Internal Investigations
Helping international businesses navigate risks and emerge stronger from complex internal investigations.
Compliance teams, corporate board of directors and legal counsel are now being called upon to understand, investigate and assess risks across an increasingly wider range of matters. The more established areas such as fraud, corruption, and money laundering are expanded to emerging concerns including sanctions compliance, climate regulation, diversity, equity and inclusion matters.
As these potential risks continue to evolve, so too does complexity in internal investigations, which can span high-risk jurisdictions, cover an evolving regulatory landscape, have a requirement to report to a variety of stakeholders, involve significant financial stakes, analyse large volumes of diverse data sets, and much more.
At FRA we have considerable experience in conducting complicated internal investigations with organisations around the world. Specialising in investigations for over two decades, our experts are recognised for their deep experience and exceptional client service. We have supported clients to respond to whistleblower reports, short-seller allegations, enhanced due diligence requirements, and testing of compliance programs related to general fraud, misappropriation, accounting fraud or misstatement, corruption, money laundering, sanctions, ESG and other alleged misconduct.
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Risk-based expertise
With a track record of working with numerous authorities, we consider factors such as industry, geography and business risks that are both tailored to our client’s needs and balance the concerns of the relevant stakeholders (management, internal audit, compliance, legal counsel, etc.).
Clear, efficient approach
We work with compliance teams and legal counsel, both internal and external, to ensure investigations are conducted in a forensically sound manner whilst leveraging existing resources, minimizing disruption to operations, and involving company personnel to facilitate an effective knowledge transfer. We understand the cross-border data challenges and advise on the best methodologies to manage these. We tailor our teams to each internal investigation to ensure the right experience is brought to bear.
Balanced, sustainable remediation
We support clients in identifying the root cause of compliance failures contributing to any identified misconduct and work with clients during the remediation phase to design and implement process and control improvements. This ensures the sustainability and longevity of the compliance program as well as reducing the risk of repeat failures.
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Regulatory Investigations
Helping international companies respond quickly and effectively to regulatory investigations.
More infoeDiscovery, eDisclosure and Digital Forensics
Fully integrated expertise across all areas of the Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM).
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Cutting edge data-oriented processes and tools to extract, understand and systematically analyze large quantities of data.
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Investigating, resolving and minimizing the risk of corporate fraud with forensic insight and data-driven solutions.
More infoBribery and Corruption
Independent and multi-disciplinary advice for organisations and external counsel on governance, enforcement actions and regulatory compliance.
More infoAnti-Money Laundering & Sanctions
Multi-disciplinary advice for financial institutions and corporations on internal investigations, enforcement actions and regulatory compliance.
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Independent professionals with extensive accounting, regulatory compliance, and investigative experience.
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Supporting our clients in rising to ESG challenges, taking ESG opportunities and managing associated risks.
More infoDisgorgement and Penalty Calculations
Leveraging decades of experience on many of the world’s largest anticorruption-related settlements.
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Experts in tracing cryptocurrency assets and providing cryptocurrency industries with compliance advisory and risk mitigation advice.
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Investigations
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Disputes
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Data and Technology
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Integrated Data & Technology
We are experts in analyzing large, complex and transactional data sets. We possess particular expertise in working on projects encompassing decades of data and transactions as well as the use of innovative technologies and methodologies to extract meaningful insights.
Integrated Data & Technology
We are experts in analyzing large, complex and transactional data sets. We possess particular expertise in working on projects encompassing decades of data and transactions as well as the use of innovative technologies and methodologies to extract meaningful insights.
European Bank
A European bank approached FRA to perform an initial evaluation of its exposure related to customers allegedly involved in money laundering activities. This was of concern to the client given the potential regulatory, financial and reputational implications for the bank.
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Nordic Telecommunications Company
FRA was instructed by Telia Company (market cap: over $17 billion) and its counsel in the UK, US, the Nordics and Holland to provide forensic accounting and eDiscovery consulting services in the investigation of the Scandinavian telecoms company.
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APT Group Cryptocurrency Money Laundering
Reacting to cyber attacks by an Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) group on critical US infrastructure, an FRA Director conducted thorough and sophisticated cryptocurrency asset tracing to identify and disrupt the group's activities.
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Revolution Beauty
FRA performed a targeted investigation of the highlighted concerns and reported its findings to the newly appointed investigation Committee.
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Airbus
FRA advised Airbus and its counsel from the early stages in designing a robust and forensically based approach to the investigation, customising a data governance strategy alongside compliance risk assessment and remediation support, as well as the eventual fine calculation.
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Entain
FRA supports Entain's £585 million groundbreaking settlement with Crown Prosecution Service.
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International Not-for-Profit Organization
FRA was approached to provide pro bono support to a not-for-profit organization that had identified potential anomalies in its accounting and banking records.
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Cryptocurrency Exchange Collusion
When a new cryptocurrency experienced sudden delisting from multiple exchanges, their Counsel urgently engaged an FRA partner to help investigate potential antitrust or collusive behavior.
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Middle-East Telecommunications Company
FRA was retained to support one of the world’s largest mobile telecommunications companies in an internal investigation which required an eDiscovery review in the context of alleged compliance violations.
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