Allegations of business crime put more than a balance sheet at risk: they expose the company, its directors and its senior management at the same time, often under the scrutiny of prosecutors, regulators and the market. STG Partners acts on both sides of that exposure: defending companies and the individuals who govern them and acting for enterprises and individuals who are themselves the victims of criminal misconduct. Our work centres on the people and entities at the heart of corporate governance: directors, officers and senior managers, and the companies accountable through them.
On the defence side, we represent companies and individuals facing allegations of fraud, embezzlement, breach of trust, corruption, money laundering, market abuse and related financial-crime offences. Most matters are shaped by how the facts are controlled at the outset, so we move early with structured interviews, disciplined document preservation and strict privilege management, so that our clients understand their position before anyone else defines it for them. Where a matter runs across criminal, regulatory and civil tracks at once, we integrate the defence so that a step taken in one forum does not create exposure in another. When allegations proceed, we defend clients through the criminal process with the same rigour applied at the investigation stage, contesting the evidential basis of charges and pressing for proportionate outcomes that reflect commercial reality.
Where a client is the victim of misconduct, our work runs as a single arc from incident to recovery. It begins with incident response, containing the situation and preserving evidence, moves through structured investigation and fact-finding to establish what happened and who is responsible, and carries through to asset tracing and recovery. We act quickly to locate and secure misappropriated assets in Türkiye before they can be moved or dissipated, tracing value across entities, accounts and jurisdictions to identify the targets that matter. The criminal process drives the recovery, supported by civil interim measures and enforcement where they add leverage or speed. Throughout, we design enforcement strategy from the outset, including the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments and awards before the Turkish courts, so that paper outcomes convert into real recoveries.
For cross-border matters, we coordinate local counsel through a single evidence base and a unified narrative, addressing jurisdiction sequencing, extradition and travel risk, and asset and device restraints within one coherent model. A position that is consistent across borders is far harder to dismantle than one assembled jurisdiction by jurisdiction.
We keep remediation practical, proportionate and aligned with how the client’s business actually operates, translating the lessons of a matter into stronger controls rather than box-ticking. STG Partners handles business-crime exposure with discipline at every stage, controlling the facts early, holding the line in court, and converting investigation into recovery where assets have been lost.
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