• Implementing a procedure within the organization to ensure the legality of the investigation process, defining the fundamental principles on which the internal investigation will be conducted..

• Initial determinations regarding key facts and conducting urgent investigative actions, including their proper documentation.

• establishing an investigation team in cooperation with the organization's authorities.

• developing an investigation plan and a schedule of specific actions, including the timeline for collecting necessary evidence.

• conducting the evidentiary proceedings, including interviewing witnesses, securing other evidence (documents, IT records, surveillance footage), consulting specialists if required, and properly documenting these actions.

• preparing a report on the conducted internal investigation, including its findings, conclusions, and recommendations for further actions.

• initiating appropriate proceedings to pursue rights related to the misconduct identified in the internal investigation and to take action against those responsible.

• ensuring business continuity during a crisis caused by misconduct.
• minimizing damages caused by misconduct, including reputational harm to the organization and its management
• demonstrating due diligence by management in responding to misconduct, which may result in limiting or eliminating their liability
• identifying the mechanisms leading to misconduct and eliminating them to prevent future incidents
• identifying the perpetrators of misconduct and, if necessary, taking appropriate legal action against them
• preventing future misconduct by demonstrating that such actions are not tolerated within the organization and will be met with a firm response
• rapid collection and protection of evidence to prevent its destruction or loss, as well as gathering materials necessary to initiate appropriate criminal, civil, or disciplinary proceedings against the perpetrators

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What is an internal investigation?

An internal investigation will help determine whether your organization has experienced:

What do we focus on in our actions?

How and when do we proceed ?

What are the benefits for your organization?

• enables the efficient initiation of appropriate criminal, civil, or disciplinary proceedings to pursue the organization’s claims.

• aims to determine whether misconduct has occurred within the organization (e.g., an offense, fraud, or other violations).

• facilitates the rapid collection of evidence of misconduct and ensures its protection from destruction or loss.

• helps identify the perpetrators of the misconduct and the mechanisms behind it.

• generally does not require the involvement of public law enforcement authorities, allowing for a fast and efficient process.

   

• Violations of employee rights (e.g., mobbing, harassment)
• engaging in commercial activities and making decisions to the detriment of the organization, including actions causing harm (e.g., signing disadvantageous contracts with contractors)
• Illegal withdrawals from the company's assets.
• Managerial corruption.
• theft of resources (e.g., inventory losses, cash theft, misappropriation of company property).
• Breach of trade secrets and theft of other confidential data.
• Violation of non-compete obligations and engagement in activities involving a conflict of interest
• money laundering.
• violation of legal (regulatory) obligations resulting in the organization's liability.

A significant part of our practice involves conducting internal investigations within organizations. We specialize primarily in investigations related to: actions harming the organization (asset theft, financial misconduct, signing disadvantageous contracts, competitive activities, and theft of sensitive data, etc.), violations of employee rights (mobbing, unequal treatment, harassment), environmental violations, sanctions violations, regulatory non-compliance.

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