Forensic Risk Alliance
Forensic Risk Alliance (FRA) is an international consultancy that combines forensic accounting, regulatory and investigative experience with cutting edge data and technology expertise to position global businesses for success with investigations, disputes, compliance monitorships and risk management.
Corporations and law firms regularly engage experts from across our global locations to resolve complex matters and mitigate risks involving fraud, bribery and corruption, money laundering, sanctions, accounting malpractice, cryptocurrency and ESG.
Clients from diverse sectors and regions trust us to provide robust and independent advice that withstands the scrutiny of the most demanding authorities, courts, and stakeholders.
Recognized as specialists in multijurisdictional challenges, our forensic accounting and technology experts work in integrated teams to ensure our tailored strategies incorporate the latest eDiscovery and data analytics techniques while respecting data transfer, privacy and protection requirements. Whether for urgent response or multi-year undertakings, we have the skills and agility to bring disparate datasets together to inform actionable and defensible solutions.
Some of FRA’s representative client successes include:
- Switzerland-based multinational technology company ABB reached a “full and final settlement” of $327 million in total, with the National Director of Public Prosecution in South Africa, the US DOJ, SEC, and the Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland related to the legacy Kusile project in South Africa, awarded in 2015. An international team of FRA experts – including specialists in regulatory investigations, disgorgement and penalty calculations, financial controls and compliance remediation – supported the company and their external counsel through their cooperation with the various authorities over more than three years.
- Airbus announced its agreement to pay penalties of €3.6 billion in 2020, in what is the world’s first simultaneous settlement with four national authorities: the French Parquet National Financier, UK Serious Fraud Office, US Department of Justice and US Department of State. Behind the landmark fine was an equally ground-breaking international collaborative investigation into bribery and corruption that saw Airbus successfully navigate a multi-year cross-border investigation and compliance remediation. FRA advised Airbus and its counsel from the early stages in designing a robust and forensically based approach to the investigation, customising a data governance strategy alongside compliance risk assessment and remediation support, as well as the eventual fine calculation. FRA were the only advisers supporting dozens of differing investigative topics, multiple law firms, across all the jurisdictions and with all of the national authorities.
Articles
Press Releases
Videos & Masterclasses
Rankings in Lexology Index
Lexology Index identifies the foremost legal practitioners and consulting experts in business law based upon comprehensive, independent research. Find out more
Offices
-
London
Audrey House, 16-20 Ely Place, London EC1N 6SN, United Kingdom
Phone +44 20 7831 9110
