Criminal Law

Our criminal law specialists have extensive experience, enabling us to provide expert legal advice both before proceedings commence and throughout every stage of the judicial process.

Our services are available to both individuals and businesses. For companies in particular, the 2010 reform of the Spanish Criminal Code was especially significant, as it introduced criminal liability for legal entities.

Our criminal law practice covers a range of areas, including the following:

Corporate Criminal Law

Criminal liability of legal persons.

Corporate offences.

Criminal compliance programmes.

Defence of directors and managers.

Financial and property crimes

Fraud.

Misappropriation of funds.

Robbery and theft.

Mismanagement of assets.

Crimes Against Public Administration

Abuse of office.

Bribery.

Corruption.

Embezzlement of public funds.

Tax crimes

Tax fraud.

Tax offences.

Tax regularisation.

Legal representation in tax inspections and criminal proceedings.

Crimes against individual rights and legally protected interests

Offences against honour (defamation and insult).

Offences against privacy and image rights.

Intellectual property and industrial property offences.

Document forgery.

Offences against persons and the environment

Offences involving bodily harm.

Homicides.

Environmental offences.

Criminal liability arising from personal injury.