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Business crime

Business crime covers a variety of allegations of criminal activity made against a business or individual. When allegations of business crime are made, business crime solicitors must act fast to protect the company and its reputation and the individuals caught up in the allegations.

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Business crime services

At IMD Corporate, our business crime team have substantial experience in advising on a range of white-collar crimes, including:

  • bribery
  • corporate manslaughter
  • cross border white-collar crime 
  • cybercrime 
  • false accounting and financial crimes
  • forgery and fraud 
  • embezzlement
  • identity theft
  • insider trading and investment fraud
  • internet-based crime
  • intellectual property infringement
  • money laundering
  • mortgage fraud
  • ponzi schemes
  • sanction breaches
  • tax fraud and VAT fraud

Placing your trust in IMD Corporate business crime lawyers

When you or your business are facing allegations of business crime it can have devastating personal, financial and business consequences, so you need to choose a team who will be committed and dedicated to fighting your case with skill and experience.

As a full-service law firm, IMD Corporate understands how much the merest indication of an investigation can inflict financial and reputational damage. If you are an individual company director or officer facing allegations of white-collar crime, such as illegal business practices, you could be at risk of imprisonment or a fine. If you are a company director, you could be disqualified from running a business for 15 years.

Speed is crucial when facing allegations of any form of business crime to assess the nature of the investigation and work out how best to stop the investigation or minimise its impact. The business crime team will act quickly and efficiently with all the skill and expertise you would expect and help you with:

  • interviews with the police or regulatory bodies
  • the investigation process
  • court proceedings

Why come to us?

As a full-service law firm, our business crime and regulatory solicitors are here to build relationships with your business by providing proactive and joined-up comprehensive business legal advice with our corporate, commercial and IP teams. We can also react urgently at times of crisis when investigations are threatened, criminal proceedings may be instigated, or reputations are at risk.

Working together, our business lawyers aim to be the trusted advisor for your company, proactively helping your company minimise the risk of compliance issues by limiting your business’s exposure to regulatory risk.

We know running a business across multiple jurisdictions only increases the regulatory risk. That’s why IMD Corporate have offices throughout the UK and Europe and work closely with many trusted partners throughout Europe. We resolve UK and EU based disputes, corporate transactions and commercial law matters that are governed by UK or EU law.

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Our offices

London

IMD Corporate,
1st Floor,
63 St Mary Axe,
London ,
EC3A 8AA
(meetings by appointment only)
0330 107 0106

Manchester

IMD Corporate,
Suite 1N-C, 1st Floor,
Trafford House, Chester Rd,
Manchester,
M32 0RS
(meetings by appointment only)
0330 107 0106

Birmingham

IMD Corporate,
One Victoria Square,
Birmingham,
B1 1BD
(meetings by appointment only)
0330 107 0106