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Pre-screening
Initial review
Submit a short presentation of your situation via the contact form, with any relevant documents. Otherside reviews the inquiry against its criteria for intervention. No commitment, no fee at this stage.
How Otherside charges for INTERPOL and CCF work.
Otherside operates on a transparent fee structure: a free initial consultation for cases that fall within scope, fixed fees for the substantive work, and a success fee on deletion requests paid only if and when the CCF deletes the data.
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Zoom consultation
Free 30-minute call
If the case falls within scope, a confidential Zoom consultation is offered at no charge to gather more information on the case and confirm whether the firm can assist.
Languages. The consultation is held in English or French. Where interpretation in another language is required, it can be arranged in advance and is paid for ahead of the consultation by the person requesting it.
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Fee proposal
Written quote
Following the consultation, Otherside sends a written fee proposal setting out the engagement terms and a fixed fee for the work.
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Engagement letter
Electronic signature
If the fee proposal is accepted, an engagement letter setting out the scope of services, fees, and the limits of the mandate is signed electronically through DocuSign.
Note. The free consultation is reserved for cases that meet the firm's criteria for intervention. Where a case falls outside scope, no consultation is offered. This protects the time available for substantive work on existing files.
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Step Two
Fixed fees for the substantive work.
Every engagement begins with a fixed fee quote, agreed in advance, that covers the full preparation and filing of the request before the CCF. Hourly billing applies only in narrow situations where a fixed fee cannot reasonably be set.
Service 01
Data access request
Establishes what INTERPOL holds in its files, which NCB originated the data, and the legal basis cited. The first step in any structured INTERPOL strategy. Learn more.
Fixed Fee
Service 02
Preemptive request
Filed with the CCF before a politically or commercially motivated notice enters the system. Pure fixed fee, no success component. Learn more.
Fixed Fee
Service 03
Deletion request
The substantive request for deletion of a Red Notice, diffusion or other INTERPOL data. Fixed fee for the work, plus a success fee on deletion (see below). Learn more.
Fixed Fee + Success Fee
Service 04
Application for revision
A request to reopen a prior CCF decision under Article 42 of the CCF Statute, on the basis of new facts or a change of circumstances. Same fee model as deletion: fixed fee for the work, plus a success fee if the CCF orders deletion on revision. Learn more.
Fixed Fee + Success Fee
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Step Three
A success fee, only on deletion.
For deletion requests and applications for revision, Otherside applies a success fee on top of the fixed fee. The success fee is payable only if and when the data is deleted from INTERPOL's files, whether by decision of the CCF, by the INTERPOL General Secretariat directly, or at the requesting NCB's own initiative. If the data is maintained, no success fee is due.
Payable on deletion only
The success fee is triggered by the deletion of the data from INTERPOL's files. That deletion may follow a decision of the CCF, a removal by the INTERPOL General Secretariat, or a withdrawal by the requesting NCB on its own initiative. The procedural route is immaterial; only the outcome triggers the fee. If the data is maintained, the success fee is not due.
Scaled to complexity
The level of the success fee is set per matter and reflects the legal complexity of the file, the volume of evidence, and the procedural posture. The exact amount is fixed in the engagement letter before any work begins.
Aligned interests
The success fee model aligns the firm's incentives with the client's outcome. Otherside is paid more when the case succeeds, less when it does not. It applies only to deletion requests and applications for revision, not to access or preemptive requests.
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Step Four
Payment in two instalments.
The fixed fee is split equally across two instalments, calibrated to the procedural milestones of the CCF process. The success fee, where applicable, is billed separately on deletion.
On engagement
50%
Payable on signature of the engagement letter, to launch the mission. Triggers the substantive work: file review, evidence structuring, legal research, and drafting of the request.
On admissibility
50%
Payable once the CCF confirms the admissibility of the request. At this point the file has cleared the formal filter and is on track for substantive review by the Commission.
Success fee. On deletion requests and applications for revision where a success fee applies, that fee is billed separately once the data is deleted from INTERPOL's files, whether by decision of the CCF, by the INTERPOL General Secretariat directly, or at the requesting NCB's own initiative. No success fee is due if the data is maintained.
Next Step
Discuss your case with Otherside.
If your situation falls within scope, a free 30 minute Zoom consultation is offered. Otherside only intervenes where the firm's criteria for representation are met. Fee discussion follows only if the firm confirms it can assist.
INTERPOL services
Red Notice removal
Preemptive request
Data access
Temporary blocking
Applications for revision
Support to law firms
Free assessment
Free INTERPOL Notice Removal Check