Investigations & White Collar Crime Mason Hayes Curran

Our Investigations & White Collar Crime team advises the largest financial institutions and corporates to ensure they comply with their legal and regulatory obligations.

As the legal and regulatory responsibilities placed on companies become more complex, non-compliance is now more intensively scrutinised and actively enforced. Our specialist lawyers help organisations to rigorously evaluate and manage reputational risk. This involves working closely with enforcement agencies such as the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement, the Central Bank of Ireland and the National Economic Crime Bureau. Our clients include directors and officers of domestic and international corporations, private individuals and public bodies.

Services

Our pre-eminent team has extensive experience of:

Conducting internal and external investigations into corruption, fraud and other allegations of criminal activity
Breaches of company law
Inquiries and investigations including tribunals of inquiry, commissions of investigation, and other forms of inquiry
Designing corporate defence strategies including proactive and pre-emptive measures
Developing compliance programmes and conducting compliance audits
Working collaboratively with advisors and regulatory bodies in international investigations
Pursuing cross-jurisdictional actions in fraud and asset tracing

Recommendations

Legal 500, 2018

Tier one ranked team

“Expertly guides clients through international minefields”.

“Demonstrates an edge in the technical field and strategic thinking”.

Recent Work

Conducting an independent investigation into an Irish pillar bank at its request, resulting in a detailed report which was shared with the regulator, the Central Bank of Ireland.

Acting for a private equity firm in an independent review of a large multi-jurisdictional assets acquisition which became the focus of numerous international criminal and state investigations.