Investigations & Monitorships
When organizations face investigations of wrongdoings or inquiries from regulators, a rapid and appropriately tailored response is critical. FTI Consulting supports clients (boards of directors, executive management, in-house counsel, legal teams, ethics and compliance teams, audit teams and law firms) around the globe through every step of an investigation as well as monitorship. This includes responding to an incident, uncovering critical facts, communicating with regulators, engaging in remediation efforts and, ultimately, meeting the requirements of a settlement agreement and repairing reputational damage. We are capable of helping our clients with the delivery of complex investigations involving accounting advisory and restatements, allegations of bribery and corruption, corporate fraud and misconduct, money laundering, trade sanction violations and other regulatory issues. We ensure these challenges are navigated swiftly and effectively.
Our strategies withstand stringent scrutiny by regulators and enforcement agencies. Our multidisciplinary team of professionals (e.g., forensic accountants, e-discovery experts, data analysts) seamlessly mobilize to collect and analyze data, and design and execute an approach based on the facts at hand. In addition, we leverage market-leading technologies to provide investigative insights into crucial electronic records and communications that identify root causes of misconduct. Then we apply what is learned to strengthen ethics and compliance programs, and the controls underlying them, to avoid a recurrence.
Our multidisciplinary team of professionals includes forensic accountants, e-discovery experts, data analysts, crisis communications experts and former compliance officers. Additionally, we conduct interviews of witnesses and investigative subjects, while ensuring key stakeholders are properly informed throughout the investigation.
Accounting Advisory & Restatements
Organizations in every sector face complex accounting and reporting issues that can significantly impact the...
Organizations in every sector face complex accounting and reporting issues that can significantly impact the business. For expert support in all accounting and financial reporting areas, many of the world’s top organizations and institutions seek our advice. Our experienced China team of technical accountants assists clients with the most complex accounting, financial reporting and regulatory matters. Our goal is to react quickly, efficiently and confidently to restore and maintain the credibility of the organization’s financial reporting.
We assist our clients to resolve matters with minimum disruption to their businesses and help them avoid recurrences by recommending appropriate remediation. When potential restatements or irregularities arise, our proven methodologies enable us to efficiently gather facts, interview all parties, reconstruct corporate books, analyze issues and assess claims. We also prepare reports and presentations that stand up to regulatory and judicial scrutiny.
Anti-Bribery & Corruption Response
The growing complexity and effectiveness of globally coordinated anticorruption regulatory enforcement requires...
The growing complexity and effectiveness of globally coordinated anticorruption regulatory enforcement requires organizations to develop effective investigative protocols. Such protocols enable organizations to gauge the scope and severity of potential non-compliance when concerns arise. Organizations that deftly understand and responsibly remediate instances of misconduct have more productive outcomes, both internally and with regulators. Such remedial measures can include the creation, installation and monitoring of corporate compliance and governance programs. We help organizations avoid violations and, when non-compliance events are suspected, assist them and their counsel in conducting fact-finding investigations (including FCPA investigations) utilizing investigative protocols, tools and techniques.
Corporate Risk & Investigations
If corporate risks materialize, they can significantly impact on an organization’s operations and lead...
If corporate risks materialize, they can significantly impact on an organization’s operations and lead to costly business disruption. Corporate risks involving allegations of improper business conduct often result in the need to conduct an internal investigation. Leading companies, law firms and enforcement agencies around the globe rely on FTI Consulting as a trusted, independent partner to assist in responding to allegations, conducting investigations, managing collateral consequences to corporate reputation and mitigating the financial impact. For example, we assist corporate clients in investigating allegations of employee misconduct involving conflict of interest allegations. Our senior expert team designs and executes practical investigative strategies, utilizing advanced technologies to gather and analyze facts in order to bring a corporate investigation to a successful conclusion.
Forensic Accounting & Fraud Investigation
Global organizations face vast regulatory, economic and legal challenges.
Global organizations face vast regulatory, economic and legal challenges. Major disruptive events lead to organizational uncertainty and instability. Changing business models, restructurings and downsizings and other corporate events often result in pressures on employees that may lead to fraud or misconduct. Organizations engage us to address allegations regarding accounting improprieties, conflicts of interest, misappropriation of assets and circumvention of regulations. Our team of forensic accountants, financial experts, data analysts, statisticians and technology and security professionals sifts through complex data and applies proven investigative and forensic accounting methods to support clients or to act as an independent investigator. Our experts in China have extensive experience assisting boards of directors in conducting independent investigations into allegations of accounting fraud.