A multidisciplinary approach to criminal tax risk assessment, financial crime investigations and white-collar criminal defence.
SANDRU Avocați is expanding its white-collar crime practice with the launch of SANDRU Tax Defence & Investigations Center, a multidisciplinary initiative bringing together criminal defence lawyers, tax law professionals and financial specialists to address the increasingly complex legal challenges faced by businesses and executives.
The Center focuses on two complementary areas: the assessment and prevention of criminal risks associated with business activities, and legal defence in tax evasion and financial crime investigations.
Criminal Risk Assessment and Prevention
As tax regulations and enforcement practices become increasingly complex, businesses face growing challenges in ensuring that their commercial and financial operations comply with applicable legislation.
The Center assists companies, entrepreneurs and executives in identifying potential criminal law risks arising from business operations, reviewing legal compliance and strengthening internal procedures designed to prevent unlawful conduct.
Its preventive work includes criminal risk assessments, internal compliance reviews and legal analysis of commercial and tax-related activities, with a particular focus on ensuring compliance with applicable criminal and tax legislation.
Tax Evasion and Financial Crime Defence
In criminal proceedings, the Center provides legal assistance and representation in matters involving tax evasion, financial fraud, money laundering and other economic and financial offences.
Its approach combines criminal defence experience with an understanding of the commercial, tax and financial circumstances underlying the allegations. Particular attention is given to complex financial transactions, documentary evidence, alleged financial losses and the consequences of criminal investigations for businesses and individuals.
The Center also assists clients in proceedings involving searches, interviews, asset-freezing measures and other investigative or judicial measures.
Its practice additionally covers cross-border financial crime investigations, including matters concerning alleged fraud involving European Union funds and proceedings within the competence of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) or involving OLAF.
A Coordinated Approach to Complex Financial Crime Matters
The establishment of the Center reflects SANDRU Avocați’s commitment to providing integrated legal solutions in matters where criminal, commercial, tax and financial considerations intersect.
“Financial crime cases increasingly require a multidisciplinary perspective. Our objective is to combine criminal defence experience with complementary legal and financial capabilities, while also helping companies strengthen compliance and identify criminal law risks before they result in unlawful conduct.
We believe that effective legal assistance requires both a comprehensive understanding of the business environment and a coordinated legal strategy, particularly when companies and executives face complex criminal allegations.”
— Adrian Șandru, PhD, Managing Partner, SANDRU Avocați
The initiative also builds on Adrian Șandru’s academic research in the field of economic crime. He recently defended his doctoral thesis with the highest academic distinction at the Legal Research Institute of the Romanian Academy, focusing on the role of expert evidence in the investigation of economic crimes.
Through SANDRU Tax Defence & Investigations Center, the firm continues to develop its white-collar crime practice, offering specialised legal assistance to companies, entrepreneurs and executives in both preventive criminal risk assessment and complex criminal defence matters.
Contact
Adrian Șandru, PhD
Managing Partner | SANDRU Avocați
adrian@asandru.ro
