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Empowering a Global Financial Institution to Restore Funds — and Trust — for Millions of Customers
When millions of customers’ funds were frozen during the COVID-19 pandemic, federal regulators ordered a global financial institution to investigate and remediate a surge of customer claims. FTI Consulting was engaged to independently design and administer an individualized review process to ensure compliance and identify harmed consumers for redress.
Addressing Compliance Gaps at an African Telecom Facing National Scrutiny
A state-owned telecom provider in Africa faced allegations of corruption in its procurement practices that exploded into national press headlines. The company’s board of directors engaged FTI Consulting to conduct an independent review of its procurement practices to evaluate whether vendor selection and procurement procedures aligned with internal policies and international standards.
Enabling Day 1 Operations for a Global Fintech Carve-Out
Within two and a half months, the company needed to establish standalone global operations, implement a new enterprise resource planning system, launch a new brand and stand up payroll and benefits functions worldwide, all while maintaining business continuity and minimizing disruption for employees and customers. FTI Consulting was engaged to provide strategic leadership and hands-on execution, embedding experienced operators across critical functions to build the standalone capabilities, systems and infrastructure needed for Day 1 operations.
Record-Breaking CAD3.56B Award Caps Decades of Litigation for Dow Chemical
In 1997, Union Carbide and NOVA Chemicals entered a joint venture to build a facility in Joffre, Alberta, Canada, with an 80-year contract to produce ethylene, a key ingredient for producing plastics. Dow Chemical, a competitor of NOVA, acquired Union Carbide’s ownership of the joint venture in 2001, expecting NOVA to honor the existing contract. However, in 2006, Dow sued, alleging that NOVA was diverting some of Dow’s ethylene for itself and was not running the plant at full capacity as they were required to do.FTI Consulting was engaged by Dow in 2011, and the case went to trial in 2015. In June 2018, the Court awarded CAD1.43 billion in damages covering the period from 2001 through 2012 and ordered an additional calculation for damages through June 2018. NOVA paid Dow in 2019.In September 2020, however, the Alberta Court of Appeal directed that Dow’s damages be recalculated, resulting in several years of court proceedings to determine the full amount of the damages award to Dow.
Identifying $42 Million in Cost-Saving Opportunities Amid Operating Model Redesign
A Latin America-based enterprise telecom provider wanted to redesign its organization and operating model. Turning to FTI Consulting for support, it was able to identify a number of meaningful cost-saving initiatives.
Exposing the Corruption that Helped Nigeria Defeat a $11 Billion Arbitral Claim
Nigeria’s economy risked ruin. At stake was an $11 billion arbitral award against the country that threatened to swallow nearly a third of its entire annual federal budget. But the gas agreement to build a processing facility at the centre of the claim was shrouded in suspicion of corruption. Nigeria’s lawyers — London dispute resolution heavyweights Mishcon de Reya — challenged the award in the courts. They turned to FTI Consulting, instructing our independent forensic accounting experts to assist with the detailed financial analysis and collection of documents. The multi-year investigation uncovered vital evidence that helped Nigeria overturn the arbitral award. Working together, lawyers at Mishcon de Reya and experts at FTI Consulting provided the evidence that helped expose dishonesty, concealed bribes and corruption, enabling justice to be done.
Managing Celsa’s Historic Restructuring
After 2009, the company’s cash generation profile changed dramatically, pushing Celsa into multiple restructuring agreements — first in 2013, and again in 2018. After 2018, most debt had been traded to special situations funds and other private credit investors. In September 2022, a change in restructuring law in Spain allowed Celsa’s creditors to present a restructuring plan unilaterally — the first of its kind in Spain — converting debt into equity and fully diluting the local family office. Celsa’s creditors engaged FTI Consulting to lead the company’s transition during the in-court restructuring plan’s implementation.
Helping a Spanish Manufacturer Respond to a National Government Investigation
FTI Consulting was appointed to carry out a due diligence exercise to help the client understand the facts of the matter and respond to the authorities. During this process, the company and its majority shareholding investment fund identified a series of potential irregularities across the business that could disrupt operations and impact compliance.
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Supporting the International Campaign for a Special Tribunal for Ukraine
With the UN and the International Criminal Court unable to provide accountability for the February 2022 invasion of Ukraine, a campaign for an alternative mechanism was needed. Our experts helped drive change by providing strategic counsel to a new independent human rights non-government organisation, Justice and Accountability for Ukraine (“JAFUA”), which was established to advocate for a special international tribunal for the crime of aggression against Ukraine and its people.
Helping Financial Institutions Combat Child Exploitation through Compliance Programs
With online sexual exploitation of children rising, early detection and prevention of suspicious activities is essential. Monitoring and tracking suspicious financial behaviour might provide insight into sources of child exploitation, so banks and financial institutions (“FIs”) have an opportunity to form compliance programs, which address this directly. In late 2020, FTI Consulting’s investigations and financial crime compliance experts were engaged by a top-tier law firm on behalf of ICMEC to develop a toolkit on how banks and FIs might structure their compliance programs to detect and prevent suspicious activities.
Bringing Free Computer Science Education to the World
Code.org — an education innovation nonprofit dedicated to providing all students with the opportunity to learn computer science as a driver of equality and development for underprivileged minorities and underserved areas for free as part of their core K-12 education — had become well-recognised in schools across North America, but its brand did not have the resources or organisational support globally to have the same impact in other parts of the world.Seeing an opportunity to scale its influence globally, Code.org began a pro bono partnership with FTI Consulting’s Dubai-based professionals to help bring its curriculum to countries across Europe, the Middle East and Africa.FTI Consulting and Code.org identified 11 countries that would benefit from Code.org’s curriculum, including Spain, Italy, Morocco, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Egypt, Kenya, Pakistan, Kazakhstan and Tajikistan.Experts developed and proposed five-year plans for countrywide integration of Code.org’s resources and worked alongside each country to measure agreed-upon key performance indicators.The team raised awareness by leveraging influential figures, public campaigns and key events, and worked to create public and private partnerships to help fund scholarships for training teachers on Code.org’s resources.
Amplifying the Importance of Parental Leave Equity with Parents At Work
In collaboration with UNICEF Australia, Parents At Work, an organisation providing employee benefits through work and family education and policy advisory services, launched a report called Bridging the Work and Family Divide: Understanding the Benefits of Family Friendly Workplaces. The report explores the outcomes for organisations, employees and their families when family-friendly workplace policies and practices are both promoted and implemented. Parents At Work partnered with FTI Consulting’s strategic communications experts to help amplify the launch of the report and Parents At Work’s newly launched Family Friendly Workplaces Program (“FFW”), a recognition framework that benchmarks and certifies employers as a “Family Inclusive Workplace.”
Maintaining Public Confidence in the National Health Service (“NHS”) During COVID-19
As infection rates rose through the first COVID-19 wave in 2020 and the more pronounced winter crisis at the start of 2021, NHS England needed additional strategic communications support to handle unprecedented volumes of media requests and enable access to hospital sites during the peak of the pandemic. NHS England turned to FTI Consulting to help convey the importance of adhering to public health guidelines and uphold public confidence in the institution.
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