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Forensic Services
Your assets, corporate culture, and reputation are exposed to a variety of risks. Corporate governance structures minimize these risks, but in practice, they are not completely eliminated. So, what should you do in an emergency? How do you react if you learn about toxic working conditions in your company? If your company has fallen victim to CEO fraud or a cyber-attack? If your company has violated anti-corruption laws or employees are embezzling assets?
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We know the right answers to these and many other questions. We understand that quick and appropriate action is crucial. In an emergency, our team is by your side with our Forensic Services to ensure your sustainable business success. We also react to complex exceptional situations in a structured and holistic manner. If necessary, we form interdisciplinary teams with colleagues from our various business areas.
Our Forensic Services are designed to seamlessly integrate, allowing us to offer you tailored solutions for your needs:
Investigation & Remediation
The core is the conduct of special investigations (“Internal Investigation”) in connection with suspicions of (white-collar) criminal acts or unethical behavior. The goal is a quick, appropriate, and discreet clarification of the suspicions.
- Development of an investigation strategy
- Securing all relevant data and documents
- Coordination of all necessary investigative actions
- Reporting of investigation results
- Recommendations for action for your corporate governance
Forensic Accounting
To clarify potential financial irregularities, corruption and insolvency cases, as well as in cases of suspicion related to manipulated financial information (balance sheet manipulation), we forensically evaluate your accounting data.
- Identification of suspicious transactions, booking patterns, etc.
- Use of powerful IT tools
- Determination of damages
- Preparation of expert opinions
- Proactive deployment for risk prevention
Business Intelligence
We use traditional and technology-supported research strategies to efficiently and quickly find the right answers to your initial questions.
- Information on suspicious individuals or companies
- Pre-Employment and Business Partner Screenings
- Asset Tracing and much more.
FCPA & UK Bribery Act
The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and the UK Bribery Act are anti-corruption laws with worldwide validity that place high demands on the Compliance Management System (CMS) of globally operating companies.
- Audits of the CMS according to IDW PS 980
- Conducting employee training to strengthen awareness of corruption risks
Disputes & Litigations
Companies are increasingly confronted with complicated legal disputes or other business conflicts in the national or international business environment. We provide you with an overview of the initial situation and purposefully identify measures that strengthen your position.
- Accounting and valuation issues in (inter)national arbitration proceedings
- Determination of claims for damages
- Legal advice through the involvement of experts in commercial and corporate law
eDiscovery & IT Forensic
With our eDiscovery and IT Forensic services, we support companies in all phases of fact-finding, especially in the procurement of electronic information and the analysis of digital corporate data.
- Data identification and securing, through to data management
- Document reviews
- Data Leakage Analyses
- specific requirements such as browser histories, network access, etc.
“Becoming a victim of white-collar crime is a real risk for every company, one that is further increasing due to technological advancements. The damages can be enormous! We stand by your side in an emergency.”
Julius Wunderle
Partner, Head of Forensic Services