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Overview
Record-setting fines and penalties, public backlash, and the risk of criminal and civil liability make the stakes surrounding allegations of white collar and securities crimes higher than ever. When these allegations are made, and organizations find themselves in the crosshairs of a government regulator, a swift and comprehensive response is required to navigate the significant legal, commercial, and reputational hurdles that lie ahead.
Pallas Consultants routinely represent companies, boards of directors, special committees and individuals in wide-ranging types of investigations. In so doing, we seamlessly partner with outside and in-house counsel to conduct and develop a customized approach to each matter and bring deep knowledge in all facets of internal investigation practices, criminal and regulatory enforcement, securities laws, and fiduciary duty and corporate governance obligations.
We lead some of the most complex and high-profile internal investigations for clients from diverse industries, including technology, retail, consumer products, energy and natural resources, financial services, health care, pharmaceuticals and medical devices, telecommunications, and transportation. We quickly develop a strong understanding of our clients’ businesses and relevant facts and circumstances to outline the best approach. With a reputation for strong results and creative problem solving, our team handles virtually every type of white collar investigations.
When faced with handling sensitive allegations of potential misconduct, clients turn to us for thorough and efficient investigation and sound legal advice.
Our team has successfully traced and recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for investors and interested third parties who have been the subject of corporate fraud, including some of the largest Ponzi and securities fraud schemes in the world. Whether handling a small, focused investigation or managing complex interrelated allegations, we develop a targeted approach to each engagement. We take into consideration other potential ramifications, including public disclosures, the possibility of self-reporting to a regulator, crisis communications, and potential and actual parallel proceedings. Our procedures are rigorous enough to ensure meaningful, credible and complete results, but flexible enough to tailor our investigative approach to both the issues at hand and the needs of our clients.
THE PALLAS CONSULTANTS DIFFERENCE
AREAS OF FOCUS
Risk Management
Pallas Consultants Risk Management practice provides expert guidance, subject matter expertise and a global footprint from which we help clients navigate the most challenging and emerging security issues. We help clients anticipate and respond to a myriad of facility and employee security challenges.
Our holistic approach combines top-tier professionals, modern technological solutions, proven strategies and expert thought leadership from across the globe to provide the most comprehensive solutions to modern-day security, safety and risk management issues. Pallas Consultants expertise is widespread and includes all aspects of threat management, physical security, technical security, security design and engineering, countermeasures, information security and much more.
Whistleblower Investigations
We help clients conduct internal investigations and respond to sensitive allegations of misconduct. The emergence of whistleblowers not only serves to make investigations more complex, but also stands to put organizations at greater risk. With zero tolerance policies aimed at retaliation and DOJ guidance calling for the pursuit of both civil and criminal penalties, in-house counsel and their advisers must ensure whistleblower allegations are sufficiently investigated and the underlying issues are remediated.
Our experts are well-versed in whistleblower allegations and subsequent investigations. We work with clients to analyze financial records and documents for indications of misconduct; conduct on-site reviews and interviews; report findings to regulators; assist on remediation efforts; and assess the effectiveness of whistleblower programs in the prevention of wrongdoing.
Financial Crime
As financial crime reaches new levels of sophistication, organizations face both increasingly complex threats and stricter standards of accountability. Pallas Consultants teams can help you prevent, detect and mitigate potential financial crime with “Know Your Customer”, anti-money laundering, and transaction monitoring and screening solutions.
Third-Party Risks
Agile organizations work with multiple third parties to stay competitive, but new partners introduce further risk that needs monitoring. We can help you manage third-party risks, utilizing advanced technologies to ensure long-term collaborative value for your business.
Insider Trading Allegations
We leverage proprietary technologies and algorithms to detect instances of insider trading and isolate anomalous trades by normalizing market dynamics with trading patterns.
Disruptive Trading & Spoofing
Our team develops tailored algorithms to review and conduct rigorous analyses to detect patterns of disruptive trading activity and evidence of market manipulation.
Stock Market Manipulation
We help clients modify or design trading monitoring systems and develop price impact models that isolate evidence of market manipulation and calculate damages from illicit behavior.
Tax Controversy
We conduct thorough financial analysis during the audit, appeals, and trials stages of tax controversy cases to provide accurate and reliable representation of historical facts and resolve disputes.
