A criminal defence lawyer provides the following professional legal assistance:

During pre-trial investigation:

• -Defence of the rights, freedoms and interests of the suspect;
  
• -Legal assistance to witnesses;
  
• -Representation of the interests of complainants, victims, civil claimants and civil defendants;
  
• -Assistance in initiating and concluding reconciliation agreements between the victim and the suspect, including negotiation of penalties;
  
• -Assistance in initiating and concluding plea agreements between the suspect and the prosecutor, including negotiation of penalties;
• -Challenging decisions, actions or omissions of the investigative body or prosecutor during pre-trial investigation.

In courts of first instance, appeal and cassation:

• -Defence of the rights, freedoms and interests of the accused, defendant, convicted, acquitted person, persons under consideration for compulsory medical or educational measures, and individuals facing extradition;
  
• -Legal assistance to witnesses;
  
• -Representation of victims, civil claimants and civil defendants;
  
• -Assistance in initiating reconciliation agreements between the victim and the accused and in agreeing penalties;
  
• -Assistance in plea agreements between the accused and the prosecutor and in agreeing penalties;
  
• -Drafting appeals against verdicts or rulings of the first-instance court and representation in the court of appeal;
  
• -Drafting cassation complaints against verdicts or rulings of the first-instance or appellate courts, and representation in the cassation court;
  
• -Filing motions and representing clients before the Supreme Court of Ukraine in review proceedings;
  
• -Filing motions and acting as defence counsel or legal representative in reviews of final court decisions due to newly discovered circumstances;
  
• -Filing motions and participating in proceedings regarding the restoration of lost criminal case files;
• -Assisting parties in criminal proceedings in the enforcement of court decisions.