Anti-Corruption, Investigations & Compliance

In recent years, the world generally and India particularly have seen rigorous changes to law, regulations as well as enforcement surrounding corruption. With changes to Indian laws and enforcement of foreign laws having extra territorial jurisdiction like the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, 1977 and UK Bribery Act, 2010, the Indian legal landscape has quickly evolved such that compliance and investigation procedures occupy center stage for managements. As a full service law firm, we advise on the entire gamut of issues in this practice space, from advising clients on compliance obligations to framing appropriate internal anti-corruption and fraud policies to holding employee sensitization training programs. The group specializes in conducting complex multi-jurisdictional investigations alongside foreign law counsel and forensic auditors. During the course of investigations initiated internally or resulting from whistleblower complaints, we assist managements in conducting internal fact checking inquiries, employee interviews, data collation and overall strategizing. After conclusion of internal investigations, we issue remediation opinions to enable business decisions. Since consequences of enforcement by law enforcement authorities in such matters are highly penal, both in terms of fines and individual arrests, adequate management of consequences is our priority while determining strategy.