White Collar Crime, Compliance and Investigations
Having excellent reputation and one of the largest teams in the Russian legal market, - ALRUD is one of the leading Russian advisors in criminal law matters and investigations. ALRUD Criminal Law, Compliance, and Investigations Practice, comprises graduates of leading Russian universities, such as the Moscow State University and National Research University – Higher School of Economics. Most of the practice members have been admitted to the state bar and have legal degrees in both Russian and foreign law.
Practice members specialize in supporting complex criminal-law projects and representing the clients in all stages of criminal proceedings, including pre-investigation stage. Our specialists have extensive experience in supporting our clients in administrative inspections and corporate investigations, and advising on anti-money laundering and anti-bribery compliance.
Practice members have vast experience in working on the cases with international element, which require not only excellent legal qualification, but also a perfect knowledge of foreign languages.
Our services include:
- Advising on criminal law matters, including assessment of criminal proceedings and criminal liability risks, review of business projects from the criminal-law standpoint;
- Representing the clients in all stages of criminal proceedings on economic crimes, including pre-investigation stage;
- Protection from fraudulent and other illegal activities of counterparties in criminal proceedings, including representing the victim’s interests, and recovery of damages in the course of criminal proceedings;
- Legal support in the course of investigative and other procedural activities of law enforcement bodies, preparation of management and personnel for undergoing possible investigative and procedural actions.
- Conducting internal investigations, including inquiries into suspect internal operations and investigation in support of due diligence projects in order to assess criminal liability risks;
- Representing in course of inspections and investigations held by state authorities which may cause the risk of criminal proceedings.
- Due Diligence, assessment of compliance of the company’s and employees’ actions with applicable criminal and antitrust law;
- Assessment, drafting and implementation of various internal compliance procedures, ethics programs, and codes of business conduct;
- Audit of compliance with Russian and international anti-bribery legislation, including Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and UK Bribery Act;
- Conducting compliance seminars and regulatory trainings.