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 Solicitors, 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 Solicitors 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

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The IMD Solicitors approach

Working closely with specialist teams of lawyers, IMD Solicitors can help with the associated legal issues that come with allegations of business crime, such as:

employment contracts
employment grievances by individuals accused of white-collar crime
suspension or termination of employment
IP and data protection
sponsor licence suspension or revocation and impact on sponsored employees

We recognise that when you need the expertise of business crime and regulatory solicitors, the likelihood is that you will have associated legal needs requiring specialist advice. That is why IMD Solicitors provide proactive and joined-up comprehensive business legal advice. We are here to problem solve, whether that is dealing with an allegation of business crime, such as fraud or the fall-out of allegations of business crime activity, such as a business partner seeking to withdraw from a joint venture agreement or a party to a commercial contract seeking to terminate the contract because they are concerned about being linked to your company.

IMD Solicitors have offices in London, Birmingham and Manchester, and several European cities, with many trusted partners throughout Europe. We resolve UK and EU based disputes, corporate transactions and commercial law matters governed by UK or EU law.

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List of notable commercial cases

Advising one of the largest European banks on a number of occasions in respect of validity and construction of guarantees and on demand bonds, together with validity of agreements varying the guarantees and the underlying multi-million facility agreements.
Advising on the establishment of a large entertainment company. Preparing various corporate and investment documents and leading extensive negotiations of shareholder agreement and ancillary documents. In addition, we provided various legal support to the company on on-going basis.
Acting for a major automotive manufacturer in a joint venture with a UK company to commence production and distribution on the product in the UK and the Commonwealth. Negotiating and preparing all the relevant joint venture documents.
Acting for the construction company in a large scale building project of circa £25m. Involved in negotiating an extensive JCT D&B contract as between our client (main contractor) and the local authority who were their client in this project.
Drafting Terms & Conditions and Warranty terms for a leading UK manufacturer of steel doors, windows and partitions.
Representing a sub-contractor in construction contract negotiations involving a large number of parties for construction of a museum in Kuwait.
Advising on and drafting SaaS (Software as a Service) contract for the Client entering the UK market
Advising on both pro-supplier and pro-customer Software Development Agreements for various Clients
Advised a technology start up to set up and validate a messaging app, a direct competitor to Facebook’s Messenger
Advising the client on and negotiating terms of corporate and personal guarantees tied to a cross-border commercial contract.
Assisting a charity in preparation of various terms and conditions and contractual agreements.
Advising the client on the terms of a joint venture agreement in an innovative waste management project.
Advised the first Polish-owned bridging company in the UK
Advising the client on the validity of execution of a number of international corporate finance agreements.