Beginning an Internal Investigation: The UK Perspective

Beginning an Internal Investigation: The UK Perspective

Publication

Chapter 5 of The Practitioner’s Guide to Global Investigations (Second Edition) by Christopher David and Lloyd Firth.

Excerpt: The potential trigger points for a company’s decision whether to undertake an internal investigation are wide ranging. They can include internal allegations of wrongdoing, adverse press reports, whistleblowing reports, an auditor’s discovery of apparent accounting irregularities, complaints made by a supplier or customer, a third-party litigation action being launched, or the commencement of an investigation into the company’s affairs by a government authority. Read the chapter.

Authors

Notice

Unless you are an existing client, before communicating with WilmerHale by e-mail (or otherwise), please read the Disclaimer referenced by this link.(The Disclaimer is also accessible from the opening of this website). As noted therein, until you have received from us a written statement that we represent you in a particular manner (an "engagement letter") you should not send to us any confidential information about any such matter. After we have undertaken representation of you concerning a matter, you will be our client, and we may thereafter exchange confidential information freely.

Thank you for your interest in WilmerHale.