Leading and Launching an Internal Investigation Across National Borders

Conducting an internal investigation that is incisive, effective, and legally compliant is tough enough even when the internal inquiry is confined locally to the United States or some other single jurisdiction. But increasingly these days, multinationals need to investigate allegations of possible wrongdoing internationally. Not surprisingly, cross-border investigatory scenarios trigger a whole other world of legal challenges. This fast-paced session offers approaches, strategies, and processes for how to lead a compliant internal investigation that implicates issues and witnesses worldwide.

Learning Objectives:

1. Probe allegations of wrongdoing across worldwide corporate operations

2. Identify strategic approaches to an internal investigation outside the US and the challenge of exporting US best investigatory practices 

3. Discuss the differing dynamics between a cross-border investigation versus a foreign-local investigation 

4. Review American investigatory-procedure-law issues in the international context 

5. Examine laws worldwide regulating internal investigations specifically 

6. Analyze data protection law compliance in internal investigations