Bribery and Corruption

Notable deals and highlights

• We counselled a services company on self-reporting to the UK Serious Fraud Office in light of the acquisition of a business with operations in Nigeria.
• We attended a client's offices to provide emergency advice during a 'dawn raid' by police seeking documents, and caution interviews.
• We undertook a multi-jurisdictional corruption investigation for a US-based global corporation, and advised on self-reporting to regulatory and prosecutorial authorities.
• We advised employees of a large multinational corporation on giving evidence in a high profile criminal trial.
• We advised an international telecoms company on an internal investigation following the discovery of irregular payments in Africa and updated its anti-bribery polices to avoid future irregularities.
• We advised a global transport company on designing and conducting a thorough bribery risk assessment.
• We have advised numerous clients worldwide, including across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Russia and the CIS in a variety of sectors on the implementation of procedures to prevent bribery and corruption.
• We conducted a cross-border corruption investigation for a global sports federation, which involved parallel criminal proceedings in France.
• We conducted an internal investigation for a FTSE-100 company into the theft of highly confidential information by its employees.
• Following a whistleblower complaint, we acted for a global payment services provider to conduct an investigation into allegations of financial wrongdoing in multiple jurisdictions, including Singapore, Indonesia, Hong Kong and Germany.