White Collar, Investigations And Compliance

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The White Collar department of S. Horowitz has extensive experience in representing clients in white collar offenses and regulatory crimes, in high-profile cases.

The department provides legal services in complex cases, representing international corporations, leading companies in the Israeli economy, banks, non-profit organizations, and senior officers in these entities.

The department’s team specializes in all stages of criminal proceedings – from investigation procedures, through hearing processes to conducting legal proceedings before all judicial instances, including appeal proceedings – and provides its clients with personal, tailored and unique service according to the nature of the matter and the client.

The firm’s team is responsible for some of the central precedents in the white collar field in Israel, as part of representation in complex and significant cases, in a wide range of areas, including competition law, tax law, securities law, bribery and corruption, money laundering, environmental offenses, workplace safety offenses, labor law violations computer and internet crimes, business licensing, planning and construction offenses, and more.

The department provides legal opinions relating to the ongoing business activities of its clients, and works in close cooperation with international  law firms on compliance and regulation issues. In addition, our firm actively participates in legislative and regulatory processes, and provides strategic advice for reducing criminal and administrative exposure. The department’s team provides advice on compliance and corporate governance issues, in a wide range of regulatory areas, including prevention of bribery and corruption, financial regulation, international sanctions, workplace safety, environmental protection, import and export supervision, and more.

In this context, our department accompanies companies in internal investigation processes and in establishing and implementing customized enforcement programs, to deal with risk factors relevant to the corporation’s activities. The enforcement programs are tailored to the unique characteristics, needs and risks of the corporation, with the aim of reducing legal violations, and protecting companies and their officers from legal exposure.

Following its successes over the years, our firm’s White Collar department receives wide recognition and is ranked in leading quality groups by Israeli and international legal rating guides, including BDI Code, Dun’s 100, and Legal 500.

Investigation Support and Representation in Hearing Proceedings: Legal accompaniment, preparation for investigation and representation in hearing proceedings before various prosecution authorities.

Representation in Criminal and Administrative Legal Proceedings: Representation in courts of various instances, in detention proceedings, representation in criminal cases including at the appeal stage and in administrative enforcement proceedings, including financial sanctions, administrative orders and more.

Regulatory Compliance and Corporate Governance: Legal advisory services on prevention of bribery, corruption, insider trading and other economic and regulatory offenses.

Internal Investigations: Conducting comprehensive internal investigations for Israeli and international corporations under various regulatory frameworks.

Compliance Programs: Development of compliance programs and customized internal enforcement programs addressing specific corporate risk factors in various areas, for prevention and reduction of legal exposure.

Strategic Guidance: Providing advice regarding legislative and regulatory developments affecting corporate and personal liability.

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