Clients

Who we serve

The people who hire us are usually the ones accountable for the outcome. Each arrives with a different question.

Client

Legal counsel

What actually happened, and can we prove it before the other side does?

You need the facts established quickly, in a form that strengthens legal strategy without creating unnecessary discoverability or noise.

General counsel, in-house legal teams and outside counsel How we help
Independent investigations

Fact-finding run alongside counsel and built around your legal strategy.

Asset tracing & recovery

Locating and following funds across borders, including blockchain tracing.

Expert reports & testimony

On fraud, money laundering and financial crime.

Media strategy alongside the case

Managing the court of public opinion while the legal process runs.

A typical first step

A scoping call on the facts, the timetable and how you want findings delivered.

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Compliance leaders

Will this program survive the next exam, and keep working after the consultants leave?

You own a program that has to satisfy examiners and independent testers while the business keeps changing around it.

Chief compliance officers, BSA/AML officers and MLROs How we help
Independent compliance reviews

Annual BSA/AML and sanctions program testing, benchmarked against the FFIEC manual.

Program design & remediation

Policies, controls and look-backs that close examiner findings.

Transaction-monitoring tuning

Fewer false positives, cleared backlogs and better detection.

Interim leadership & training

Senior cover while you hire, and training tailored to your teams.

A typical first step

A gap assessment against your regulator’s expectations, or a focused review of one problem such as an alert backlog.

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Security leaders

Are we already compromised, and who is talking about us where we can’t see?

The threat is cyber-enabled, the signal sits off-platform, and you need context your own tooling was never built to give you.

CISOs, CIOs and heads of security How we help
Breach response & forensics

Evidence preservation, containment advice and attribution.

Dark-web & social monitoring

A continuous watch for your domains, data and executives.

Impersonation & deepfake readiness

Governance review and response playbooks for executive impersonation.

Phishing tests & training

Find which staff are most at risk, and train them.

A typical first step

A compromise assessment, or a dark-web sweep for your organization, domains and executives.

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Boards & executives

What do we know, what don’t we know, and what is the defensible decision?

You need an independent team to determine what happened, protect stakeholders and set out a defensible decision path.

CEOs, boards, audit committees and special committees How we help
Independent investigations

Fact-finding that reports to the board or a special committee.

Crisis & reputation strategy

Counsel on what to say, when, and to whom.

Due diligence & vetting

Directors, senior hires, partners and transactions.

Remediation oversight

Independent evidence that the fixes are working.

A typical first step

A briefing with the chair to agree scope, independence and reporting line.

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Private clients & family offices

Who is targeting my family or my name, and how do we stop it quietly?

The exposure is personal, whether an online attack, a threat to your family or an accusation you need to answer, and you want a principal handling it rather than a team you never meet.

Individuals, families, family offices and their advisers How we help
Threat & exposure assessments

Who may be targeting you, and how exposed you are.

Online monitoring

A watch for threats and damaging material as it appears.

Reputation remediation

Addressing what is already out there.

Discreet investigations

Establishing the facts, and knowing who you are dealing with.

A typical first step

A confidential conversation with a principal, followed by a threat or exposure assessment.

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Regulators, courts & agencies

Can we rely on an independent, well-documented view of what is being fixed?

You need methodical assessment, remediation oversight and reporting that is credible, transparent and appropriately documented.

Regulators, government agencies, courts and special masters How we help
Monitorships

Serving as independent monitor on behalf of regulators and agencies.

Independent consultant appointments

Where a monitor is not required.

Control testing & remediation oversight

Stress testing, issue identification and progress tracking.

Support for courts & special masters

Forensic investigation, reporting and due diligence.

A typical first step

A discussion of the mandate, the reporting cadence and the team the appointment requires.

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Referring a client or colleague?

Most of our work arrives by referral from counsel, auditors, insurers and former regulators. We are glad to speak with you first.

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