Forensic Services

Forensic Services

If your business has been the victim of corporate fraud, can you move quickly to establish the facts and recover any lost assets?
If your industry regulator suddenly needs financial data going back a number of years, do you have the technical expertise to navigate this influx of data?
Can you value a business or quantify loss of profits to meet the demands of the courts in a legal dispute?

These are challenges businesses and legal advisers face frequently.
Being able to respond to them effectively will require a team with the skills and experience to achieve the best outcome no matter how tight the deadline and an approach that is proportionate to the issue in question.

  • WHAT YOUR BUSINESS NEEDS!

    EXPERT
    You will have direct access to our highly qualified team of experts, including accountants, valuations specialists, technology experts, fraud investigators and former police officers.

    EXPERIENCE
    We have depth and breadth of experience to deliver high-quality forensic services, but with fewer conflicts of interests than many of our competitors.

    FLEXIBILITY
    We do not impose large minimum fund sizes and our fee structures are entirely dependent on the complexity of the fund and the total value of the funds under management.

    COST EFFECTIVE
    We understand the need to control the costs of forensic services. Our approach is proportionate and flexible, which allows us to meet the needs of those who instruct us without cost constraints.

    PRINCIPAL PARTNER'S ENGAGEMENT
    We operate with the highest level of partner and director in the detail of cases. This means our forensic services are delivered by the most experienced members of our team.

    HOW CAN WE HELP?


    Because of the experienced and vast professionals in our employ we are experts in adjudicating accounting problems and financial disputes Our work specialization is defined in the following:

    A thorough study of the lawsuit file to obtain sufficient information and data to enable us to give opinion according to the international and legal standards.

    Meeting with the lawsuit parties, either the claimant or the defendant and making minutes of the meeting to prove the documents and data submitted by the dispute parties.

    Comprehensive inspection of the documents to make sure of the soundness of the data submitted.

    We pride ourselves on timeliness, thus we known with submitting all the reports before the due date to the session and discussing all the documents available in the report either with the judges or the dispute parties.

    We have assembled a professional team of leading forensic and investigative specialists. Coupled with cutting edge detection tools and approaches we are able to review all potential components of your organisation in order to implement an effective policy that will reduce your risk to crime.
    Should your organization be the unfortunate victim of white collar crime, it is essential to have immediate access to experienced forensic auditing and investigative specialists in order to quickly implement response plans that will minimize losses and increase recovery prospects.

    Our Forensic services are majorly into Two business areas:

    FORENSIC TECHNOLOGY

    RESTRUCTURING & RECOVERY SERVICES

    FRAUD AND FINANCIAL CRIME

FORENSIC TECHNOLOGY

Do you face electronic disclosure challenges when building a lawsuit case?

Data is critical to any business. Using electronically stored data as evidence now takes centre stage in many lawsuit cases, regulatory enquiries and internal investigations.
However, locating this critical digital information can often involve wading through millions of items of electronic data and take up valuable time and resources. Having advisers with the right experience, technical expertise and commercial approach can help you and your legal team navigate this data hazard quickly and cost effectively.

  • HOW CAN WE HELP?

    • E-disclosure: Providing focused and scalable solutions to issues surrounding the recovery, retention, investigation and presentation of electronic data, both in investigations and during the disclosure process.
    • Lawsuit: Supporting investigations in large criminal and civil litigation cases and ensuring evidence conforms to relevant legal and regulatory requirements.
    • Fraud and financial crime: Offering a complete forensic investigation service including fraud, asset tracing, and regulatory and disciplinary investigations.
    • Competition investigations: Our team can advise organisations subject to a competition investigation on the requirements around electronically stored data.
    • Expert witness: Providing expert evidence to the courts on forensic technology matters.

FRAUD AND FINANCIAL CRIME

If you have been the victim of fraud or financial crime, you need to act quickly and thoroughly to protect your assets, business and reputation.
Time of response is critical in the face of fraud, bribery and corruption or other financial crime. Being able to quickly establish the facts will help you put a robust plan in action to recover lost assets. Moving quickly can also help you manage any damage to your reputation.

  • HOW CAN WE HELP?

    • Financial investigations: Helping you evaluate suspected fraud, bribery and corruption, and providing expert advice to determine how to proceed.
    • Forensic Data Collection: Using the latest technology to ensure any evidence in criminal and civil litigation cases conforms to the relevant legal and regulatory requirements, as well as court standards.
    • Asset Tracing: Following the money using financial analysis to support freezing orders and civil recovery proceedings to identify hidden assets and recovery funds.
    • Regulatory investigations: Working with regulatory authorities in the UK and overseas to achieve a speedy resolution and minimise any reputational damage.
    • Anti-bribery and corruption: Assessing your requirements and advising on the introduction and maintenance of effective compliance monitoring programmes.

    Our forensic investigation activities also include:

    Investigation of financial irregularities, including unauthorised expenditure, irregular expenditure and fruitless & wasteful expenditure.

    Examination of Account records, bank statements end books

    Preparing comprehensive financial profiles on individuals and companies

    Asset tracing & recovery

    Money laundering investigations

    Assessing and analysing contract documents, loan offers etc

    Trade Documents performance appraisal and assessment

    Payroll cataloguing, categorization and archiving

    Fraud detection and analysis

    Staff Audit and Biometric Analysis

    Supply chain management review, training and compliance testing

    Expert testimony in related matters

    Collection and safeguarding of evidence

    Search and seizure in conjunction with the Economic Financial Crimes

    Commission & the Nigerian Police Force

    Tracing witnesses and suspects

    Compiling affidavits and taking statements

    Interviewing and questioning witnesses and suspects

    •Facilitating polygraph examinations

    Facilitating expert document examinations

    Verifying witness testimony

    Ongoing liaison with the Economic Financial Crimes Commission, Nigerian Police Force and Department of Justice

    Compiling criminal and disciplinary cases

    Competent testimony in disciplinary, civil or criminal proceedings