Criminal law is the branch of law that establishes the general and specific characteristics of human delinquent behavior, demonstrating a particular social indecency and classified as a crime. As a result, the legislator imposes a specific sanction, known as a penalty, for this offense.

It is the most diverse realm within criminal law, encompassing, in essence, any offense that exerts an economic impact and results in an illicit monetary gain for the offender or a third-party beneficiary. Our firm possesses extensive experience in managing cases related to economic crime in all its facets, including:

• Fraud
• Forgery
• Unfaithfulness
• Smuggling
• Money laundering from illegal activity
• Bribery
• Extortion
• Cheating creditors
• Usury
• False certification
• Existence of false certification

White collar offences and corporate crime issues, what is commonly referred to as financial crime, threaten the reputation and reputation of businesses and individuals, while posing a risk of civil, criminal and administrative sanctions. For these reasons, these issues are particularly complex and sensitive.

Acting on such issues requires much more than an understanding of the legal issues. It takes experience of negotiating and dealing with a range of different law enforcement and regulatory agencies, advising on contentious and non-contentious issues as well as related matters such as public relations, shareholder communications, relationships with insurance companies and employment issues. A strategic and synchronized seamless management is the hallmark of our team's approach.

The law firm I. Langas-P. Skarogiannis & Partners is renowned for its highly effective legal support provided to individuals and legal entities in Greece and abroad. We provide legal defense for legal entities, executives, senior officials, and employees of all ranks facing charges across diverse business contexts and throughout all stages of criminal proceedings, encompassing investigations, trials, and appeals.
Our legal team, possesses extensive experience in managing highly complex, demanding, and high-profile cases, consistently delivering excellent results. Our approach involves a detailed and thorough analysis of the specifics of each case, conducting research, aligning with legal possibilities and court decisions, and maintaining continuous communication with the client. Our constant availability to collaborate with clients is a hallmark of our work.

In our experience, two critical areas require careful consideration. Firstly, conducting a prompt and thorough internal investigation when serious misconduct is suspected. This enables us to address potential issues such as engagement with regulatory or statutory authorities, public relations, or litigation with well-informed actions.
Secondly, initiating early cooperation for investigation and coordination, particularly before the case is officially disclosed to the public.

They are a branch of law that, especially in recent years, has occupied a large part of the Court's docket, on which our firm has had significant successes, mainly in terms of the criminal aspect of tax matters, the most important of which concern:

• Tax evasion and the non-refund or inaccurate refund of VAT
• Issuance or acceptance of false tax information
• Failure to pay debts to the State
• In dealing with the aforementioned cases, our company cooperates with highly specialised handling of tax matters (accountants, experts, tax technicians) for the overall better handling of these cases.

It is an important and special branch of Criminal Law, in which our firm has excellent results and experience. The most important crimes against life are:

• Homicide with intent
• Negligent homicide
• Report
• Failure to redeem from danger to life
• Bodily injury
• Simple bodily harm
• Dangerous bodily harm
• Severe bodily harm
• Fatal bodily injury

The branch of Criminal Law on which our firm has a remarkable body of work and decisions to show, which includes in order:

• Theft
• Embezzlement
• Abstraction
• Robbery
• Damage to foreign property

These are offences that offend the personality of an individual or a legal entity, which our company undertakes and handles effectively and include:

• Insult
• Libel
• Slander and defamation

A special category of the above branch of crimes, are those crimes committed through the press, i.e. when the medium ..... (of insult, defamation or slanderous libel) is the press.

This is an area of Criminal Law, in which the firm's partners have considerable experience. More specifically, it includes the following offences:

• erjury
• False anonymous testimony
• False statement
• Abetment of a criminal
• Concealment of crimes
• Breach of secrecy of court proceedings

The branch of Criminal Law with which our lawyers have dealt with in many cases with excellent results and includes the following crimes:
- Forgery
- Embezzlement of documents

Contact us directly and discuss your case with us, without any commitment or financial obligation. You can also set up a meeting through our secretariat at: +30 210 6452133