Criminal litigation, fraud and investigation

In today’s increasingly strict legislative environment, with anti-money laundering laws in particular providing for criminal sanctions, banking institutions and asset management firms face a heightened risk of criminal prosecution.

We have extensive experience in this area, including:

• Representing banks and asset management firms (whether they are the complainant, a damages claimant or the accused party) at every stage of criminal proceedings
• Assisting banks (acting as creditors or interested third parties) with applications relating to lifting criminal asset freezing measures
• Bringing actions before the Monegasque courts regarding the enforcement of international mutual legal assistance measures
• Civil/criminal handling of internal/external fraud cases (including bank cyber fraud such as CEO fraud, phishing and spoofing). We work directly with our Employment Law team on internal fraud matters to assist on all aspects of a case
• Internal inquiries (analysing internal incidents and impacts and proposing remedial measures)
• Negotiating plea deals with foreign authorities to end criminal prosecutions
• Preparing press releases and official statements for clients facing criminal prosecutions being reported in the media