Corporate Compliance & Internal Investigations

Corporations operate under intense regulatory and law enforcement scrutiny. If a company is found to be noncompliant with laws or regulations, the fines, penalties and restitution can be staggering. What’s more, the intangible costs of being the subject of a government inquiry — including the possible loss of investor confidence — can add to the damaging consequences.

Our attorneys work with you to prevent costly compliance problems before they happen and to implement sound corporate governance practices. By designing comprehensive programs to deter wrongdoing and detect it early on, we can help you take the appropriate steps to minimize potential damage. We stay on top of industry regulatory requirements and can incorporate changes into your corporate governance and compliance policies and practices.

When enforcement actions do occur, we offer a steady, experienced hand to lead internal investigations and manage the response to governmental inquiries, thus minimizing the risks of criminal or civil exposure. We are well positioned to take on any federal, state or municipal allegation.

Many cases involve simultaneous criminal, civil and regulatory actions arising out of the same events. To handle them, our team draws on the full range of our deep legal expertise, collaborating with lawyers in other practice groups, allowing us to work with clients in almost every business sector in a wide array of substantive areas that includes:

• Public finance
• Banking law and finance
• Environmental, land use and real estate
• Healthcare
• Labor and employment
• Tax
• Government affairs
• Intellectual property
• Insurance
• Municipal law
• Bankruptcy
• Data Privacy and cybersecurity
• Immigration and homeland security
• International law