Practice Area

White Collar Crimes

Defence and advisory in economic offences, financial fraud, regulatory and corporate-crime matters.

Overview

An economic-offence allegation threatens more than liberty — it endangers reputation, business continuity and the careers of directors and professionals. K & K Associates defends individuals and companies facing white-collar and economic-offence proceedings with discretion, speed and a documentary-first strategy.

From A-197, LGF, Defence Colony, New Delhi 110024 — within 3 km of Saket District Court, 12 km of the Delhi High Court (Sher Shah Road) and 8 km of the Supreme Court of India, we appear before the Delhi District Courts, the Delhi High Court, special courts (CBI, PMLA), and investigative authorities such as the Economic Offences Wing, CBI, Enforcement Directorate and the Serious Fraud Investigation Office.

White-collar defence is won in the early hours — in how a summons is answered, how a search is handled, and how a statement is given. We embed early, control the narrative through proper documentation, and protect clients from avoidable custodial and coercive exposure while the larger defence is built.

Matters We Defend

  • Cheating, criminal breach of trust and forgery (BNS / IPC)
  • Money laundering proceedings under the PMLA and ED attachments
  • CBI, EOW and SFIO investigations into corporate fraud
  • Bank, loan and investment fraud allegations
  • GST, customs and tax-evasion prosecutions
  • Insider trading, market manipulation and securities offences

Protecting Liberty Early

  • Anticipatory and regular bail applications
  • Quashing of FIRs and complaints under Section 482 CrPC / BNSS
  • Representation during search, seizure and questioning
  • Challenge to ED summons, arrest and provisional attachment
  • Stay and protection orders pending investigation

The Documentary-First Defence

Economic offences turn on records — ledgers, board minutes, emails, bank trails. We reconstruct the documentary chronology early, isolate the client's actual role from the larger transaction, and build a defence that withstands forensic and investigative scrutiny rather than reacting hearing-to-hearing.

Corporate Exposure & Director Liability

Where a company is implicated, individual directors and officers often face vicarious exposure. We advise boards on managing parallel regulatory and criminal risk, protecting non-executive and independent directors, and coordinating internal investigations that do not prejudice the criminal defence.

Statutes & Regulations

Key laws governing this practice.

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 / Indian Penal Code, 1860
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 / CrPC, 1973
Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002
Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988
Companies Act, 2013 (fraud provisions)
Information Technology Act, 2000

Who This Is For

Audiences we typically advise in this area.

  • Directors and officers named in economic-offence FIRs
  • Companies under CBI, EOW, SFIO or ED investigation
  • Professionals (CAs, bankers, advisors) facing abetment allegations
  • Individuals served with ED summons or facing attachment
  • Promoters managing parallel civil, regulatory and criminal exposure

Recent Outcomes

Anonymised matter highlights.

Anticipatory Bail in a Cheating Case

Secured anticipatory bail for a senior executive accused in a commercial-dispute-turned-FIR, demonstrating the civil character of the dispute and absence of dishonest intent at the threshold.

FIR Quashed as an Abuse of Process

Obtained quashing of an FIR under Section 482 where the allegations were a pressure tactic in a contractual disagreement, protecting the client's professional standing and travel freedom.

Outcomes are matter-specific. Past results are not a guarantee of future performance.

Why K & K

Strategic differentiators in this practice.

  • Early intervention to prevent avoidable custodial exposure.
  • Documentary-first defence built for forensic scrutiny.
  • Experience across CBI, EOW, ED and SFIO proceedings.
  • Discreet handling of reputationally sensitive matters.
  • Coordination of parallel civil, regulatory and criminal tracks.

Frequently Asked

Questions our clients ask first.

Serving Delhi NCR & Beyond

Our office at A-197, LGF, Defence Colony, New Delhi 110024 is the operating base for clients across Delhi NCR — Gurgaon, Noida, Faridabad, Ghaziabad — and pan-India through a vetted local-counsel network. We routinely appear at Saket, Patiala House, Tis Hazari, Karkardooma, Rohini and Dwarka District Courts; the Delhi High Court; and the Supreme Court of India.

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