Criminal Law

We are aware that conducting business activities entails exposure to various risks, including those associated with economic criminal law. Entrepreneurs face potential criminal consequences arising from their own actions as well as actions of individuals associated with the enterprise. Therefore, understanding, identifying, and effectively managing criminal risk becomes a crucial element of business strategy. From experience, we know that our clients need not only professional but above all efficient and prompt assistance, so we remain at their disposal whenever they need it.

Our team consists of lawyers specialising in various areas of criminal law, allowing us to comprehensively handle a wide range of cases, from the most complex to those requiring a more standard approach. We have experience representing individuals and legal entities in criminal proceedings at every stage, from pre-trial proceedings to executive criminal proceedings. Our advantage lies in cooperation with specialists from the firm specialising in fields such as civil, commercial, and capital markets law, enabling us to undertake interdisciplinary cases, with particular emphasis on economic crime. We strongly believe that combining in-depth legal knowledge with a broad spectrum of specialisation profiles ensures effective management of the litigation strategy.

Alongside the traditional litigation practice, lawyers specialising in criminal law are actively involved in identifying potential threats, developing and implementing effective compliance programs, responding to conflict situations, and successfully representing the interests of the enterprise alongside lawyers from other specialisations in the field of criminal law. They assist in negotiation of settlements or agreements and develop defense strategies in situations involving law enforcement actions.

Understanding the immense responsibility placed on the management and executives of business entities, we manage constructively to minimise risks for individuals in key roles within the company by appropriately planning the competencies and responsibilities of employees and contractors, taking into account the nature of the business activities. Our extensive experience vividly demonstrates that effective identification of all possible scenarios giving rise to criminal or fiscal liability enables the construction of a transparent organization and procedures that minimise the criminal consequences for the managed enterprise.

We have experience in taking effective legal actions from the pre-trial stage, before authorities such as the Public Prosecutor’s Office, Police, Internal Security Agency (ABW), Central Anti-Corruption Bureau (CBA), or Tax Office (KAS). We have handled thousands of cases defending the accused at every stage of criminal proceedings, as well as those convicted in the executive phase of criminal proceedings. We have frequently succeeded in protecting the client from the most severe precautionary measures, including persuading the prosecutor to withdraw or refuse to apply temporary detention, revocation, or limitation of bail. 

From experience, we know that our clients need not only professional but above all efficient and prompt assistance, so as a team of qualified and experienced criminal lawyers, we remain at their disposal regardless of the time or place of the procedure. Our lawyers’ availability, as well as their proper, comprehensive understanding of clients’ needs and extraordinary commitment to their cases, utilising other areas of law represented by specialists from other departments of the Law Firm, distinguish our lawyers in the market of legal services of this profile.

In the field of economic criminal law, we represent both defendants and victims in cases involving crimes such as:

• capital fraud and managerial bribery,
• obstruction of creditors’ claims,
• money laundering,
• against money and securities trading,
• against property and the credibility of documents,
• causing damage in economic transactions,
• other offenses stipulated in specific acts.
• Additionally, we provide legal advice regarding the assessment of the management team’s activities with a focus on actions detrimental to the company, particularly emphasizing responsibility for fulfilling obligations related to bankruptcy proceedings.

In the field of fiscal and tax criminal law, we represent defendants in cases involving fiscal crimes and fiscal offenses:

• against tax obligations, customs obligations, and trade rules concerning foreign trade of goods and services,
• against foreign exchange transactions,
• organising gambling activities.

In the field of criminal law in the financial market, we represent clients in cases involving crimes and offenses:

• related to trading in brokerage securities and introducing financial instruments into organized trading systems, 
• disclosure and use of confidential information,
• acquiring or disposing of financial instruments at the close of trading, causing misleading investors conducting transactions at this stage of trading,
• placing orders or entering into transactions that mislead as to the actual demand, supply, or price of a financial instrument,
• disseminating false or unreliable information, including via mass media, the Internet, or other means, or rumors that mislead or may mislead in the area of financial instruments by a journalist or another person.

In addition to the above issues, our team is ready to handle the most demanding criminal cases. Our mission and goal are to provide effective legal assistance and representation in every case, ensuring the welfare and respect for the rights of our clients.

If you need advice or representation in criminal law matters, do not hesitate to reach out to us! Our team of lawyers has the knowledge and experience necessary to effectively resolve even the most complex cases.