Jesús Santos
Europe Guide 2024
Band 1 : Dispute Resolution: Corporate Crime
Email address
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Band 1
About
Provided by Jesús Santos
Practice Areas
Jesús Santos advises companies and individuals on preventive criminal law, pre-litigation situations and criminal proceedings, from the perspective of both the prosecution and the defence. He also advises on issues relating to financial crime and offenses against socio-economic order, fraud, negligent insolvency, corporate crime, tax and social security offenses.
Professional Memberships
Madrid Bar Association
Personal
"Jesús Santos heads the White-Collar Crime department at Baker McKenzie Madrid. He became a public prosecutor in 1985 and joined the National Court (Audiencia Nacional) in 1989. He has been involved in a number of trials related to terrorism (domestic and international), organized and cross-border crime, and financial crime relating to companies as well as criminal organizations. He has also been prominent in investigations relating to Islamic terrorism, and was appointed coordinator of the specialist group of Public Prosecutors in Islamic Terrorism in May 2004.
He has served as consultant to the United Nations and the International Criminal Court for the former Yugoslavia, and as liaison magistrate with the Republic of Italy."
Chambers Review
Europe
Jesús Santos is highly regarded for his longstanding expertise in bribery, money laundering and corruption cases. He is co-head of the corporate crime department and advises companies and individuals on preventive criminal law and proceedings.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Jesús Santos' advice is quick and he always takes into account the business interests when defining the strategy to follow."
"He knows very well how everything works."
"Jesús Santos' advice is quick and he always takes into account the business interests when defining the strategy to follow."
"He knows very well how everything works."
