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Investigations & White Collar Crime

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Investigations and White Collar Crime in 2024

Our Investigations & White Collar Crime team reviews three significant legal developments from 2023, which included the first ever conviction…

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Investigations & White Collar Crime Expertise

Our Investigations & White Collar Crime team has extensive global expertise helping clients deal with public and private investigations and inquiries of any kind. Our approach is clear, practical, and tailored to our clients’ interests and needs.

Our team of specialist lawyers have a wide range of cross-industry expertise, advising domestic and international clients on navigating regulatory scrutiny, risk mitigation strategies and compliance.

We advise clients across the public and private sector, from global multinational corporates, to the world’s largest financial institutions.

Investigations and Inquiries

Conducting internal and external corporate and regulatory investigations into bribery, corruption, fraud and other allegations of criminal activity
Expanding intensive work for flagship IT clients in regulatory investigative matters, including Meta, Twitter, LinkedIn, TikTok, Airbnb etc.
Representing clients before statutory and non-statutory investigations and inquiries, including Administrative Sanctions Procedures, Tribunals of Inquiry and Commissions of Investigation
Advising on the powers, duties and jurisdiction of investigators/ inquiries and the rights and duties of witnesses

Enforcement Activity

Representing clients in domestic and international enforcement actions, negotiating and collaborating with advisors and regulators to optimise client results
Designing corporate defence strategies including proactive and pre-emptive measures
Managing internal and external stakeholders when faced with regulatory scrutiny

Regulatory Advice and Compliance

Sharing market knowledge and standards to promote industry best practice and advising on regulatory changes
Strategizing internal reforms and policy amendments to ensure and optimise regulatory compliance
Advising on compliance programmes and audits
Pre-empting reputational and franchise risk domestically and internationally following regulatory action

Acting for Meta in on-going regulatory proceedings commenced by the Irish Data Protection Commissioner before the Irish courts and the Court of Justice of the European Union
Acting for the International Transport Workers’ Federation in proceedings against the Irish State challenging on-going abuses and alleged trafficking of non-EEA workers

Acting on behalf of the Central Bank of Ireland in a novel High Court application to confirm adverse findings and sanctions imposed for insider dealing, it being the first application of its type under Market Abuse legislation.
Defending BNP Paribas Irish and Polish divisions relating to proceedings arising from cyber impersonation frauds perpetrated on customers by unknown actors.
Representing several clients on investments made by them on foot of fraudulent representations and the misappropriation of funds culminating in their recovering such investments in their entirety.
Acting in a number of internal investigations relating to serious allegations of corruption and criminal practice made by former employees.
Proceeding on foot of a Norwich Pharmacal Order and information gained following an intensive investigation by specialist investigators to identify an individual involved in malicious communications with key customers.
We have acted before several Commissions of Investigation & Inquiries, successfully securing favourable outcomes for a broad range of clients from individuals to state organisations.

We have represented clients before regulators including:

The Central Bank of Ireland
The Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement
The National Economic Crime Bureau
The UK’s Serious Fraud Office Financial Conduct Authority
The US Department of Justice
The Securities and Exchange Commission

Your Dedicated Team

Liam Guidera

Partner

+353 87 240 4732 lguidera@mhc.ie

Lisa Joyce

Partner

+353 87 641 3249 ljoyce@mhc.ie

Catherine Allen

Partner
+353 86 382 1009 callen@mhc.ie
Rowena Fitzgerald

Partner
+353 86 805 2840 rfitzgerald@mhc.ie
Edward Gleeson

Consultant
+353 86 689 9949 egleeson@mhc.ie
Peter Johnston

Partner
+353 86 887 6827 pjohnston@mhc.ie
Niall Michel

Partner
+353 86 827 9301 nmichel@mhc.ie
Colin Monaghan

Partner
+353 87 798 3777 cmonaghan@mhc.ie

Investigations & White Collar Crime

Investigations and White Collar Crime in 2024

Investigations & White Collar Crime Expertise

Your Dedicated Team

Liam Guidera

Lisa Joyce

Catherine Allen

Rowena Fitzgerald

Edward Gleeson

Peter Johnston

Niall Michel

Colin Monaghan

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