White Collar Crime / FCPA Compliance

Magisters offers a wealth of experience in defending clients under investigation for such white collar crimes as commercial, credit card, computer/internet, bank, insurance, securities, bankruptcy fraud, tax evasion, bribery, counterfeiting, economic espionage, embezzlement, extortion, forgery and money laundering.

We are regularly invited to advise multinationals and CIS-based companies that are subject to anti-corruption laws in US, UK and Germany on matters related to their compliance to the FCPA, UK Bribery Act and German anti-corruption laws.

Magisters applies the principles of honesty, legality and confidentiality to protect the interests of our clients.

Our services inter alia include:

• studying nature and scope of the criminal investigation;
• data gathering, risk assessment and counseling on interaction with law enforcement authorities;
• formulation and realization of effective defense strategies when the client is subject or target of the investigation;
• representing the client in courts;
• conducting internal investigations in various areas of potential violations of criminal laws and providing advice on best remedial actions;
• counseling corporate clients on fraud prevention and emergency fraud response.