Failure to identify and manage risks associated with potential criminal conduct can have serious consequences for both companies and individuals. These may include criminal prosecution, administrative sanctions, additional taxes and significant reputational damage. Board members may also face personal liability for offences committed within the company.
Thommessen has a dedicated team of lawyers with broad experience from both public authorities and private practice. We provide comprehensive advice and assistance in matters relating to administrative sanctions and criminal liability. Our lawyers have experience from key public bodies, including the Financial Supervisory Authority of Norway, the Norwegian Police Security Service (PST), the Norwegian Consumer Authority, the Norwegian Competition Authority, the National Authority for Investigation and Prosecution of Economic and Environmental Crime (Økokrim), and the prosecution service. Several of our lawyers have also served as defence counsel in major white-collar crime cases, including corruption, tax fraud, market abuse, and breaches of securities legislation.
Our services include, among others:
- Fraud, tax evasion, money laundering, corruption and a range of other economic crimes
- Insider dealing and market manipulation.
- Illegal price cooperation and other breaches of competition law
- Cybercrime committed by both state and private actors
- Violations of export control and sanction regulations, as well as illegal intelligence gathering
- Environmental crimes