Criminal and Economic Criminal Law

• Defence of your company against property offences such as theft, fraud and misappropriation
• Legal support in cases involving criminal insolvency proceedings, obstruction of enforcement, fraud and concealment of assets.
• Defence of the company against offences against the tax authorities and the social security system, including allegations of tax fraud or non-compliance with social security contributions.
• Criminal lawyers specialising in money laundering, providing both preventative advice and defence during investigations.
• Handling cases of document forgery affecting business operations.
• Legal advice on cybercrimes, such as cyber-attacks and digital fraud (phishing, hacking, malware, skimming, cracking, etc.), the consequences of which may include potential IT damage, compromise of the company’s digital security or damage to its corporate reputation.

In this area, our lawyers specialising in economic crime handle the client’s defence during the investigation and proceedings in cases relating to bribery, influence peddling, corruption in international commercial transactions and the newly recognised offence of corporate corruption.

Our criminal lawyers, who specialise in economic offences, offer specialist legal assistance in criminal proceedings to resolve critical situations that affect the integrity and transparency of companies, such as:

• Unfair management of corporate assets.
• Falsification of financial statements and corporate documents that distort the company’s image.
• The imposition of unfair resolutions by majority votes, protecting shareholders’ rights against detrimental decisions.
• The adoption of resolutions by fictitious majorities, identifying fraudulent practices in decision-making.
• Denial of shareholders’ rights and defence against infringements.

Our criminal law experts lawyers are highly qualified, with a cross-disciplinary approach that combines expertise in criminal, employment and compliance law; they are able to identify and, where appropriate, anticipate and manage the various scenarios that may arise in the event of an irregularity or offence committed within a business context.

• Defence of the company in criminal proceedings arising from accidents in the workplace.
• Advice on offences against moral integrity, workplace or sexual harassment, protecting corporate reputation and ensuring regulatory compliance.
• Misappropriation, discovery or disclosure of trade secrets.
• Offences against the honour and reputation of companies (defamation and slander), defence against damage to their public image and breaches of privacy.
• Criminal lawyers specialising in offences relating to data protection and the security of a company’s information systems.
• Defence of a company’s intangible assets against infringements and breaches of intellectual and industrial property rights.

Following the reform of the Criminal Code in 2010, companies will be held criminally liable for offences committed by their directors and employees – who have not been properly supervised – in connection with activities carried out in the course of the company’s business and for the benefit of the organisation. Our lawyers specialising in white-collar crime are experts in the defence of legal persons or corporate defence, taking into account the special procedural status of such entities, their interests and any potential conflicts of interest.

In this regard, they support companies at any pre-litigation or litigation stage, from the moment an irregularity is detected, by conducting rigorous internal investigations to secure evidence where necessary, making relevant decisions, demonstrating the existence of an effective crime prevention model before the courts, and providing corporate defence in legal proceedings.

Our lawyers combine their experience in economic criminal law with their expertise in criminal compliance, assisting with the implementation, evaluation and monitoring of criminal risk prevention systems, whilst providing ongoing advice to national and international companies in this area.