The economic order as an object of protection has made criminal law an ideal means to protect legal interests which differ from traditional ones, justifying the protection of individual and collective rights through the constant classification of new behaviors.
This past decade has highlighted economic criminal law, particularly due to the new regulation of the criminal liability of legal entities.
The introduction of the criminal liability of legal entities in the Penal Code in 2010, as well as its subsequent reform in 2015, specifying important concepts such as ‘due control’ in business, has given a significant boost to economic criminal law, especially in the areas of compliance and regulatory compliance.
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The notable impact of these changes on the Spanish corporate landscape has led us to focus on analyzing and informing of the consequences of these reforms, advising on compliance matters, and designing and implementing crime prevention programs in the business sphere.
The expansion of economic criminal law has its source in the emergence of new risks, along with the social perception of insecurity, combined with globalization and supranational integration, leading to the need for new regulation.
The economic order as an object of protection has made criminal law an ideal means to protect legal interests which differ from traditional ones, justifying the protection of individual and collective rights through the constant classification of new behaviors.
In the ‘classic’ criminal practice, our team of professionals intervenes in criminal proceedings both as defense and as private prosecution, performing assistance, representation, and legal direction for our clients.
