Criminal defense of executives
and decision-makers
The increasing judicialization of business life today exposes company executives, directors, corporate officers, economic decision-makers, and managers of regulated structures to an increasingly concrete criminal risk.
Management errors, regulatory breaches, false balance sheets, poorly supervised delegation of powers, lack of supervision, conflicts of interest among board members, incomplete disclosure to shareholders, aggravated tax fraud, misuse of company assets, failure to report suspicions or non-compliance with anti-money laundering regulations, conflicts between shareholders, and bankruptcy proceedings can now lead to personal criminal liability, often in a context of intense media or regulatory pressure.
ECLIPSE acts with rigor, responsiveness, and discretion to defend the interests of decision-makers facing criminal investigations, judicial inquiries, disciplinary proceedings, or personal liability actions, whether initiated by the public prosecutor, a regulatory authority, or a complaint from minority shareholders or a group of shareholders, creditors, or a creditors’ committee.
Our team combines recognized expertise in criminal business law, a keen understanding of corporate governance mechanisms, and the ability to act quickly to organize a strategic defense from the very outset of the proceedings.
We support our clients at every stage, from criminal risk prevention to representation before the courts, including crisis management and coordination with regulatory or supervisory authorities.
We defend executives during the most sensitive moments of their careers: searches, interrogations as a “person suspected of having participated in an offense” (PESAPI), indictments and charges, direct summonses, criminal hearings, or crisis situations related to accusations of fraud, money laundering, CEO fraud, misuse of company assets, embezzlement, tax or economic offenses.
As a manager, are you facing criminal issues, are you the subject of criminal proceedings, or are you the victim of an offense?
Contact our team for rapid and confidential assistance, either in an emergency or in anticipation of future measures.
Criminal defense of executives and decision-makers
Areas of expertise
- Misuse of company assets,
- breach of trust
- fraud
- money laundering
- tax fraud
- False accounting
- presentation of inaccurate accounts
- abuse of majority
- irregular voting at shareholders’ meetings
- distribution of fictitious dividends
- Simple or fraudulent bankruptcy
- Fraudulent organization of insolvency
- Favoritism among creditors
- Action to make good the liabilities
- Defense before the criminal courts in the event of a request for the reinstatement of certain costs and expenses of executives to the estate
- Liability for acts committed by employees or associates
- inappropriate delegation of powers
- Illegal taking of interests, conflict of interest
- Abuse of power or voting rights
- Excessive remuneration, distribution of fictitious dividends
- Shareholder conflicts with criminal components
- Ethical conflicts,
- internal investigation conducted by the board of directors or the regulator
- crisis management
- Management of intervention by the authorities
- protection of business secrecy or professional secrecy
- shareholders,
- partners, or
- business partners
- Defense and representation in hearings before the criminal court
- council chamber
- criminal chamber
- assistance during questioning by the judicial police or the investigating judge
- Audit of management practices
- Mapping of criminal risk for executives
- Legal security for delegations
