Arthur Bolshakov
Effective criminal defense
Arthur Bolshakov
Arthur Bolshakov
Senior Partner, Advocate

Criminal Defense Firm

a.bolshakov@criminaldefense.ru

1996, Demidov Yaroslavl State University

2021, Russian Academy of Advocacy and Notaries

For nearly 30 years, Arthur Bolshakov has represented clients in a wide range of criminal cases, from fraud and embezzlement charges to corruption and cartel collusion. Additionally, he is an expert for the Commissioner for Entrepreneurs' Rights in Moscow and a speaker on legal matters in the "Business Environment" project by Sberbank.

Since 2003, he has been a member of the Moscow Bar Association.

Expertise:

  • Representing clients in trial courts
  • Appealing convictions in appellate and cassation courts, as well as the Supreme Court

For his accomplishments, he has been awarded the Medal for “Merits in Defending the Rights and Freedoms of Citizens” and an honorary certificate from the Moscow Chamber of Advocates.

He is recognized in the rankings of recommended lawyers by Pravo.ru-300, Kommersant, Legal500, and Forbes.

Arthur is the author of the book “On the Advocate (Advice)”.

Selected experience:

  • Defending a senior official of a federal ministry accused of accepting large-scale bribes (Part 6, Article 290 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation)
  • Defending the CEO of one of the largest federal suppliers of fruits and vegetables, charged with fraud in credit lending (Part 4, Article 159.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation), specifically the embezzlement of over 700 million rubles through the submission of knowingly false information to a bank to obtain a loan
  • Defending the head of a department at one of the three largest federal telecom operators, accused of crimes under Part 4, Article 282 (unauthorized access to protected computer information resulting in copying of data that caused significant damage and had serious consequences) and Part 1, Article 183 of the Criminal Code (collecting commercial secrets through the theft of documents)
  • Defending the chief engineer of a major manufacturing company accused of violating occupational safety regulations, which resulted in serious injury to an individual due to negligence
  • Defending a former head of a municipal settlement in the Moscow region, accused of fraud and abuse of authority in the allocation of land plots