White-collar crime
Running a business requires entrepreneurs to make bold decisions. Each of them may involve not only financial but also criminal liability. Today, every member of the management board, supervisory board, and top management should remember that due diligence is not only a fashionable concept, but it is one of key elements protecting you against any charges of crminal or tax authorities.
Partner
Attorney-at-law
Partner
Attorney-at-law
Scope of advice
Consulting penal proceedings under the commercial and taxation codes requires firmness and determination, and at the same time you need to be careful due to the sensitive nature of the proceedings. We know this very well - we boast years of practice in this area. We support our Clients, among others, in the areas of
- criminal liability of members of corporate bodies,
- debt evasion,
- abuse of trust in business transactions,
- crimes of managerial corruption,
- unreliable accounting.
In order to protect our Clients to the maximum possible extent and comprehensively handle irregularities, we cooperate in multidisciplinary teams with experienced experts in such areas as taxes, commercial law, environmental law and labour law. If necessary, we also work with detectives and experienced representatives of security services. As part of our specialisation, we work closely with the compliance team, which often allows us to prevent risks related to liability under criminal and taxation regulations.
What do we offer?
Counteracting commercial and tax crimes in company structures (elements of compliance)
Assistance and representation at the pre-trial and court stages (support for the injured party - private prosecutor)
Irregularity management:
Completed projects
Representation of a member of the management board and the supervisory board in complex criminal proceedings concerning causing a company a loss of several dozen million zlotys.
Representation of a Client (who acted as a private prosecutor) in a multi-faceted criminal proceedings.
Representation of a company acting as a private prosecutor in criminal proceedings concerning the abuse of rights by its two former employees and persons cooperating with them from outside the company's structures.
