Global Investigations and Disputes

Internal
Investigations

We have deep expertise in investigating the full range of workplace misconduct issues including fraud, corruption and IP theft. We support our clients in reaching fair and evidence-based outcomes.

Dispute
Support

We assist our clients and their counsel in formulating a legal strategy, obtaining documentary evidence and filling hard-to-access information gaps that are critical to commercial disputes.

Asset
Tracing

We leverage our global intelligence and investigative tools to solve complex cross-border asset traces, establishing asset positions of parties in disputes and providing recoverability assessments.

Typical
Assignments

  • Whistleblowing allegations
  • Internal fraud
  • Corruption
  • IP theft
  • Supply chain investigations
  • Workplace misconduct
  • Money laundering
  • Intelligence on counterparties
  • Evidence gathering
  • Surveillance and site visits
  • Mapping ownership structures
  • Forensic reviews
  • Digital forensics
  • Expert identification
  • Offshore ownership identification
  • UBO identification
  • Undeclared corporate structures
  • Proxy ownership
  • Asset profiling
  • Recoverability assessment

Global Investigations and Disputes – Case Studies

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North America

Investigation into allegations of IP theft by a US-based Chinese employee of a US multi-national company

Internal investigation related to fraud at a manufacturing unit and dissipation of assets for a Fortune 50 client

Global asset trace investigation on behalf of a US law firm, targeting the offshore assets of the JV partner of the ultimate client

Latin America

Investigation for a private bank into whether a Venezuelan oil company was in breach of US sanctions

Investigation into the events leading up to the dismissal of a senior executive from a Panamanian telecoms company

Intelligence on a counterparty to support settlement discussions in a longstanding dispute with our client, a DAX-listed company

Europe

Investigation into the asset position of an industrial family for a European banking client that has been dissipating assets for over a decade

Board-driven investigation into allegations of fraud by a short-seller research house for a listed company in the payments sector

Investigation into fraud at an infrastructure operator in Ireland for a European PE fund

Africa

Investigation into supply chain integrity pan-West Africa for a Canadian corporate

Intelligence related to litigation support on potential corruption allegations for a Fortune500 corporate

Digital forensic review of corporate data holdings to determine when and how employee fraud had occurred within a pan-Africa conglomerate

APAC

Targeted forensic accounting review to establish over-stating of accounts receivables within a subsidiary of a multi-national corporation

A pan Asian investigation into alleged fraud in the construction sector with discreet enquiries and overt interviews for an SGX-listed company

Investigation to support an international manufacturing conglomerate that suspected a cabal of former employees in their China factory of IP theft

MENA

Investigation into the integrity of the restructuring process of a Middle East based energy company on behalf its Board

Strategic guidance on the negotiations to free a ship that was lodged in the Suez Canal, on behalf of a global law firm

Ultimate beneficial ownership investigation into the shareholder of a Syrian telecommunications company

CEE & CIS

Global asset trace against the chairman of a national bank alleged to have siphoned off nearly $3.5 billion

Investigation to determine whether a sanctioned Russian businessman was in fact the ultimate beneficial owner of a sports and media group

Investigation to identify any unencumbered assets and evidence of wrong-doing by a multi-national conglomerate which had defaulted on its debts

Global Investigations and Disputes – Case Studies

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Our Clients

  • Law Firms
  • Internal Counsel
  • Compliance Teams
  • C-suite
  • Corporate Boards

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