International Judicial Assistance in Civil and Criminal Matters
In recent years, in light of the rapid expansion of cross-border transactions, governments have increased their efforts and adapted their laws and regulations in order provide for better transnational cooperation in both civil and criminal matters. This is so primarily in the fields of extradition, criminal and civil procedure (e.g. the taking and treatment of evidence, and the freezing of assets) and recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments.
LALIVE IN QATAR LLP draws on the experience of LALIVE which has developed a substantial practice in this area by providing services, including direct client representation, in the following:
- Recognition and enforcement of judgements
- Tracing and recovery of misappropriated assets, located in other jurisdictions, including court orders for the provision of financial information and bank records, the search of premises for the recovery of evidence and the freezing of bank accounts
- Cross-border white collar crime
- Civil, criminal and regulatory aspects of fraud investigations
- Governmental requests for mutual assistance in criminal matters
- Corruption and abuse of power issues in connection with commercial contracts and international disputes
- Negotiation and drafting of contracts for compliance with anti-terrorism and anti-bribery laws and regulations, economic sanctions and anti-boycott controls
- Conduct of internal corporate investigations upon suspicion of misconduct (e.g. for compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act)
Related areas of practice:
- Dispute Resolution
- Public International Law and Governmental Relations