Experience – Business Crime

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Our experience:

  • As part of an international defence team, we represented a Polish company accused of fraud and money laundering before the French courts.
  • We represented the CEO of a company in the construction industry accused of involvement in bid-rigging in a tender for road construction in Poland using EU funds.
  • We represent foreign entities who were victims of business email compromise before law enforcement authorities, regulators and financial institutions, where the clients made bank transfers to accounts at Polish banks as a result of hacking into their internal computer network and hijacking of communications channels by third parties pretending to be suppliers:
    • We represented one of the world’s largest chemical companies in criminal proceedings involving significant fraud by persons pretending to be suppliers.
    • We coordinate measures across numerous jurisdictions to secure evidence in BEC-type cyber offences.
    • We conduct measures aimed at recovering lost funds, including criminal and civil proceedings (for example pursuing liability of banks used by criminals to commit fraud).
  • We are conducting post-transaction criminal proceedings against former members of the management board of a company for acting to the detriment of creditors and the company (asset-stripping, mismanagement, and artificially inflating the company’s turnover and value).
  • We are protecting the reputation of a company operating on the financial instruments market against false information spread about the company by an individual.
  • We represent diplomatic missions in connection with alleged abuses occurring at their facilities.
  • We are appearing as an expert witness in civil litigation before an English court seeking compensation for material loss, pain and suffering as a result of a traffic accident.
  • We represented the widow of a connoisseur of Polish art in civil, criminal, customs and enforcement proceedings seeking to clear legal title to a collection of paintings fraudulently taken from the rightful owner.
  • We represent companies in criminal proceedings involving allegations of private corruption by their own employees or managers or representatives of customers, suppliers and competitors.
  • We conduct internal investigations for companies that have discovered or suspect irregularities by their employees or managers, including instances of corruption, fraud, embezzlement or acting to the detriment of the company.
  • We are representing a foreign company in criminal proceedings involving significant fraud by an organised criminal group.
  • We are advising a pharmaceutical company operating on the global market injured by fraud committed by entities it commissioned to conduct clinical trials.