Introduction
A criminal record (even a minor one) may have great implications for individuals. This is because one may be required to disclose the criminal record to fulfil regulatory requirements, internal employment policy, credit applications and visa and emigration/immigration applications.
In addition to the more common offences such as violence, sexual and traffic-related offences, various law enforcement agencies (such as the Police Force, the Commercial Crimes Bureau, the Independent Commission Against Corruption and other specialist crime prevention units) now have an increasingly prominent role in business in so-called “white collar crime” (such as money laundering) because business crime is a high priority in the sophisticated commercial environment of Hong Kong. There has also been a noticeable increase in investigations and prosecutions stemming from immigration offences (such as overstaying and making false statements) in Hong Kong initiated by the Immigration Department.
Our team of criminal defence lawyers coordinates the above criminal law issues. We are experienced in assisting clients in the investigation as well as the court proceedings of those criminal charges and are proud to be praised by them as smoothing the otherwise unpleasant process and helping them achieve the best possible outcome.
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We act on:
- Complex commercial crimes
- Bribery and corruption
- Offences related to the Securities and Futures Ordinance
- Fraud
- Cybercrime
- Data breach
- International money laundering
- Children and juveniles offences
- Crimes of employment dishonesty
- Public order offences
- Crimes of violence
- Crimes of domestic violence
- Ommigration offences
- Offences related to the Trade Descriptions Ordinance
- Custom and excise offences
- Criminal appeals
- Traffic offences
- Possession of dangerous drugs offences
- Crimes of criminal intimation
- Theft
We act on charges or prosecutions brought by the following law enforcement agencies which include but are not limited to:
- Prosecution Division of the Department of Justice
- Hong Kong Police Force
- Department of Health
- Independent Commission Against Corruption
- Securities and Futures Commission
- Immigration Department
- Companies Registry
- Labour Department
- Customs and Excise Department
Experience
- Acting for a director of a multinational technical professional services firm to defend the charge of fraud concerning a government construction project
- Acting for a multinational accountancy firm in a data breach investigation by the Cyber Security & Technology Crime Bureau of the Hong Kong Police Force
- Acting for a management-level individual charged with bookmaking at the workplace and securing a withdrawal of the police charge
- Acting for a chief officer of a professional services firm charged with bribery
- Acting for shareholders and directors of a Hong Kong company in a commercial fraud charged by the Commercial Crime Bureau
- Acting for a minor to defend prosecution on the supply of drugs at a Hong Kong international school
- Acting for the senior CEO of a well-known local company in assault charges securing a community service order
- Acting for an individual in the Court of Appeal to appeal against the offence of wounding with intent