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Whether a company is facing allegations of financial malfeasance or improper disclosures, is evaluating an impending transaction with an overseas partner or simply wants to satisfy itself that systems in place are operating as intended, our objective expertise and support is essential. The multidisciplinary team at International Risk provides independent guidance on a wide range of assignments, be they internally or externally triggered investigations, technical accounting, corporate governance, internal control systems, regulatory compliance, business intelligence or financial reporting and disclosure related. In short, we help mitigate enterprise risk in global operations and business transactions.
How Our Capability and Experience Helps You to Avoid Major Risks and Improve Internal Controls
We:
- Investigate suspected corporate fraud, corruption and malfeasance
- Provide rapid, confidential responses to high-stakes events, including whistleblower allegations, regulatory inquiries and examinations, financial irregularities and restatements, inadequate disclosures, requests for forensic accounting reviews, and misappropriation of corporate assets
- Reconstruct events from imperfect data, unraveling complex financial transactions and conducting forensic examinations and interviews
- Provide independent guidance through a wide range of reviews, including reviews of internal control systems, and audit committee mandates
- Conduct regulatory compliance reviews, inquiries and investigations, including Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) and 404 internal controls, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) compliance, and anti-money laundering (BASEL II) systems. We also undertake corporate governance reviews, using the COSO and CobiT frameworks as standards
- Conduct investigative and financial due diligence in relation to a transaction or major tenders
- Identify and isolate crucial evidence and provide reports to management or regulators
- Present our findings through expert testimony at hearings and trial
Services and Expertise
Bringing together the resources and expertise of a multidisciplinary team, International Risk applies independence, objectivity and rapid response capabilities to corporate investigations. Our experience is hands-on and extensive; our approach is cost-effective and phased. Our professional methodologies ensure that issues are identified, analyzed and resolved quickly and efficiently. We understand the importance of reacting rapidly and confidentially to a crisis and appreciate the need to stop illegal activities, safeguard a company's assets and reputation, arrive at a resolution with minimum disruption to business, and prevent recurrences through the design and implementation of robust internal controls.
Regulatory Compliance Reviews
Regulatory compliance reviews entail the independent and objective assessment of systems in place to mitigate regulation-related risks. In addition, we undertake investigations in case any irregularities are suspected. This requires a global investigative capability and expert skills in fact-gathering, electronic discovery, books and records investigations, internal controls testing and compliance monitoring. International Risk offers the multidisciplinary team needed to conduct detailed investigations amid allegations of any violations and to perform independent compliance monitoring, risk assessments or vendor integrity investigations. Relevant regulations and international standards include Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO), BASEL II, national monetary authority regulations, FCPA, stock exchange regulations and Sarbanes Oxley Act.
Litigation Intelligence and Investigations
We provide a suite of investigative services for clients engaged in complex commercial litigation, regulatory and arbitration proceedings. We investigate the accuracy of statements and representations, conduct investigations and analyses of complex fact patterns, and discover hidden assets or the location and disposition of known assets. We also provide electronic discovery, forensic accounting, damages assessment, economic consulting, expert testimony and crisis communications planning and response.
Business and Transactional Intelligence
Rigorous analysis of relevant information is critical to making strategic business decisions on issues such as contests for corporate control, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, foreign investment, outsourcing, off-shoring and other domestic and cross-border transactions. We identify risks that typically are not visible from routine legal or financial document reviews. Intelligence involves qualitative analysis of varied sources of information and objective assessments of risks to our clients. Our services include: investigating the business reputation and regulatory or litigation history of prospective business partners; vetting senior management, officers and directors; conducting vendor integrity, intellectual property and brand protection investigations; corruption and political risk assessments; or pre-investment investigations
Anti Money Laundering Consulting
Businesses turn to International Risk for help in investigating anti-money laundering violations and assisting with remediation and monitoring efforts. Our compliance professionals and data analysts investigate transactions to uncover internal control deficiencies and to develop efficient compliance programs that are calibrated to specific risks. We have both the technology and skills needed to monitor and analyze global transactions and facilitate our clients’ ability to track the activities of employees, agents, suppliers and customers around the world.
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