Investigations by enforcement agencies can damage reputations and bring companies to a standstill.

Handling complex and potentially explosive inquiries requires skill in sensitively resolving the issue before it escalates. Where it does escalate, you need a seasoned defense team to strategically represent your position and protect your reputation.

Rely on our White Collar and Government Investigations team to bring this skill to your boardroom. We will seek to resolve the issue without charges being filed, litigated or publicized, or bring together a formidable defense team if the investigation has gone public.

You will be supported by a team experienced in advising, investigating and litigating all forms of government inquiry from federal and state investigations through to civil litigation, criminal trials and enforcement actions. Our experienced team has advised extensively with regards to bribery and corruption, white-collar crime, whistleblower complaints, money laundering, data privacy, fraud, asset recovery and regulatory investigations.

In sensitively taking action, we conduct internal investigations and prepare investigative reports, put in place compliance programs, anticipate and proactively respond to the demands of the enforcement agency and strategically build your defense.

Where overseas enforcement agencies are involved, we are ready to act swiftly through our experienced and efficient team members located in our global offices.

We are experienced in coordinating global responses to agencies and dealing with the logistical challenges of identifying and collating documents stored across multiple regions and in cloud-based repositories.

For comprehensive guidance and swift decisive action in potentially explosive situations, you can be confident in the advice of our team.

Recognition

Dentons lawyers recognised in Legal 500 Asia-Pacific Guide 2025

January 16, 2025

Dentons has been recognised again in the annual Legal 500 Asia Pacific Guide.

Insights

Regional Perspectives on Managing Financial Crime Compliance Risks in a COVID-19 World

April 22, 2020

United States: In addition to the global challenges that the current COVID-19 pandemic presents, companies are also facing a number of new challenges in relation to the management of compliance risks within their organizations.

When can fraud on a mortgage be brought home to the bank?

August 2, 2017

In Spiliotopoulos v National Australia Bank Limited and Ors [2017] NSWSC 971, the bank successfully dismissed proceedings brought against it by a borrower. The borrower claimed that a witness had fraudulently attested to his signature on a mortgage in favour of the bank and that the bank had then registered that mortgage despite being on notice of the fraud.

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Dentons lawyers recognised in Legal 500 Asia-Pacific Guide 2025

January 16, 2025

Dentons has been recognised again in the annual Legal 500 Asia Pacific Guide.