Criminal Defense and Anti-Fraud Investigations is a key practice area defined by Everbright's long-standing dedication and distinctive professional expertise. Our team members bring together a wealth of prior experience in criminal adjudication and economic crime investigations, coupled with extensive years of private legal practice. Having handled a multitude of high-stakes, complex, and high-profile criminal cases and corporate anti-fraud matters, our team has accumulated profound experience in economic crimes, corporate operations-related criminal offenses, and complex matters intersecting criminal, civil, and administrative law.

Our team provides robust criminal defense for enterprises, ultimate controllers, directors, supervisors, senior management, and private individuals. We also represent enterprises and individuals in filing criminal complaints and acting as legal agents when their legitimate rights and interests have been infringed upon by criminal acts. Furthermore, we conduct internal investigations triggered by whistleblowers, audit anomalies, and other red flags of fraud. We emphasize early intervention, formulating strategies rooted in facts, evidence, procedural rules, and the application of law. Depending on the matter's requirements, we holistically manage criminal proceedings, the disposition of involved assets, labor relations, civil recovery, regulatory communications, and governance remediation, carefully balancing the resolution of the case with the preservation of business continuity and corporate reputation.

Main service contents：

● Criminal Defense
Emergency response and early-stage assessment of sudden criminal incidents;
Providing defense counsel during the investigation, review and prosecution, first-instance, second-instance, retrial, and appeal stages;
Reviewing fact-finding, evidentiary frameworks, procedural legality, and the application of law; handling matters such as the modification of compulsory measures, detention necessity reviews, exclusion of illegal evidence, leniency for admission of guilt and acceptance of punishment, and issues related to involved property and assets;
Handling economic crimes, criminal cases related to corporate operations and management, and complex cases with intersecting criminal, civil, and administrative procedures.

● Criminal Complaints and Victim Representation
Assessing alleged criminal facts, evidentiary conditions, legal nature, and viable avenues for relief; developing complaint strategies and representing clients in filing formal criminal complaints;
Applying for reconsideration and review of decisions not to file a case, and applying for prosecutorial supervision over case filings where appropriate;
Acting as legal representatives for victims once cases enter the criminal litigation process, providing legal support for the tracing, recovery, restitution, and return of involved assets, along with related civil remedies.

● Anti-Fraud Investigations
Evaluating internal whistleblowing reports, audit anomalies, and other indicators of fraud; designing the scope, procedures, and confidentiality arrangements for internal investigations;
Conducting investigations centered on violations and illegal acts such as commercial bribery, embezzlement or misappropriation of corporate assets, conflicts of interest, fraud, and leaks of confidential information. We establish the facts through document and electronic data review, personnel interviews, public record checks, and fund tracing, coordinating with forensic accounting and e-discovery experts as needed;
Issuing investigative reports and legal opinions, and providing legal support for internal accountability measures, labor relations management, civil asset recovery, the filing of criminal complaints, regulatory communications, and governance remediation.