White Collar Crime White Collar Crime

The practice that specializes in conduct of criminal proceedings of economic and corruption cases. Participation in projects not only of attorneys at law (criminal lawers) , but also of the experts in other law fields, promotes realization of non-standard legal decisions for protection clients rights and interests.

WIn the course of handling clients’ assignments we conduct:

  • legal support of clients during the pre-investigation check, preliminary investigation and judicial proceedings;
  • analysis and assessment of civil relations regarding the presence or absence of criminal risks;
  • attorneys’ investigations for gathering evidence and for establishing, checking and fixing certain facts;
  • advising on the anti-money laundering and anti-corruption legislation, as well as on complying with mandatory procedures in these areas;
  • advising corporate clients on the criminal procedure law when conducting checks by state supervisory authorities, such as the Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation, the Federal Antimonopoly Service, the Federal Tax Service, etc.

Relevant experience

Large commercial bank
Situation

In the course of financial rehabilitation and replacing the credit institution’s management, the previous bank’s management and owner made a number of suspicious transactions on issuing bank guarantees in favor of offshore companies.

State commercial (arbitrazh) courts confirmed the reliability of transactions. There was a real threat of mandatory write-offs and possible embezzlement.

Result

The realized strategy of client’s rights and interests protection prevented the recovery of USD 60 million. The guilty persons were held liable.

City manager of the Russian Federation constituent entity

Protecting clients’ interests against charges with the crime under part 4 art.159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. The investigation was conducted by the federal law enforcement authorities. The developed strategy and tactics of protection led to the acquittal judgment.loped strategy and tactics of protection led to the acquittal.

A large international pharmaceutical company

Working out a legal position to protect the corporate interests of the company and its employees in connection with the inspection carried out by the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation upon the request of the head of the Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation on the basis of abuses when supplying medications to the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation. The clients were not held criminally or civilly liable.

The owner and management of a construction company

Protection of interests during the investigation of a criminal case involving fraudulent embezzlement of RUB 1 billion of budgetary funds allocated for construction. The chosen line of defense allowed us to establish an evidentiary basis for the criminal case dismissal due to the absence of elements of crime.

An oil company

Advising a client within the investigation of a criminal case involving fraud and infliction of damage on the company amounting to RUB 3 billion. By means of using a complex approach, we managed to collect evidence to prove the involvement of client’s counterparty’s (a large customs broker) owner and top management in the criminal activity.