Risk Management, Corporate Crime Investigations & Defence

As much as we would like it to not happen at all, white collar criminality is a widespread problem in business relations. Fraud and corruption cause significant losses to companies, investors and employees, but we are well-equipped to deal with this.

Whether you are currently facing a crisis or want to take preventive steps to safeguard your business or organisation from future violations, we provide skilled and experienced legal assistance and representation across Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. In these matters we are connected not just regionally but globally, with a network of consultants to assist us in our investigative work outside the region.

We can help you with

  • Anti-corruption action
  • Fraud prevention
  • Money laundering risks
  • Resolving unfair competition matters
  • Resolving unfair commercial practices
  • Asset tracing, recovery and enforcement
  • Criminal investigation
  • Creating internal policies and procedures
  • Crisis management

Comprehensive risk analysis and risk management

Regardless of the specifics of your company or public sector organisation, you can depend on us to carry out a thorough risk analysis, paying meticulous attention to detail as we do so. We analyse the risks from multiple angles, including studying governance and policy documents, and existing procedures for risk management and reporting, as well as assessing risk awareness among employees.

Based on that risk analysis, we can then help you design and implement measures tailored to your exact needs: policy documents, internal guidelines, processes and procedures, as well as hands-on awareness training.

In legal due diligence and review phases of transactions risk management plays an important role. Clients value our independent assessment of the integrity and corruption risks that may exist within their own companies and organisations, as well as those of third parties.

Corporate crime investigation and defence

We have extensive experience in conducting a broad range of corporate and white-collar crime investigations of companies and public sector organisations across the Baltics – with discretion and subject to the protection of legal privilege. Our clients entrust us with clarifying a specific sequence of events, collecting evidence and identifying and analysing any relevant legal issues, as well as negotiating trustfully with law enforcement authorities, if necessary.

Our connected teams across Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania can address any criminal, regulatory, civil or company law liabilities, and solve any related employment law issues that arise. If your company is facing a criminal prosecution, we will help protect your rights in pre-trial investigations and in courts of all instances.

Crisis management

If your company is suffering from corrupt or fraudulent managers and employees, we will help take over, support you through the crisis and get you back to normal operations as soon as possible. We will also assist with asset tracking and recovery.

Experience

  • Represented the client through all court instances, culminating in a Supreme Court judgment fully acquitting the client of corruption-related charges

    Legal Adviser
  • Conducted an internal investigation into potential misuse of confidential information, abuse of authority and corporate governance breaches, resulting in criminal proceedings being initiated

    Legal Adviser
  • Latvian and foreign companies

    Representing victims of fraudulently transferred funds, securing recovery of funds and returning them to the clients

    Legal Adviser
  • Represented a waste management company in complex criminal proceedings involving financial misconduct, securing nearly EUR 250,000 in damages and helping establish precedent-setting Supreme Court case law

    Legal Adviser
  • Represented clients in criminally acquired property proceedings, securing a final court ruling that approximately EUR 11 million frozen in Latvia did not constitute criminally acquired fund

    Legal Adviser
  • Tallinn City

    Advice on creation of anti-corruption strategy for Tallinn, the Estonian capital + its largest city with almost 20,000 employees and an annual budget of over 600 million euros

    Legal Adviser
  • Large hospitals and multinational companies

    Advice on implementing anti-corruption and anti-fraud measures + conducting confidential internal investigations in several large multinational corporations

    Legal Adviser
  • Global leader in electricity production and distribution equipment

    Representation in criminal proceedings for suspected bribery, including analysing and evaluating documentation and other materials linked to client’s construction project worth several hundred million euros

    Legal Adviser
  • Successfully represented the client in a sanctions-related dispute, helping secure a landmark judgment clarifying companies’ sanctions compliance obligations

    Legal Adviser

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