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What Are Cross-Border Investigations?
Cross-border investigations are privileged inquiries into allegations of fraud, corruption, accounting misconduct, sanctions violations, and other regulated conduct that span multiple jurisdictions. They require careful coordination of legal privilege, data privacy, witness interviews, and government interactions across the U.S., Europe, Asia, and Latin America — led by counsel with deep prosecutorial and investigative experience. Our investigations practice is led by Kevin R. Brenner, a former federal prosecutor with over two decades of investigative leadership experience.
Investigations work routinely intersects with our Regulatory & Compliance, Transactional & Corporate, International Market Entry, and FCPA & Anti-Corruption practices. Learn about the firm, meet our strategic leadership, and see the clients we serve.
Investigation Challenges Facing Global Companies
Internal Investigations of Misconduct
Whistleblower reports, accounting irregularities, executive misconduct, and harassment allegations require independent, privileged investigations that protect the company while preserving credibility with regulators and the board.
Independent Internal Investigations
We lead privileged investigations including witness interviews, document and data review, and detailed reporting to the board, audit committee, or special committee — with the credibility of a former federal prosecutor.
Cross-Border Government Inquiries
Parallel inquiries from the DOJ, SEC, foreign regulators, and self-regulatory organizations create coordination risk, privilege risk, and jurisdictional complexity that can quickly outpace a company’s in-house resources.
Government & Regulatory Defense
We coordinate responses across multi-jurisdictional inquiries, manage data preservation and production, navigate cross-border privilege and data-privacy issues, and represent companies in subpoenas, document requests, and witness interviews.
Fraud, Bribery & Sanctions Investigations
Allegations of accounting fraud, FCPA violations, trade-sanctions breaches, or money-laundering concerns demand fast, defensible investigations that preserve evidence and inform disclosure decisions.
Specialized Investigation Capability
We conduct targeted investigations across fraud, FCPA, sanctions, AML, and trade compliance — partnering with forensic accountants, e-discovery vendors, and local counsel as needed.
Crisis Response & Privileged Reporting
High-stakes matters require disciplined crisis management, careful media and stakeholder communications, and investigation reports that hold up to regulatory and litigation scrutiny.
Crisis & Strategic Reporting
We partner with senior leadership on crisis response, work-product reports, and remediation roadmaps designed to satisfy regulators, support remediation, and protect the company’s long-term interests.
Ideal For
Boards & Audit Committees
Directors and audit committees needing independent investigations of executive misconduct, accounting irregularities, or whistleblower allegations.
General Counsel & CCOs
Legal and compliance leaders managing fraud, FCPA, sanctions, or regulatory inquiries that span multiple jurisdictions and business units.
Multinational Companies
Public and private companies operating across the U.S., Europe, Asia, and Latin America facing parallel investigations or pre-enforcement inquiries.
Private Equity & Portfolio Companies
Sponsors and portfolio companies responding to pre-acquisition red flags, post-close discoveries, or government inquiries affecting deal value.
Privileged investigations of fraud, misconduct, and compliance allegations — including witness interviews, document review, and board-level reporting.
Defense and coordination across DOJ, SEC, and foreign regulator inquiries, including subpoena response, document production, and witness interviews.
Multi-jurisdiction investigation strategy covering privilege, data privacy, local counsel coordination, and consistent reporting across regions.
Investigation reports, remediation plans, and strategic communications support designed to satisfy regulators and protect the company.
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