Criminal proceedings are a special category of cases that require the immediate work of an attorney, since liability for certain violations provided for in the Criminal Code of Ukraine provides a penalty in the form of imprisonment.

For years of work in the field of criminal law, we have extensive experience in countering illegal actions of law enforcement agencies while protecting clients from unwarranted suspicions and accusations, as well as protecting the rights and representing the legitimate interests of individuals and legal entities in criminal proceedings.

The main practices of LAWYER ASSOCIATION “LAW FIRM “APRIORI” and ‘Ligel Group’ in Criminal Law are the protection clients in suspicions or accusations of crimes in particular:

Offenses against property

• theft, robbery, brigandage;
• fraud;
• larceny;
• the acquisition, receipt, storage or sale of property obtained by criminal means.

Crimes in the field of economic activity

• false entrepreneurship;
• counteracting legitimate economic activity;
• illegal possession of the property of the enterprise, institution, organization;
• Money laundering;
• evasion of taxes, fees (mandatory payments);
• Fraud with financial resources;
• disclosure of commercial or banking secrecy.

Crimes against the environment

• violation of the rules of environmental safety;
• Land pollution;
• violation of the rules of protection or use of subsoi;
• landless utilization.

Offenses against production safety

• violation of the requirements of the legislation on labor protection;
• Violation of safety rules during work with high danger.

Offenses against traffic safety and operation of transport.

Offenses in the field of service activities and professional activities related to the provision of public services (White collar crimes

• abuse of official position;
• forgery;
• declaration of false information;
• service negligence;
• acceptance of a proposal, promise or receipt of an unlawful benefit by an official;
• illegal enrichment;
• bribing a person who provides public services;
• provocation of bribery.

Crimes against election, labor and other personal rights and freedoms of man and citizen:

• violation of the secrecy of correspondence, telephone conversations, telegraph or other correspondence, which are transmitted by means of communication;
• gross violation of the labor agreement;
• non-payment of wages, scholarships, pensions or other statutory payments.

We will provide you with:

• legal support during investigations, interrogations, searches by law enforcement agencies within the framework of criminal proceedings;
• timely and prompt development of tactics of protection, both at the stage of pre-trial and judicial proceedings;
• collection of evidence base indicating the absence of a crime;
• ensuring the appeal of procedural decisions of the agencies of pre-trial investigation and court, at all stages of criminal proceedings.