Legal support for internal investigations and risk management
When serious incidents occur on site, the demands on your time will be onerous. Not only will you have to explain what happened and why, but you may also have to deal with a steady stream of demands for information from regulatory bodies such as the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), Environment Agency (EA) Local Authority (LA) or the police.
Businesses have a duty to investigate serious internal misconduct and instructing our experts at an early stage can help to prevent the significant financial and reputational consequences of failing to follow regulatory procedures. Our internal investigations team will discreetly investigate suspected financial crime, including bribery and corruption, business fraud, regulatory breaches, insider dealing, money laundering and computer and internet crime, whilst minimising disruption to your business.
We will quickly establish the facts and identify the extent of any regulatory issues before they become the subject of formal proceedings – a move that can mitigate risk and protect shareholder value.
We have strong, established relationships with other professional firms and will ensure that the right team is in place for your business. We will bring together appropriate experts from varied disciplines to ensure that discrete issues that may arise during the course of an internal investigation such as forensic accountancy, document management and forensic IT are properly considered and co-ordinated.
Instructing experienced internal investigation lawyers will attract professional privilege which will ensure all communication between you and your legal team is confidential. More importantly, by leading the investigation, this privilege may extend to other professionals we engage on your behalf.
Undertaking an investigation is an important indicator to employees, customers, investors and enforcement authorities that your business takes its regulatory obligations seriously. It is also a clear signal to regulators that risk management is taken seriously and properly resourced.
We are one of handful of UK law firms that has a dedicated multi-disciplined internal investigations team which includes specialist partners from the Regulatory, Dispute Resolution and Employment teams.
We also offer bespoke training for senior personnel in all areas of competition compliance, corporate governance and dawn raid and document management
To arrange a discussion with a regulatory solicitor click here or call us on 0800 840 4929.
