Financial crime

Investigations, White Collar and Fraud

Our global investigations team blends deep regulatory insight with practical experience to guide you through complex, sensitive matters—efficiently, discreetly, and aligned with your goals.

We support clients facing regulatory scrutiny, fraud, bribery, corruption, sanctions breaches, money laundering, whistle-blower complaints, and dawn raids, offering strategic advice to safeguard your business and reputation.

Our team includes former prosecutors, providing unique insight into enforcement strategy, criminal liability, regulatory breaches, and asset recovery. We advise executive boards and help design compliance programs aligned with global standards.

Local issues can escalate quickly. We manage multi-jurisdictional investigations and help you anticipate and respond to international risks, navigating the intersection of global law, regulation, and local enforcement.

Bribery and Corruption

Regulators are intensifying their scrutiny of bribery and corruption. Authorities in the UK, U.S. and EMEA increasingly coordinate investigations, share intelligence and pursue companies and individuals across borders. For multinational businesses, this means allegations can escalate quickly into multi-jurisdictional proceedings, with risks that include fines, criminal liability and reputational harm.

We have decades of experience guiding companies and executives through the full range of bribery and corruption matters - from whistleblower complaints to complex, high-stakes investigations. We apply this experience to protect your business interests and position you for the best possible outcome.

Our global platform gives you consistent support wherever issues arise. When an investigation starts, we move quickly. If proceedings follow, we defend you through each stage, while also helping you remediate weaknesses to strengthen your future position.

Anti-Bribery and Corruption Compliance and Due Diligence

Anti-bribery and corruption laws are now enforced globally, with regulators coordinating across borders and raising expectations of companies. Businesses are facing closer scrutiny not only under the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and UK Bribery Act, but also under newer and more assertive regimes in EMEA. Enforcement activity is expanding, expectations are rising, and you need to show that your company’s programmes and due diligence can withstand global review.

Investigations can be triggered by acquisitions, third-party dealings or operational weaknesses, and lead to significant fines, criminal liability, and reputational harm.

Whether as part of the ordinary course of business, and in M&A transaction or otherwise, we help you design, test and enhance compliance frameworks that are proportionate, practical and credible with regulators.

Global Asset Recovery

We help you find and recover money. From asset freezing to judgment enforcement, our experienced team guides you through complex administrative, legislative, and judicial processes. With over 30 years of experience, we’ve handled some of the most high-profile cases globally.

Recognised as one of the world’s leading disputes practices, we collaborate closely with top-ranked litigation, arbitration, investigations, white collar, insolvency, and banking litigation teams to protect your interests worldwide. Our cross-border expertise spans jurisdictions including the British Virgin Islands, the Bahamas, Eastern Europe, Asia, and Africa.

We deliver results in even the most challenging scenarios, regularly acting for liquidators, trustees, funders, investors, and other claimants in major asset recovery and judgment enforcement matters.

Whistleblowing

We work with clients in all sectors across the full spectrum of the whistleblowing lifecycle. Before an issue arises, we help our clients to design and implement whistleblowing policies and procedures which comply with local law and regulations. When concerns are raised, our understanding of the potential implications allows us to advise quickly, ensure the first steps taken are precise, informed and prepare our clients for what comes next.

Through a combination of legal excellence, global insight, and a strong commitment to ethical practices, we deliver strategic guidance on how to respond to a whistleblower. Conducting or supporting internal investigations and address issues thoroughly in a manner consistent with both legal obligations and best practices. Working through both global and local solutions tailored to the unique challenges our clients face.