{"id":835,"date":"2025-07-10T09:31:17","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T09:31:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eclipse.eliott-markus.cloud\/expertise\/penal-des-affaires-et-financier\/"},"modified":"2025-11-14T14:41:51","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T14:41:51","slug":"criminal-business-and-financial-law","status":"publish","type":"expertise","link":"https:\/\/eclipselegal.lu\/en\/expertise\/criminal-business-and-financial-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Criminal business and financial law"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>At a time of increasing economic and financial regulation, both national and European supervisory authorities have greater investigative powers at their disposal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The criminal liability of executives and companies has never been so exposed, making financial criminal law and business criminal law a strategic issue of the utmost importance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Expertise dedicated to financial criminal litigation<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>ECLIPSE, a law firm exclusively dedicated to criminal law, acts with rigor, discretion, and strategy in all areas of economic and financial criminal litigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our team has over 20 years of experience in criminal defense, acquired before the Luxembourg criminal courts, and serves:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>company directors,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>company administrators, senior executives, legal and financial directors, compliance officers,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>professionals in the financial sector (banks, insurance companies, fund managers), investment funds, management companies,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>private and institutional investors, and shareholders,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>as well as public authorities and corporate officers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>We combine technical expertise in criminal law and criminal procedure with a solid knowledge of corporate law, taxation, accounting, and financial regulation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Tailor-made support at every stage of the criminal proceedings<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We handle complex cases with high reputational and financial stakes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>internal investigations and criminal audits,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>searches, seizures, criminal investigations,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>regulatory proceedings and crisis management,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>representation before criminal courts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Our criminal lawyers defend executives and entities accused of:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>international financial fraud,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>fraudulent investments,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ponzi schemes,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>misappropriation of assets,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>misuse of company assets,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>abuse of majority control,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>investigations into money laundering and terrorist financing,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>and shareholder disputes with criminal implications.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Money laundering and AML regulatory obligations<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>ECLIPSE also assists regulated professionals subject to the law of November 12, 2004, on the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We provide assistance in the following areas:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>analysis of suspicious transactions,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>auditing of money laundering risks associated with a particular activity or sector<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>compliance and improvement of internal AML\/FT procedures<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>team training and awareness-raising on criminal compliance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>We advise professionals who are suspected by the authorities of failing in their duty of care or reporting obligations, or who have questions about the criminal classification of a transaction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>International judicial cooperation and asset seizures<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Our firm is also active in international and cross-border criminal proceedings:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>European Investigation Orders (EIOs)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>international letters rogatory<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>requests for mutual legal assistance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>We assist our clients in asset seizure, special confiscation, or in rem confiscation proceedings involving financial assets, sometimes over several years, to challenge their legality or obtain their restitution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Advice, prevention, remediation, and continuing education<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Our approach goes beyond litigation defense. We also assist our clients with:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>analyzing and preventing criminal risk in the workplace (compliance audits, risk mapping)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>implementing criminal compliance programs tailored to sector-specific requirements<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>post-crisis remediation (review of internal procedures, drafting of control protocols)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Every month, we organize \u201cCriminal Law Thursdays,\u201d practical training and discussion workshops with our clients, dedicated to issues of business criminal law, financial criminal law, money laundering, tax criminal law, and corporate law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Need a financial criminal law attorney in Luxembourg?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ECLIPSE provides confidential support in the most sensitive cases.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At a time of increasing economic and financial regulation, both national and European supervisory authorities have greater investigative powers at their disposal. 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