Business Crime & Investigations - The Key Principles

Introduction

The discovery of a potentially criminal problem, whether fraud, corruption, data breaches or the discovery of modern slavery issues further along the business chain, can be a serious threat to an organisation’s reputation and business. Business crime is high on the enforcement agenda across the globe and recent deferred prosecution agreements in the UK show that penalties are on the rise.

No organisation is immune from the potential for misconduct and the associated criminal and regulatory implications. If an issue is discovered, understanding how to investigate it internally and interact with relevant authorities will ensure that you put your best foot forward.

This webinar will provide a summary of the key offences and enforcement landscape and will address, based on real-world examples, the key issues that can arise in an internal investigation.

This webinar will be suitable for those who support their corporate clients, including litigators, corporate lawyers, in-house lawyers, white collar/business crime lawyers and compliance officers.

What You Will Learn

This webinar will cover the following:

• Business Crime Landscape
• Overview of criminal authorities
• Key business crime offences
• Themes from investigations and enforcement in practice
• Outlook on investigations and enforcement
• Responding to a Problem
• Overview of immediate response and overarching strategic considerations
• Running an internal investigation
• The fact-finding exercise
• Conducting interviews
• Protecting legal professional privilege
• Interacting with the authorities
• Self-reporting and other disclosure obligations
• PR considerations: commercial versus legal
• Cooperation
• Investigative authorities’ powers and responding to compulsory requests
• External interviews

This pre-recorded webinar will be available to view from Tuesday 7th January 2025

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