Criminal Defence

Criminal Defence in Commercial Matters

We defend companies, executives and individuals in investigations and prosecutions concerning economic and duty-related offences. Our work begins at the earliest stage — often before a formal charge — and continues through trial, sentencing and appeal.

What We Handle

• Duty-related offences: embezzlement, bribery, misappropriation of corporate funds
• Financial crime: fraud, illegal absorption of public deposits, illegal business operations
• Smuggling and customs offences; tax and invoice-related allegations
• Securities, fund-management and fintech compliance failures
• Environmental, safety and food-standard prosecutions

How We Work

We build the defence around the evidence trail: transaction records, corporate approvals, audit findings and expert opinion. Where a case turns on intent or on the boundary between civil breach and criminal conduct, we work with forensic accountants and industry experts to test the prosecution’s characterisation of the facts.

Compliance Interface

Many of our instructions begin as internal investigations. We advise boards and audit committees on privilege, disclosure and remediation, and on the design of anti-bribery, anti-money-laundering and trade-compliance programmes that withstand regulatory scrutiny.