Risk Management and Investigations
Our risk management, government enforcement and investigations team advises on the full range of government and regulatory matters including bribery and corruption, trade and financial sanctions, money laundering, fraud, modern slavery and other financial crimes. We add value by advising our clients on risk mitigation and avoidance strategies from the outset.
We have deep experience conducting internal investigations, defending clients from government investigations, and providing compliance and advisory services, such as how to structure a project to maximise any available treaty protections and minimise other risks.
Our team consists of lawyers with deep contentious and non-contentious experience, including involvement in prosecutorial, defence, judicial, and in-house matters. The team has handled matters brought by the full range of UK authorities including the Serious Fraud Office; National Crime Agency; City of London Police; Health and Safety Executive; Financial Conduct Authority; among others and has appeared in both Crown and Magistrates’ Courts Matters. We also work closely with our highly regarded US team to provide crossjurisdictional advice in the most complex of matters.
• DOJ / SEC / CFTC— represented various clients in connection with investigations by US Federal criminal and civil regulators
• SFO— represented various clients in connection with investigations, prosecutions and settlement discussions with the UK Serious Fraud Office
• Internal investigations— conduct internal investigations into bribery and corruption, money laundering, sanctions violations, health and safety violations, and export control violations for various clients across the energy sector
• Sanctions— advised an oil major on all financial and trade sanctions matters relating to its exit from Russia, and other business related to Russia, following the Russian invasion of Ukraine
• Reporting obligations to FCA, OFSI and NCA— advised multiple commodity traders in relation to reporting sanctions and money laundering concerns to the FCA, OFSI and NCA
• Private equity— represented various private equity clients and portfolio energy companies in relation to compliance programmes and transactional diligence
• Pro-Active reviews— conduct proactive reviews into corruption and bribery compliance for various organisations in the Energy and Pharmaceutical sector
• Transactional due diligence— conduct transactional due diligence into compliance matters for a range of clients in the energy and financial services sectors
• Compliance programmes— acting for a wide range of clients: conducting risk assessments, designing and implementing compliance programmes, including training, communication plans, drafting policies and procedures, and programmatic testing
• Major bank— advised a major bank on updating money laundering controls, including designing new onboarding procedures and training staff
• 7 / 7 Bombing Inquest— represented families of victims in the 7 / 7 London Bombings Inquest
• Corporate homicide— represented a major energy company in relation to a prosecution for corporate homicide arising from a health and safety failure, including associated inquest and civil claims
• Health and safety prosecution— advising on dredging and navigational safety matters for a strategic UK oil storage site
• HSE prosecution— advising an oil major in relation to a prosecution for a refined product storage tank leak into a local waterway
• Joint enterprise murder— assisting a convicted murderer in having his case reviewed by the Criminal Cases Review Commission
• Oilfield services contractor— claims against a former employer arising from client’ s employment in Iraq bracewell. com