We assist companies and their directors and managers in the most diverse range of investigations, with a focus on tax, financial and economic fraud, corporate fraud, market abuse, and money-laundering.

These are situations in which the company or its directors are accused of committing a crime or situations in which the company is a victim of an internal or external fraud. If necessary, we do what is required to lead an internal investigation, together with external specialists, into the nature and scope of the fraud and who should be (held) responsible for it.

Companies are running more and more into the realm of criminal law in that the authorities or persons of companies are the target of criminal acts. The number of internal as well as external fraud cases has increased exponentially in the last years, all because of the development of new methods and IT techniques.

We assist companies that are victims of various forms of fraud committed by their own employees or staff or by third parties.

It is therefore important to put an end to the facts in the first place and to neutralize the harm or loss already sustained. Acting quickly and cooperating with authorities is thus essential.
If special techniques need to be utilized to obtain a better view of the facts (and their scope) and the identity of the suspect, we work with external specialists who are familiar with the most advanced investigation techniques.

Some examples of our work in internal company investigations include:

  • assisting an international non-profit organization in conducting an internal investigation into one of its directors for harassment;
  • assisting a former CEO of a company active in the film industry in an investigation into facts of embezzlement by a former director;
  • assisting an international company active in beverage production in conducting an investigation into the theft of beverages and defending it, as victim of the theft, in criminal proceedings;
  • assisting a company and one of its directors in an investigation and prosecution for falsification of documents  and money-laundering based on an underlying tax felony.