INTERPOL Legal Support forLaw Firms
Otherside provides INTERPOL legal support for law firms handling cases before the Commission for the Control of INTERPOL's Files (CCF). The firm acts as specialist counsel for referring firms, offering consultancy, drafting support, and full file preparation in Red Notice removal and related INTERPOL matters.
The practice is confined to the CCF and INTERPOL's legal framework. Each engagement is structured around the referring firm's role, with confidential collaboration preserved throughout.
View all INTERPOL legal servicesThree ways we support referring firms
Each engagement is built around the referring firm's needs. We work as standalone consultant, drafting partner, or full-file subcontractor, adjusting the structure to the case and the client-facing role.
Consultancy and Strategic Advice
We advise on procedural options across INTERPOL's framework, including data access, Red Notice removal, revision under Article 42, and preemptive requests. Advice can be delivered standalone or alongside extradition, criminal defence, or asylum litigation handled by the referring firm.
Drafting of CCF Applications
We draft the full application from the ground up. Each submission is shaped around the specific file: the offence category, the requesting state, the procedural posture, and the evidence available to the client. Argument sequencing, document organisation, and legal framing follow the format the Requests Chamber expects and the structure that reads cleanly on review.
Review of Existing Drafts
Where the referring firm drafts the application in-house, we review the full submission before filing. The review covers legal arguments, admissibility conditions, evidentiary structure, and alignment with the format and terminology expected in CCF proceedings. Turnaround is agreed upfront so the filing window is preserved.
A specialist resource for referring counsel
Our practice is confined to INTERPOL and the CCF. That narrow focus is what allows us to support extradition teams, criminal defence firms, and public law practitioners on Red Notice removal and related matters without disrupting their client relationship.
Exclusive INTERPOL Focus
We work only within INTERPOL's framework. That allows us to complement extradition, criminal defence, asylum, or public law strategies handled elsewhere, without stepping outside the CCF perimeter.
Procedural Accuracy
Submissions are drafted in the structure and terminology the Requests Chamber uses, with legal framing, evidentiary discipline, and document organisation built in from the first draft.
Confidential Collaboration
All exchanges with the referring firm are covered by legal professional privilege and by the secret professionnel. Client identity, file content, and strategy discussions stay within the engagement, and the protection survives its conclusion.
Consistent Quality and Efficiency
Procedural errors and admissibility problems are caught before filing. The referring firm receives a clean submission that reads as a final document on first review, not a draft to be rewritten.
Client facing a Red Notice or diffusion?
Law firms with clients facing INTERPOL Red Notices, diffusions, or adverse data in INTERPOL's files may contact Otherside for confidential collaboration. Procedural advice, drafting support, and full file preparation across Red Notice removal and related CCF matters. Engagement terms structured around the referring firm's role.
Questions from referring counsel
Who typically refers INTERPOL matters to Otherside?
Extradition teams, criminal defence firms, asylum and refugee practitioners, and public law firms whose clients are also facing a Red Notice or Diffusion. Most of our instructions come from counsel who manage the underlying case but want a specialist to handle the CCF track in parallel. We also work with private client firms whose principals need discreet preemptive advice before a notice issues.
How is the engagement structured between our firm and Otherside?
Three models. Consultancy, where we advise the referring firm's team on procedural options without drafting. Drafting, where we prepare the full application. Review of existing drafts, where the referring firm drafts in-house and we do a full specialist read-through before filing. The model is agreed at the outset and documented in a short engagement letter between the two firms.
What conflict-check procedure do you run?
Full conflict check against every file we have handled or been consulted on, including pre-instruction approaches. We clear the check before any substantive discussion. Where a conflict exists we say so immediately, without disclosing who the other party is or what we know about the matter.
How is confidentiality handled between firms?
All exchanges between the referring firm and Otherside are covered by legal professional privilege. Client identity, file content, strategy discussions, and any materials transmitted during the pre-instruction phase are not shared with third parties. The protection applies whether or not the matter is ultimately opened, and survives the closure of the engagement.
Can Otherside represent the client in related proceedings such as extradition or asylum?
No. Our practice is limited to INTERPOL and the CCF. We stay out of extradition hearings, criminal defence, asylum advocacy, and civil litigation. Where the CCF file touches on those areas, we coordinate with your team so the arguments are consistent across forums, but the representation stays with you.
What languages do you work in?
French and English. Applications are filed in English, the working language of the CCF.
What information do you need to start?
For an initial assessment, the requesting country, the offence or charge category, the stage of the criminal proceedings, and any CCF correspondence already on file. If a Red Notice or Diffusion has been confirmed, the date of issue and any notification received by the client. We can work from a verbal briefing at first and the documents follow once the instruction is opened.