Defense in Anti-corruption issues

Anti-corruption legislation imposes special requirements on many categories of persons — from civil servants to declaration subjects and businesses interacting with the state. The state’s active anti-corruption policy, the specialised anti-corruption bodies (the NACP and the SAPO) and a separate anti-corruption court (the HACC) make this one of the most complex and high-risk areas.

Anti-corruption defence covers several procedural dimensions at once: criminal proceedings for corruption offences, administrative liability for breaches of financial control requirements, and civil disputes over the recognition of assets as unjustified. GOLAW lawyers protect clients’ interests in complex and high-profile cases, shaping judicial practice in this field.

What we do

• Defend clients in criminal proceedings for corruption and corruption-related offences
• Represent clients’ interests before the National Police of Ukraine, the National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP) and in court in cases of administrative liability for corruption-related offences (including breaches of financial control requirements by declaration subjects)
• Protect clients’ interests before the High Anti-Corruption Court (HACC) in disputes initiated by prosecutors of the Specialised Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO) in claims for the recognition of assets as unjustified and their recovery to the state’s revenue (civil forfeiture)