Business Integrity

The cross practice team regularly engages with civil society and governmental groups in this area. We publish regular client updates on Privacy and Human Rights. We actively support and host Transparency International New Zealand, and regularly host events in the business integrity area, such as Women in Law and the Human Rights Commission’s Business and Human Rights Forum.

Experience in this area includes advising:

• Financial institutions in developing anti-money laundering programmes and risk assessments.
• Financial institutions in responding to suspicious transactions and breaches of their anti-money laundering obligations.
• New Zealand and multinational clients on the impact of human rights obligations on their businesses, and represented clients in complaints/disputes processes on such issues.
• New Zealand companies on their obligations under international sanctions. 
• Providing training to international companies on policies and procedures to prevent bribery and corruption.
• Conducing internal investigations into alleged breaches of the (US) Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
• Dealing with regulatory intervention during corporate transactions.
• Undertaking due diligence on transactions involving emerging and high risk markets and target entities.
• Designing and reviewing governance systems for listed and unlisted entities.
• Conducting and advising on incident reviews and investigations.
• We also assist organisations to ensure that employees’ and directors’ conflicts of interest are identified and managed.