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International Corporate Crime, Compliance & Forensics law firm

In an enforcement environment that is constantly evolving, our specialist teams around the world assist clients with all aspects of corporate crime, compliance and forensics. This includes:

  • developing controls to prevent wrongdoing occurring in your business
  • understanding and navigating the legal issues and risks when allegations or concerns arise
  • conducting legally defensible and (where available) legally privileged investigations, while recognising the wider risks and obligations created by the issue at hand.

Our global team of over 400 expert lawyers regularly advises corporates and individuals on financial crime and all other areas of criminal and regulatory risk (be it competition, cyber, environmental, health and safety or otherwise) across multiple jurisdictions.

Their years of experience means they can assist clients to develop effective responses to regulators, prosecutors, customers, employees and other key stakeholders during a crisis.

Whether you want a strategy to avoid regulatory investigations, or a way to minimise the impact of unforeseen corporate crime or regulatory failure, we will provide you with clear and pragmatic advice tailored to your needs.

Corporate Crime

We work to safeguard our clients’ businesses to resolve issues quickly and effectively with minimal reputational harm.  We help our clients to demonstrate a robust and defensible position to regulators and prosecutors.

Compliance

We help clients to develop a robust governance framework and to implement appropriate and risk-based improvements to compliance systems and controls, consistent with market best practice and regulatory expectations. We regularly advise on global and local controls, often providing advice across multiple jurisdictions and legal regimes to help give clients comfort that their controls meet local requirements.  This work includes risk assessments, due diligence, data collection procedures, crisis management and investigation plans, appropriate governance controls (policies and procedures) and aligning your finance and risk functions.

Forensics

We are your single point of contact, to detect, investigate and resolve wrongdoing. We have market-leading forensic tools to gather, host and review data sources to uncover the facts under investigation efficiently and thoroughly.  Our teams also help clients to navigate the pitfalls of legal privilege/ professional secret, data protection, data transfer and employment, as well as positive reporting obligations, all of which can expose businesses to greater risk if not handled correctly from the outset.

10/06/2020
CMS Expert Guide to COVID-19 corporate crime & regulatory issues
The COVID-19 lockdown will not last forever. Operating both during and beyond the lockdown could throw up novel and unexpected corporate crime and liability risks for businesses. Resuming or increasing business operations as restrictions ease will en
26/06/2018
CMS Guide to Anti-Bribery and Corruption Laws 2018
We are delighted to present the fifth edition of the CMS Guide to Anti-Bribery and Corruption Laws. This edition of the Guide covers more countries than ever before, assessing the laws in 42 countries...
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16/04/2024
Cross-border Financial Services 2024 webinar series
We're delighted to announce the launch of our third season of international webinars focusing on financial regulation, starting on 13 March 2024. Whether you are an in-house lawyer, compliance officer, financial analyst, risk manager, or any other professional concerned with maintaining the integrity of your organisation's financial practices, this series offers succinct 20-30 minute overviews of key industry trends and regulatory concerns across mul­tiple jur­is­dic­tions. If you have any additional topics that you would like us to add or address at one of the webinars, please contact us. Upcoming Webinars: 13 March: Spotting and avoiding red flags  What are the warning signals from firms that regulators act on?  How can you spot and address them before the regulator pounces?16 April: Handling a regulatory in­vest­ig­a­tion  How a firm can understand the regulator’s concerns and manage the investigation process.8 May: Financial crime  Sanc­tions, money laundering, market abuse and fraud - what are the key issues in your jurisdiction and what are the regulators focusing on.5 June: Preparing for a regulatory visit  How the banking regulator assesses a firm’s systems and controls: what to prepare and what to look out for.3 July: Handling a challenging ap­plic­a­tion  Your application for a licence, product approval or change in control is meeting with regulatory resistance.  How can you surmount these challenges?31 July: Dawn Raids  Un­an­nounced regulator visits are on the increase.  We look at what triggers a dawn raid, your rights if one happens, and how best to manage the consequences.4 September: Navigating the global ESG land­scape Is the regulatory reporting jigsaw puzzle causing more harm than good? We will provide an overview of the main cross-border issues impacting global financial institutions as they seek to manage ever expanding ESG regulations and discuss whether these rules are helping or hindering the action we need for change. The language of the webinar will be English.
25/01/2024
CMS Expert Guide to Anti-Bribery and Corruption Laws
We are delighted to present the 7th edition of the CMS Guide to Anti-Bribery and Corruption Laws. Guide is now available in both offline PDF format and online on our website. The purpose of the Guide...
22/10/2023
ACC Annual Meeting 2023
Meet our experts at booth #712
16/04/2023
ACC Europe Annual Conference 2023
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22/05/2022
ACC Europe Annual Conference 2022
Doing business in diverse markets, each with its unique legal environment and ways of practicing law, requires specialist knowledge. Our more than 5,000 lawyers in 44 countries worldwide provide busi­ness-fo­cused...
21/09/2021
Mind the gap - Making equal pay a reality
This year, 18 September is UN Equal Pay Day. This is the day on which women effectively stop earning because of the 23% global disparity in pay between men and women. To mark this event, we warmly invite...
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Belt and Road videocasts
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10/06/2020
CMS Expert Guide to COVID-19 corporate crime & regulatory issues
The COVID-19 lockdown will not last forever. Operating both during and beyond the lockdown could throw up novel and unexpected corporate crime and liability risks for businesses. Resuming or increasing...
08/06/2020
Criminal and administrative liability risks for businesses arising from...
Resuming business as lockdowns are eased around the world could throw up novel and unexpected corporate crime and liability risks for businesses and their senior management. A resumption plan addressing...
03/06/2020
The Verdict: Spring/Summer 2020 Edition
Welcome to the Spring/Summer 2020 edition of the Verdict, an at-a-glance round-up of recent legal developments in relation to corporate crime. In this issue, the spotlight is on the overhaul of criminal...
28/10/2019
ACC 2019 Annual Meeting
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CMS advised Col­gate-Pal­molive on acquisition of Laboratoires Filorga Cosmétiques
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