Criminal defense is one of the key practices of Skliarenko, Sydorenko and Partners JSC, as our lawyers are recognized experts in the field of criminal law and procedure.
The authoritative international professional study The Legal 500 has recommended the JSC as one of the leading law firms in Ukraine in the White-collar crime practice for several years in a row. "Skliarenko, Sydorenko and Partners" regularly represents government officials, senior managers, state institutions and commercial enterprises in criminal cases related to embezzlement, fraud, abuse of power, bribery, money laundering and document forgery," the researchers note.
The high professional level is also confirmed by the fact that AO's criminal law lawyers participated in the preparation of the rules of honest conduct of judges, prosecutors and advocates, which were embodied in the Declaration on the Protection of Human Rights in Criminal Proceedings (developed under the auspices of the EU project "Support to Justice Reforms in Ukraine", published in 2015).
AO's work experience includes protecting the interests and representing businesses and individuals, including politicians and top officials, in criminal cases of fraud, tax evasion, fictitious entrepreneurship, property appropriation, raider seizure of enterprises, money laundering, abuse of office, giving and receiving bribes (illegitimate benefits), failure to enforce court decisions and many others.
We provide protection at all stages of the criminal process in courts and pre-trial investigation bodies.
The association's lawyers will calculate all the risks and build the right strategy for protection against prosecution.
We offer our clients the following criminal lawyer services:
- comprehensive protection of business from criminal legal risks;
- protection of clients regardless of their procedural status (suspect, accused, witness, victim) with the development and implementation of a complete plan of action;
- reduction of risks of confiscation and special confiscation of property arrest, release of assets from arrest;
- urgent protection of clients during individual procedural actions (search, interrogation, detention, inspection of the scene).
Key partners – Andrii Sydorenko ![]()
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