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title: "Business Criminal Law"
url: https://gautelier-avocats.com/en/expertise/business-criminal-law
lang: en
description: "GAUTELIER AVOCATS advises and defends businesses and their executives on the criminal risks arising from business life: prevention and delegations of authority, defence during an investigation or criminal prosecution, and support for companies that are victims of fraud or misappropriation."
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# Business Criminal Law

*Anticipate the risk. Protect the business. Defend its executives.*

**At a glance** — GAUTELIER AVOCATS advises and defends businesses and their executives on the criminal risks arising from business life: prevention and delegations of authority, defence during an investigation or criminal prosecution, and support for companies that are victims of fraud or misappropriation.

Business life exposes companies and their executives to criminal risks that can affect their operations, their reputation and their personal liability. The firm acts in both an advisory and a defence capacity to identify these risks, prepare sensitive decisions and support its clients at every stage of the proceedings.

## Our services

- Criminal risk prevention
- Securing practices and clarifying responsibilities
- Delegations of authority
- Defence of companies and their executives
- Criminal investigations and prosecutions
- Misuse of corporate assets
- Breach of trust
- Fraud
- Forgery and use of forged documents
- Corruption
- Undeclared work
- Criminal complaints and civil party claims
- Claims for compensation

## Your challenges

**Criminal risk prevention**
Identifying risk situations, securing practices and clarifying responsibilities: the firm helps businesses prevent offences linked to their activity and put in place delegations of authority suited to their organisation.

**Defence of companies and executives**
The firm assists legal entities and their executives implicated in an investigation or criminal proceedings. It builds a defence strategy that takes account of the judicial, economic and reputational stakes specific to each case.

**Offences linked to business life**
Misuse of corporate assets, breach of trust, fraud, forgery and use of forged documents, corruption or undeclared work: the firm acts in criminal cases arising from the running of the business and its commercial relationships.

**Support for victims**
Faced with fraud, misappropriation or conduct that harms the company’s interests, the firm assists its clients in filing a complaint, joining proceedings as a civil party and seeking compensation.

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## Contact details
- **Salon-de-Provence** (Head office) : 109, avenue Gaston Cabrier, 13300 Salon-de-Provence
- **Paris** (Paris office) : 22, rue Bréguet, 75011 Paris — By appointment only
- Phone : +33 (0)4 90 50 41 58
- Email : contact@gautelier-avocat.com
- Hours : Monday to Friday, 9 am – 12 pm / 2 pm – 6 pm
- [Contact form](https://gautelier-avocats.com/en/contact)

*Source : https://gautelier-avocats.com/en/expertise/business-criminal-law*