The Firm's Areas of
Practice
In the course of defending a broad range of serious criminal
cases over the past twenty years, the firm has developed
particular expertise with complex cases in the following areas:
Financial Transactions: Criminal investigations and
charges arising from all forms of financial transactions,
including fraud, theft, embezzlement, tax evasion, false
statements, forgery, breach of trust, proceeds of
crime, money laundering, counterfeit, smuggling and other customs
offences, extortion and
related offences;
Asset Seizures: Search warrant
seizure and detention, asset restraint orders, forfeiture orders,
mandatory production orders and other property rights interference
by authority of the Criminal Code, Controlled Drugs and
Substances Act, Income Tax Act, Customs Act and other criminal
legislation;
Computer Crime: Unauthorized interception of computer
systems, fraudulent manipulation of computer data, Internet and
Intranet based criminal offences, hacking and the
computer facilitated commission of other categories of offence;
Offences with an International Aspect: Criminal and
regulatory cases involving international financial transactions,
computer communications and interceptions, money laundering,
securities investigations and prosecutions, customs, extradition and
importing of narcotics;
Conspiracy Charges: Arising from fraud and other
financial transactions, computer crime, narcotics importing and
trafficking, and other categories of offence;
Securities, Tax, Environmental and other Regulatory
Offences: The full range of criminal and quasi-criminal
investigations and prosecutions business interests may encounter,
with an emphasis on proactive measures calculated to minimize the
risk of charges, including compliance advice, crisis management
and coordinated early strategic responses to government
investigations, in addition to the litigated defence of
prosecutions; and
Professional Disciplinary Matters: Advising and
representing lawyers, doctors, chartered accountants, stockbrokers
and other professionals subject to regulation.
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