Enide Perez, who started her career as a criminal defence attorney in 1997, has been a partner at Sjöcrona Van Stigt since 2008. She specialises in cases involving tax offences and white collar crime. Fraud, health and safety law and environmental criminal law cases form part of that.
Enide Perez advises on possible liability under criminal law of companies and its executives and on how to prevent such liability; on internal investigations and the reports thereof and on anti-money laundering and anti-corruption legislation.
She provides legal assistance at all stages of criminal proceedings. From the early start at ‘dawn raids’ (searches), during the interview of clients by special investigation officers (from, e.g. FIOD-ECD), during negotiations with the Public Prosecutions Department on out-of-court settlements, and, of course, during court hearings.
Enide Perez has multiple publications on money-laundering legislation and recently published on the possible consequences for Dutch legal entities of the UK Bribery Act. She also published on the documentation of data of criminal proceedings against both natural and legal persons. She teaches Criminal Procedure as part of the vocational training for advocates and is a member of the Dutch association of Criminal Defence Counsel as well as the International Bar Association.