An effective compliance program is not only critical to your success—it is absolutely necessary in today's business climate. Dentons can help you devise the right program for your organization. Turn to our Corporate Governance and Compliance teams to help you identify, remediate, monitor, leverage and manage enterprise risks.

Through our innovative, client-focused approach, we identify creative and effective solutions to complex business issues. With an in-depth understanding of compliance, auditing, monitoring, investigation and litigation proceedings, we help you deliver value to stakeholders while achieving sustainable and responsible growth.

Our talented and experienced team will design, implement, and improve a compliance program that fits your needs and addresses your day-to-day regulatory risks. By coordinating people, processes, and technology, we can help you make your compliance more effective and your operations more efficient.

Key compliance services include:

• Designing and assessing compliance programs
• Researching and identifying applicable rules
• Developing and reviewing corporate standards
• Developing and delivering training
• Assessing and monitoring risk
• Devising dawn raid protocols and conducting mock raids

Key investigation services include:

• Analyzing forensic data
• Assessing fraud risk
• Supporting internal investigations
• Managing document review
• Interacting with regulatory agencies and other government authorities

Compliance areas include:

• Anti-corruption
• Anti-money-laundering
• Export controls
• Mergers and acquisitions
• Environmental law
• Labor and employment
• Cybersecurity
• Data privacy
• Antitrust and competition
• Intellectual property
• Customs

Insights

Panama: Importation and commercialization of smoking-related products banned

July 15, 2022

With the entry into force of Law No. 315, prohibitions and obligations on this subject are established.

Yearly Obligations and Duties Before the Tax and Municipal Authorities in Costa Rica

January 13, 2022

Costa Rica: All entities registered in Costa Rica either as active or inactive must comply with yearly obligations and duties before the tax and municipal authorities. These obligations impose filings that must be conducted in certain times during the year.

Costa Rica: New regulation rules the adoption of anti-corruption and anti-bribery programs

September 10, 2020

Costa Rica: On August 27, 2020, the regulation to the Law for Criminal Liability of Legal Entities on Domestic Bribery, Transnational Bribery, and other Crimes, Law No. 9699, was published by executive decree No. 42399-MEIC-MJP, one year after the entry into force of this law.

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News and Events

Recent Press Releases

Dentons launches new office in El Salvador as part of its continued Latin America expansion

February 12, 2018

Dentons, the world's largest law firm, has opened a new office in San Salvador, the capital of El Salvador, in Central America. Dentons is the first global law firm to open an office in El Salvador.