Investigations, Compliance & Ethics

Whether dealing with high-stakes investigations, defending against government enforcement actions or pursuing growth opportunities, success depends on calibrating risk.

With highly skilled lawyers on the ground around the world, we understand the regulatory, business and cultural landscape, wherever you are. And by connecting investigations and rapid crisis response with effective risk management solutions, our integrated approach helps you safeguard your business and protect corporate reputation.

Consistently ranked as a top investigations firm by Global Investigations Review, we take a no-borders, no-boundaries approach to ensure the best multijurisdictional team for every matter. Our services include:

• High-stakes, multijurisdictional investigations and enforcement actions
• Designing and executing comprehensive, commercially minded compliance and ethics programs
• Ongoing risk management advice in the areas of anti-bribery and corruption, sanctions and export controls, data privacy and cybersecurity, antitrust and competition, securities and financial fraud, anti-money laundering/terrorist financing, ESG/human rights, and #MeToo and other workplace issues
• Transactional compliance due diligence
• End-to-end cybersecurity and data protection advice, including multi-layered, multi-jurisdictional investigations and dispute response
• Global crisis and reputation management 

Why Baker McKenzie?

Global platform, nuanced local knowledge		Plan for tomorrow, today		Unmatched efficiency
Our global platform brings together leading lawyers — with deep experience both inside regulatory and law enforcement organizations and across the table — who understand local nuances and coordinate effectively across borders.		From ESG to cybersecurity and more, we help you look around corners to anticipate the next areas of legal, reputational and business risk — and prepare to meet the challenge.		Our in-house eDiscovery team, 30+ dedicated legal project managers and cutting-edge technology ensure your investigation and compliance matters proceed quickly and efficiently.