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Internal investigations

We are groundbreakers conducting internal investigations in Spain

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he firm has a specialized team on corporate investigations. It is composed of consultants with several publications on the topic, criminal lawyers with long experience with criminal procedures and criminal compliance experts. The multi-disciplinary experience of the team members and their deep theoretical training allow us to offer reliable answers to the complex legal problems that any internal investigation poses.

We offer an unprecedented service among the Spanish law firms, aimed to collect evidences either to take criminal actions or to prepare the best defence for the organization or its individuals.

Our compliance with the highest procedural standards, those of the criminal procedure, permits to use the investigation results in any other kind of process (anti-trust, tort, labour, etc.). For example, a proper internal investigation can dismantle an action for wrongful dismissal, what can suppose important savings for the entity.

Services

  • Immediate and thorough conduction of internal investigations in order to comply with the standards of diligence and to have the chance to invoke the defences or mitigation circumstances foreseen in articles 31 bis and 31 quater of the Spanish penal code.
    • Fast-action plan.
    • Preservation of the chain-of-custody.
    • Selection and coordination of the best experts needed to clarify and understand the facts.
    • Protection of the confidentiality during the whole process.
    • Management of the internal and external communication of the facts and the investigation.
  • Conduction of internal investigations in order to comply with the duty to periodically check the efficacy of the criminal compliance plan, according to article 31 bis.5.6.º of the Spanish penal code.
  • External counsel in internal investigations self-conducted by the corporation.
  • Strategy design in light of the outcomes.
  • Defence of the individuals involved in an internal investigation.
  • Design of investigation protocols.
  • Independence and non-conflict of interests guarantee.

Internal

Investigations Team

Our group is composed by consultants with publications in the issue, lawyers with a high experience in penal process and Compliance experts.