In this Guide:
- Introduction
- Managing the Internal Investigation
- Disclosure from Third Parties
- Steps to Preserve Assets/Documents
- Civil Proceedings
- Anti-Bribery/Anti-Corruption Legislation
- Excerpt from Introduction:
1. INTRODUCTION –
When a fraud is suspected, increasingly the response is to conduct an investigation to ascertain the facts and take appropriate steps. Investigations may be required for a number of reasons, eg where whistleblowers have alleged that wrongful acts have occurred. A thorough investigation conducted in conjunction with, or exclusively by, external experts such as lawyers or accountants, can usefully pre-empt an intrusive investigation by a regulator or the criminal authorities.
Originally published in the European Lawyer Reference Series - March 2015.
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