Criminal Defense

Criminal law is one of Yingda's traditional core practice areas, and over the years, Yingda Law Firm has handled numerous criminal cases, accumulating a wealth of successful defense cases.

The members of Yingda's criminal law team have graduated from renowned law schools both domestically and internationally, possessing a solid foundation of legal knowledge. Additionally, some team members have extensive experience working in judicial bodies such as the police, public prosecution, and the judiciary, enabling them to provide professional legal services from various perspectives.

Yingda's criminal law practice primarily focuses on criminal defense but is also proficient in cases that involve a crossover between criminal and civil law and criminal compliance. Internally, a Criminal Affairs Committee has been established to implement a centralized discussion system for various complex and high-impact criminal cases. The criminal law team at Yingda, known for their deep legal expertise, rich work experience, professional ethics, dedication, and outstanding service quality, has garnered high praise from clients and various sectors of society.

Criminal Defense and Compliance

Serving as perennial criminal legal advisors for institutions (government, enterprises and institutions, social organizations) and individuals.

Yingda Criminal Defense Legal Center's services in the field of criminal defense include, but are not limited to:

During the investigation phase, providing legal assistance to criminal suspects:

Meeting with criminal suspects/understanding the alleged crimes and related case details.
Providing legal consultation for criminal suspects/applying for bail pending trial.
Representing in complaints and accusations.

During the prosecution review stage, serving as defense attorneys and litigation agents:

Reviewing, excerpting, and copying relevant litigation documents and technical appraisal materials/meeting and communicating with criminal suspects.
Investigating and collecting relevant evidence materials/submitting defense opinions, agent opinions, or complaints to the procuratorial organs.

During the trial stage, serving as defense attorneys in public prosecution cases:

Reviewing, excerpting, and copying relevant materials/meeting and communicating with criminal suspects and defendants.
Investigating and collecting evidence/assisting the defendant or writing appeals on their behalf.
Court preparation/participating in court investigations/participating in court debates/post-trial work.

Other: Serving as litigation agents for victims in public prosecution cases:

- Acting as litigation agents and defense attorneys in private prosecution cases.
- Representing clients in submitting complaint opinions during death penalty review, judicial supervision, and execution stages.
- Submitting review legal opinions to the Supreme People's Court in death penalty review procedures.
- Defending in appeal for retrial cases.
  
  Yingda Criminal Defense Legal Center's services in the field of corporate compliance include, but are not limited to:
  - Providing routine compliance opinions and legal consultations, mainly including contract review, training on internal regulations and systems, legal opinions for business activities such as commercial investments, sponsorships, financing, etc.
  - Participating in corporate compliance prohibitive due diligence, audits, reviews, and recommendations, investigating whether there is commercial bribery within the enterprise, reviewing criminal risks in production and business activities such as taxation, trademark infringement, financing, and employee practice standards.
  - Representing clients in investigations by investigative authorities or responding to other stakeholders, assisting clients in quickly remedying or preventing actual or potential infringement of their rights, providing comprehensive and rapid compliance risk assessments, and practical, feasible handling strategies.
  - Assisting clients in internal investigations and audits as well as assisting in cross-border investigations.
  - Preventing commercial bribery and assisting in corporate governance.

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