Litigation and Dispute Support

Investigations carried out every year

Major public hearings supported by our teams

Data recoveries from all types of systems hardware over 20 years

Experts who have experience working on litigation support and investigations

Services

Internal & External Investigations

Identifying and safeguarding available data to protect the integrity of investigations, with a focus on admissibility and chain of control
Forensic research to develop physical, financial, digital, or cyber evidence or intelligence
Designing and deploying interview plans to support internal investigations
Identifying and assessing conflict of interest situations
Identifying and assessing potential assets and liabilities and helping to develop mitigation strategies
Identifying reputational risks for companies or executives in the event of alleged fraud or litigation
Assessing financial losses stemming from any criminal acts
Identifying, vetting, and negotiating with retained technical experts
Coordinating crisis teams responsible for steering investigations, managing any media response, responding to regulatory or governmental authorities, interacting with staff or clients, or handling legal responses
Witness identification and vetting
Preventive measures and awareness initiatives aimed at deterring wrongful acts
Developing information to impeach opponents’ credibility

Recovery of Computer Data

Identifying data available on all accessible media
Preserving useful data
Data recovery, regardless of volume and encryption protocols involved
Data recovery from memory components and hard drives that have been physically damaged (mechanical or malicious incidents)
Forensic analysis
Selecting and mobilizing court-certified IT experts

Asset Tracing and Recovery

Identifying debtors’ financial assets (via access to proprietary financial databases and court archives, access to documentation and registers in the public domain, media and digital research, field investigations, and discreet inquiries with relevant human sources)
Assessing third party solvency and strength of financial guarantees prior to, during, and after proceedings
Search for missing persons (suspicious disappearances, break in familial or professional contacts, forced displacements, flight, etc.)
Search for heirs and beneficiaries

Competition Law Analysis & Strategy

Implementing compliance and accountability programs for companies in the area of unfair competition
Internal and external investigations and search for evidence to assess and demonstrate economic actors’ compliance with competition rules
Searching for and mobilizing of academic experts capable of structuring relevant economic arguments in support of clients
Support of clients in navigating relations with authorities involved in unfair competition investigations (DG COMP, WTO, OECD, DGCCRF, French Competition Authority, CMA, FTC, BKartA…)
Help with assessing damage caused by unfair competition
Promoting competition analyses via communications and institutional engagement plans
Developing communications plans (media, institutional relations) promoting useful competition analyses

Expert Testimony

Technical validation of the admissibility of expert testimony or evidence
Research into conflicts of interest related to an expert involved in a dispute
Support in identifying, evaluating, selecting, and replacing experts or witnesses
Contractual negotiations with experts
Preparation of experts and witness familiarization

Litigation Communications

Preparation and management of public statements for executives and their lawyers
Raising public awareness about the issues in a dispute in the lead up to a public hearing
Identification, contacting and briefing of journalists covering a dispute
Development and deployment of a strategic litigation communications plans to support the client’s legal strategy
Managing legal press relations before, during and after trials