Anti-bribery & corruption

Clifford Chance has unmatched capabilities and experience in providing cross-border anti-corruption advice to multinational corporations and financial institutions.

The emergence of international initiatives against corruption (as well as new legislation in many countries) poses a significant threat to businesses and to individuals within the business community.

In the UK and many other jurisdictions, businesses are now required to implement and enforce anti-corruption policies. Furthermore, a business that discovers that its agents or employees may have been implicated in corrupt activities will face a number of difficult challenges. These will include questions as to how best to investigate and stop those activities. It will also need to consider the steps that it must take to minimise the risks of criminal liability and regulatory sanctions, as well as the actions that are needed to reduce the risks of civil claims from contractual counter-parties.

Our team, which includes former government regulators and prosecutors, has extensive experience of advising on all of these actions, as well as issues that may arise under related areas of the law, such as money laundering legislation.

We can help our clients identify and address risks before they escalate. Specifically, we can assist in the design, implementation and testing of compliance policies and controls; perform due diligence reviews and conduct internal investigations. In cases where problems do arise, we can represent clients in regulatory and criminal investigations, jury trials and other proceedings.