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Cases · Risk, disputes & investigations · White-collar investigations & financial crime

Investigate suspected misconduct

We suspect misconduct in our office abroad. How do we investigate?

WONE Global sets up a lawful investigation with local lawyers and forensic professionals and protects privilege.

Countries in the typical case Spain · Mexico · Colombia

The situation

What is happening

What is at stake

A badly handled investigation can destroy evidence, breach local law and increase liability.

A scenario

Consumer goods groupCorporation · from Spain · in Mexico, Colombia

A whistleblower reports kickbacks in its Latin American subsidiary.

Where it ends A lawful investigation and clear findings.

A representative scenario of the work WONE Global coordinates, not a specific client’s matter.

Also asked as “Internal investigation abroad”“Whistleblower allegation in a subsidiary”“We need an internal investigation of a whistleblower report”

The solution

How WONE Global handles it

WONE Global sets up a lawful investigation with local lawyers and forensic professionals and protects privilege.

Usually led by Anti-bribery, sanctions and compliance, with Contracts and commercial law, Disputes and arbitration and Audit.

Step by step, in the scenario

  1. Day 1WONE Global engages local counsel.
  2. Week 1Evidence preserved lawfully.
  3. Weeks 2-6Investigation.
  4. ThenFindings and remediation.

Timings are typical. They depend on the countries, the authorities involved and how quickly documents are available.

Decisions

The decisions involved

  1. 01Privilege, scope and who investigates
  2. 02Employee, data and whistleblower rules
  3. 03Reporting to regulators or authorities

Outcomes

What you receive

  • A privileged investigation plan
  • Findings and evidence preserved
  • Remediation and reporting decisions

This is a general guide. Your WONE Global professional confirms the work, timing and fees for your markets before anything starts.

Who handles it

Anti-bribery, sanctions and compliance, market by market

The status of the lead service in the markets that matter for this case. A named WONE Global Partner acts under their own licence; where none is in place yet, WONE Global confirms availability before anything else.

  1. Colombiain the typical case On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  2. Mexicoin the typical case On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  3. Spainin the typical case On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  4. Cameroon WONE Global Partner Kelvin A. Egbe · Managing Partner Brief this Partner →
  5. China WONE Global Partner Roberto Gilardino · Regional Partner North Asia & additional countries Brief this Partner →
  6. Luxembourg WONE Global Partner Bruno Abbate · Owner - Managing Director Brief this Partner →
  7. India On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  8. Saudi Arabia On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  9. Singapore On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  10. United Arab Emirates On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  11. United Kingdom On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
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Kelvin A. EgbeYaoundé · Cameroon

WONE Global Capability Partner · Cameroon

Kelvin A. Egbe

Managing Partner · Midas Law Group · Yaoundé

Attorney specialized in structuring, licensing, control, project permitting, patents, trademarks & Designs registration, venture financing, trade finance, regulatory intelligence & compliance, Financial markets, natural…

Roberto GilardinoShanghai · China

WONE Global Capability Partner · China

Roberto Gilardino

Regional Partner North Asia & additional countries · Horizons (Shanghai) Corporate Advisory Company · Shanghai

Roberto Gilardino is Regional Partner at Horizons, supervising the advisory’s activities in North Asia as well as additional countries (including Mongolia, Malaysia, Indonesia, Pakistan, UAE, Cyprus and Malta).

Dr. Esteban Lucio MaccariBuenos Aires · Argentina

WONE Global Capability Partner · Argentina

Dr. Esteban Lucio Maccari

Managing Director · Maccari Adam & Asociados · Buenos Aires

He is a lawyer with a degree from the University of Buenos Aires and a degree in Spanish Law. He completed postgraduate studies in Strategic Business Management at the Polytechnic University of Madrid and the Glocoll at…

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