White Collar

Strategic Counsel in Financial Crime & Regulatory Investigations

Keystone Partners provides discreet, effective representation in white collar crime matters — advising individuals and companies facing allegations of fraud, financial misconduct, bribery, regulatory breaches, and money laundering, and supporting complainants in pursuing enforcement and prosecution efforts. The Firm routinely collaborates with forensic experts, accountants, and sector specialists to conduct confidential internal investigations, build compliance frameworks, and navigate enforcement actions.
The team has extensive experience engaging with the Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO), the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), the Economic Offences Wing (EOW), and the Enforcement Directorate, and manages mandates through every stage — from internal investigation and pre-charge advisory, to enforcement proceedings, trial, and appeal. With a focus on confidentiality, business continuity, and proactive risk mitigation, the Firm delivers tailored solutions for clients across finance, real estate, manufacturing, and technology sectors.

Service overview

Proven Experience, Outstanding Results

We provide end-to-end white collar services that cover every aspect of the dispute resolution process. Our offerings include:

Internal Investigations & Compliance Reviews
Conducting confidential internal investigations on behalf of boards, audit committees, and senior management; advising on whistleblower complaints and forensic-led enquiries; designing and reviewing compliance frameworks; and collaborating with forensic accountants and sector specialists.
Representing individuals and corporations in regulatory investigations and proceedings before the SFIO, CBI, EOW, and Enforcement Directorate — including in relation to summons, search and seizure operations, document production, asset preservation, and look-out circulars.
Advising and representing clients in proceedings under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), including in relation to attachment of properties, bail and anticipatory bail applications, challenges before the Adjudicating Authority and Appellate Tribunal, and related writ proceedings.
Defending individuals and companies against allegations of fraud, embezzlement, misstatement of financial records, insider trading, corporate governance violations, and other economic offences — before trial courts, sessions courts, the High Courts, and the Supreme Court.
Acting for victims of economic offences and corporate fraud in pursuing enforcement and prosecution, including by securing effective action by investigation agencies, filing complaints, and prosecuting offences arising from siphoning, diversion of funds, and counterparty fraud.
Representing clients in proceedings under special statutes and sector-specific compliance regimes — including the Legal Metrology Act, the Indian Wireless Act and Indian Telegraph Act, foreign exchange enactments, and other industry-specific penal regimes.
Acting for complainants and accused in cheque dishonour proceedings under Section 138 of the NI Act, 1881, and in prosecutions intersecting with the IBC moratorium framework, including in landmark proceedings before the Supreme Court of India.

Representative experience

Internal Investigations & Misstatement Defence

Defending a former senior executive of a Mexican conglomerate’s Indian subsidiary against allegations concerning misstatement of the financial records of the company.

Fraud, Siphoning & Investor-Side Prosecution

Representing a Cyprus-based investment fund in prosecuting claims against an investee company in the real estate sector, including in relation to allegations of fraud and siphoning / diversion of funds.

NI Act & IBC Moratorium

Successfully represented the complainant / respondent in the landmark case of P. Mohanraj v. Shah Brothers Ispat Pvt. Ltd. before the Supreme Court of India, concerning the applicability of the IBC moratorium to prosecutions under the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881.

Sector-Specific Regulatory Offences

Successfully represented a major beverages company in actions alleging contravention of the Legal Metrology Act.

Sector-Specific Regulatory Offences

Successfully represented a senior executive of a Japanese conglomerate in prosecution proceedings under the Indian Wireless Act and the Indian Telegraph Act, arising from the inadvertent possession of a satellite phone in India.

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