Lembeye‘s niche, two-member team is regularly retained by both individuals and companies for major criminal cases. Recent highlights include representing Itelecom in a high-profile anti-corruption criminal investigation. The former co-head of Bofill Escobar Silva Abogados’ white-collar team, Daniel Praetorius, heads up the firm’s dispute resolution and criminal law practice. Praetorius, whose career also includes working at the Money Laundering, Economic Crime and Organised Crime Unit at the National Prosecutor’s Office, is a specialist in civil and criminal litigation, administrative sanction proceedings, compliance programmes, and internal corporate investigations.

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Key clients

  • Itelecom

Work highlights

  • Defended Itelecom against a criminal investigation into alleged bribery during bidding proceedings in municipalities across the country.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Daniel Praetorius