Compliance

All companies face risks associated, among others, with money laundering, corruption and transnational bribery, which can have devastating consequences and damages.

Our Compliance team advises local and international clients on a broad spectrum of Compliance-related matters, both locally and globally, where we have more than 400 lawyers with vast experience in Corporate Crime, Compliance and Forensic lawyers.

We advise clients in the development, implementation and improvement of governance frameworks and compliance programs, systems and controls.

We also advise clients on internal investigations, often with cross-border and multijurisdictional components, where it is key to integrate and put to work our global reach, our comprehensive practice and sector groups, and CMS Evidence forensic tools.

We have leading technology in-house, backed by one of the largest dedicated teams of any major law firm. For clients, this means they can save time, money and effort during what can be the most pressing and crucial stage of a contentious matter.

Our team, in close coordination with our Corporate Crime and Forensic lawyers, as well as CMS labour and data protection experts, assist clients with due diligence to assess whether companies’ compliance programs are appropriate to prevent and control identified risks and comply with applicable law. In the
context of M&A and real estate transactions, we verify if target companies have adequate compliance systems or if there are specific risks regarding the assets to be acquired, associated with successor liability or “domain extinction”.