Litigation today is multi-faceted. Those who commit or who are accused of business crime frequently face criminal investigation and prosecution, in parallel with civil proceedings to recover the proceeds and, subsequently, regulatory action. This is particularly the case where the wrongdoer is a professional.
Government authorities, corporations or individuals who are themselves the victims of crime will wish to initiate proper investigation - aside from any general reporting obligation they may have and under anti-money laundering laws - and to take appropriate action to trace, secure and recover the misappropriated funds or assets.
These "parallel sanctions" require careful management and sophisticated legal expertise. The issues of legal privilege, confidentiality, self-incrimination and admissibility in the parallel pursuit of criminal law and civil law sanctions necessitates a comprehensive understanding of these different and occasionally competing disciplines.
Our work in the leading cases of the last twenty years provides a collective multi-disciplinary expertise throughout our practice. We deal with and advise simultaneously concerning investigations, recoveries, prosecutions and professional disciplinary sanctions. Our parallel sanctions expertise is at the very heart of the specialist nature of our practice.