STANEK Legal lawyers act as defence counsel and representatives in all types of white-collar crime and fiscal criminal matters. We advise entrepreneurs, management board members, managers and persons responsible for corporate affairs at every stage of proceedings – from activities preceding the presentation of charges, through preparatory proceedings, to court, appellate and cassation proceedings.
A particular area of the Firm’s practice is criminal proceedings concerning environmental offences, including high-profile and complex cases involving unlawful waste management. In such matters, we combine criminal law expertise with experience in administrative and environmental proceedings, as determining liability often requires a parallel review of permits, administrative decisions, waste documentation, the manner in which property is used and findings made by environmental inspection authorities.
The Firm’s advisory services include in particular:
- assessing the Client’s procedural position and the risk of criminal and fiscal criminal liability, including the liability of management board members and other company officers;
- defending and representing Clients during preparatory proceedings, both at the in rem stage and after charges have been presented, including participation in questioning and other evidentiary activities;
- defending accused persons before first- and second-instance courts and preparing and conducting cassation proceedings before the Supreme Court;
- handling cases involving, among other matters, business fraud, credit fraud, money laundering, offences against commercial dealings and participation in organised criminal groups;
- conducting fiscal criminal cases related to VAT, CIT and PIT settlements and the liability of persons responsible for business affairs, in particular management board members and finance directors;
- defending Clients in cases concerning unlawful collection, storage, deposit, processing, transport or disposal of waste, including proceedings concerning liability under Article 183 of the Polish Criminal Code;
- coordinating the defence where criminal, fiscal criminal, tax or administrative proceedings are conducted in parallel, as well as inspections by the Voivodeship Inspectorates for Environmental Protection and the Chief Inspectorate for Environmental Protection.
Selected experience of the Firm’s lawyers:
- securing discontinuance of preparatory proceedings conducted by the Regional Prosecutor’s Office in Warsaw concerning management board members and allegations relating to so-called fictitious invoices in the IT sector;
- representing Clients in cases concerning the most serious white-collar offences, including fraud, money laundering, credit fraud and participation in organised criminal groups;
- conducting complex fiscal criminal proceedings directly linked to tax audits and tax disputes, requiring a coordinated strategy in both proceedings;
- defending Clients in complex and high-profile waste-management cases and allegations of environmental offences, requiring analysis of extensive administrative, technical and environmental documentation;
- advising management board members and finance directors on reducing criminal and fiscal criminal liability risks, including through an appropriate allocation of responsibilities and internal procedures.
Contact person: Remigiusz Stanek, [email protected]