecutor) in criminal proceedings against the borrower who removed all company’s assets to avoid repayment of the debt and convinced the Client to sign an unfavourable annex to the agreement
- supporting over 100 corporate and individual clients in mitigating penal-fiscal consequences of incorrect tax-settlements
- representation of the Client (acting as an aggrieved party) in criminal proceedings against the Client's contractors (product distributors), connected with a scheme based on the artificial inflation of turnover figures, aimed at unlawfully obtaining additional discounts and benefits from our Client
- representation of a member of the Company's management board in criminal proceedings in which they have been charged with operating a regulated business without complying with formal requirements
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