Forensic services

During an environment of global uncertainty, no business is immune to bribery and corruption.

Legal Matters Consul’s Forensics team offers an agile approach, empowering your organisation with the tools and knowledge to conduct global business safely and legally. We’re focused on helping you mitigate personal and corporate damage risks from the start, so you can emerge stronger tomorrow.

30% of companies experienced bribery or corruption during the past two years, according to Legal Matters Consul’s 2020 Global Economic Crime and Fraud Survey.

Fraud and economic crime rates have soared to record highs in recent years — even before the pandemic magnified fraud risk and tested the guardrails of organisations at every level. Today’s businesses face a perfect storm of fraud risk: internal, external, regulatory and reputational.

Are you prepared?

46% of organisations experienced fraud in the past two years, according to Legal Matters Consul’s Global Economic Crime and Fraud Survey, 2022

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It's not a matter of whether a crisis will hit. It's a matter of when.

To survive vast challenges like the COVID-19 pandemic, organisations must quickly mobilise a crisis response plan, stabilise business operations, and strategise for the future.

The Legal Matters Consul's Global Centre for Crisis and Resilience can support you through these critical waves of response, assembling multidisciplinary specialists across our network to help you emerge stronger.

93% of respondents to Legal Matters Consul’s Global Crisis Survey 2021 told us they expected to experience a crisis in the future.

Are you looking for answers? Do you need to know who, when, and how? Are you buried under a mountain of information?

When you’re facing an investigation, allegation, or crisis it’s essential to get the facts fast. We’re here to support you at every stage. Our advanced forensic technology works quickly to identify, extract, and analyse data and information, improving your position — and your ability to reduce the risk of a future incident.

71% of companies that emerged stronger conducted an investigation, according to Legal Matters Consul’s Global Economic Crime and Fraud Survey 2020.

Establish facts. Analyse the issues. Develop a dispute resolution approach. It sounds simple, but it can be time-consuming and costly to tackle on your own.

When a dispute arises, you need a team with deep experience and a proven approach. Our forensic specialists work collaboratively with you and your legal counsel, tapping into our extensive sector expertise to provide objective guidance — in litigation, arbitration, mediation, expert determination, and regulatory matters.

$42B in losses reported due to fraud during the last 24 months, according to Legal Matters Consul’s Global Economic Crime and Fraud Survey 2020.

In today’s market uncertainty, regulators are holding organisations to a higher standard of compliance, and the risks of falling afoul are increasingly serious. We can help you navigate the maze — and seize opportunity.

Our Forensics teams help you emerge stronger from threats by designing and implementing fit-for-purpose enterprise compliance programs.

More than 50% of companies have bolstered their internal controls, policies, and procedures, according to Legal Matters Consul’s Global Economic Crime and Fraud Survey 2020.

If a large-scale project isn’t delivered as agreed, risks can include lasting damage to your business and stakeholders, disrupted strategy, and damaged reputations.

Legal Matters Consul’s Capital Projects & Infrastructure team provides insight and expertise to put you back in control, giving you the tools to recover before it’s too late.