Companies are increasingly frequently having to undertake internal investigations, either for regulatory defence reasons or as a matter of good corporate governance, perhaps following whistle blower warnings. We advise clients on the operational and strategic aspects of conducting such investigations.

The drivers for this activity include:

  • more aggressive regulators in the financial services, competition and sector specific areas;
  • fraud or corruption allegations or concerns;
  • changing ethical and governance standards; and
  • accounting or other reporting misstatements, or failures to disclose material adequately or sufficiently promptly to the capital markets.

The ways in which investigations are conducted and the standards expected of them are evolving and becoming more recognised. As investigations become more international, we are seeing significant technical and judgmental challenges around such issues as self-reporting, capital market disclosures, employee relationships, privilege and waiver, authority, accountability, independence and reporting, data protection, definitions of scope and ways to terminate an investigation.

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