Sector-specific criminal law solutions for businesses

Criminal compliance and corporate criminal liability

Since the reform that introduced article 31 bis of the Spanish Criminal Code, legal persons may be held criminally liable for offences committed for their benefit by those acting on their behalf. The existence and effectiveness of an organisation and management model, or compliance programme, is decisive in excluding or mitigating that liability.

We help design, implement and review these models so that they address the real risks of the activity rather than generic templates, which the courts do not regard as sufficient.

Criminal risks by sector

Each activity concentrates characteristic offences. Construction and property development are exposed to planning and environmental offences; healthcare, to professional negligence; hospitality and tourism, to occupational safety and offences against workers’ rights; the financial and insurance sector, to fraud, money laundering and corporate offences; and the technology sector, to computer crime and offences against privacy.

We analyse each company’s own risk map, which makes it possible to anticipate the critical points and to organise preventive measures with judgement.

Internal investigations

When an indication of irregularity arises, a rigorous internal investigation that respects the rights of those involved makes it possible to establish the facts, contain the damage and take an informed decision on reporting to the authorities.

We conduct internal investigations with the appropriate safeguards and prepare, where necessary, the defence strategy of the company and of the persons affected.

How we help businesses

Our work covers prevention, through compliance programmes and training; defence, in criminal investigations and proceedings; and representation as prosecutor where the company is the injured party. In every case we coordinate the criminal aspects with the commercial and regulatory ones.

The aim is to protect the company, its directors and its reputation through continuous advice rather than a merely reactive one.

Informative page prepared by Société de Conseil Juridique et Expert. It does not constitute legal advice and does not replace consultation with a lawyer on the specific case.

Last reviewed: 25 September 2026.