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Criminal Law Peer Consultation: Professional Consultation, Co-Defence and Case Take-Over

Q: Can you just review and advise without formally entering the case?

Yes. We can work as a professional consultation — diagnosis, strategy, checklist and drafts — or join as co-defence if the case requires it, always with clearly defined roles.

Q: How do you handle confidentiality?

We work under legal professional privilege and apply strict confidentiality standards. Where required, we formalise a non-disclosure agreement (NDA).

Updated: 23/01/2026 · Scope: CABA and Province of Buenos Aires · Internal resources

If you are a civil, employment, family or consumer law lawyer and a criminal case has suddenly landed on your desk: we give you a clear plan, assist with submissions and hearings, or take over the conduct of the case under a professional agreement.

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The first phase of a criminal case is often the most dangerous: summonses, urgent measures, evidence that disappears, prosecution decisions and tight deadlines. The purpose of this service is to ensure you are not navigating it alone: we organise the case, reduce uncertainty and execute a realistic plan with procedural and evidentiary judgement.

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Note: this service is designed for admitted lawyers. If you are an end client, please see our Criminal Defence or Criminal Law pages.

In 30 seconds: what we do for colleagues

We provide a second criminal law opinion and, if you wish, join the case. Typically: we organise the facts and evidence, identify the risks, define the defence hypothesis and build a plan for hearings and submissions.

Professional consultation: diagnosis + strategy + drafts.
Co-defence: joint work on submissions and hearings.
Full case take-over: we assume conduct under a professional agreement.

Urgencies: summonses, searches, detentions.
Oversight: prosecution, deadlines, coercive measures.
Appeals: plan for appeal / cassation where appropriate.

For quick orientation: start with the map of criminal proceedings and our Criminal Defence.

Modalities of collaboration

You choose the format based on your needs and your relationship with the client. In every case we work with transparency, confidentiality and a professional agreement.

Strategic professional consultation

For when you want to organise the case, understand the risks and decide on next steps.

Diagnosis (facts, evidence and stage).
Action plan and checklist.
Drafts or corrections of submissions.

Co-defence / joint work

When the case requires criminal law muscle and you want to maintain your relationship with the client.

Joint strategy (clearly defined roles).
Hearings: preparation and script.
Submissions: drafting / “fine surgery” review.

Full case take-over (referral)

If you prefer the criminal case to be handled by a specialist firm, we can assume its conduct.

Orderly handover (documentation + chronology).
Professional agreement (fees and roles).
Full conduct or joint representation.

Important: we avoid opaque arrangements. We do not work with intermediaries or referral agents. The engagement is formalised with a professional agreement and, where applicable, with the client's consent.

When it is worth seeking criminal law support — typical signals

When any of the following situations arises, early intervention tends to prevent costly mistakes.

Notifications, summonses and statements

The first contact with the criminal justice system defines the rest of the case: the quality of the defence, procedural rights, strategy.

Recommended resource: court summons and formal questioning — checklist.

Searches and evidence — mobile phones / cloud

If a search has already taken place or devices have been seized, lawfulness oversight and chain of custody are critical.

Recommended resource: search & seizure defence.

Detention, coercive measures and liberty

Bail, pretrial detention, less restrictive alternatives: liberty is at stake along with the room for manoeuvre in the case.

Resources: 24-hour Bail & Release and bail case law.

Federal jurisdiction / complex aspects

When federal offences, specialist units or multiple jurisdictions appear, the landscape changes entirely.

Recommended resource: federal offences defence.

Is your case already on track but you want support?

We also work on cases that are already under way: oversight of the prosecution, hearing preparation, and designing the appeals plan where applicable. For that technical focus, see: oversight of the prosecution.

What we deliver — concretely

For this to be genuinely useful, the focus is on operational deliverables: documents, hearing scripts and decisions.

Case file diagnosis

Probable facts vs. “noisy” facts.
Key evidence, omissions and attackable points.
Immediate risks (coercion, measures).

Action plan

Defence hypothesis and evidentiary narrative.
What to seek, when and on what grounds.
Task calendar and prosecution oversight.

Submissions and hearings

Drafts or “fine surgery” review.
Hearing script (objectives, risks, responses).
Evidence and contradiction checklist.

Appeals strategy (where applicable)

When to appeal and which ground to prioritise.
Admissibility, standards of review and consistency.
Route: appeal / cassation / complaint.

Internal guide: technical review of criminal appeals.

If you need case law to back your submissions, relevant hubs are available: criminal procedure, searches and seizures, bail and release.

Working process — simple and controllable

To avoid back-and-forth, we follow a short procedure: framing, documentation, strategy, execution and follow-up.

Define the modality: professional consultation / co-defence / full case take-over and urgencies.
Gather documentation: notifications, rulings, official records, expert reports, digital evidence, chronology.
Diagnosis: risks, hypothesis, evidentiary and procedural strategy.
Execution: drafts, corrections and hearing preparation.
Follow-up: prosecution oversight, deadlines and next steps (including appeals where applicable).

Confidentiality and professional framework

We work under legal professional privilege. Where required, we formalise a non-disclosure agreement (NDA). The engagement is structured with a professional agreement (fees and roles) and, where applicable, with the client’s consent. We avoid intermediary models and prioritise transparency.

Internal resources — for case context and foundations

Useful nodes for demonstrating to your client that decisions are well-grounded, or for organising the case quickly.

Criminal Defence (hub)

Index of urgent defence routes and practical guidance.

View Criminal Defence

Criminal Procedural Strategy (hub)

Map of proceedings, hearings, prosecution oversight, appeals and stages.

View Criminal Strategy

Criminal Law Doctrine (hub)

Theory of the case, typicality, intent/negligence, evidence and analysis of offence types.

View Criminal Doctrine

Criminal Case Law (hub)

Hubs by topic: procedure, searches and seizures, bail, and more.

View Case Law

If you want specific pointers: first hearing / formal questioning, coercion and pretrial detention, role of the prosecutor and oversight.

Frequently asked questions — peer consultation

Yes. It is designed for colleagues who do not practise criminal law or who need specialist technical support. If you are an end client, please see our Criminal Defence or Criminal Law pages.

Yes. We can work as a professional consultation — diagnosis, strategy, checklist and drafts — or join as co-defence if the case requires it, always with clearly defined roles.

Yes: where the colleague prefers to refer or delegate the criminal case, we can take over its conduct under a professional agreement and with the client’s consent, with clearly defined roles and fees.

In writing, according to the modality: (i) fixed amount per consultation or submission; (ii) co-defence with an agreed distribution; or (iii) full case take-over with a professional agreement. Always transparently and without intermediaries.

Yes: we prioritise urgencies — summonses, searches, detentions, coercive measures and hearings. We coordinate quickly, organise the information and define the plan.

CABA and Province of Buenos Aires. In federal matters or cases with inter-jurisdictional aspects, we can intervene depending on the case.

We work under legal professional privilege and apply strict confidentiality standards. Where required, we formalise a non-disclosure agreement (NDA).

Contact — peer consultation

Tell us the jurisdiction, stage and urgency. If you already have notifications, rulings or official records, even better: we organise the case and define the plan.

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If you are an end client: Criminal Law · Criminal Defence