Internal Investigations
"It was a complex and difficult case to prove, but BKL found all the relevant facts, analysed the matter and argued persuasively for us in court."
- Chambers & Partners Asia-Pacific
Overview
Teamwork of top-tier professionals with extensive experience in internal investigations
BKL has successfully represented Korean companies and multinational corporations in various internal investigations to support compliance and ethical management. Our fact-finding and evidence collection processes are driven by the acute insight of professionals that have long worked in law enforcement agencies and built a distinguished practice in anti-corruption, corporate criminal defense, and white-collar crimes. In addition, BKL’s Crime Defense Group provides optimal solutions that cater to the needs of our clients in close cooperation with professionals that have experience and expertise in various practice areas including antitrust, HR and labor, industrial safety, data privacy, intellectual property and trade secrets protection.
Delivering optimal solutions in connection with internal investigations
When a tip-off from a whistleblower gives us insights into any suspicious compliance violation or signs of misconduct, BKL identifies the facts and gathers evidence in its capacity as an objective independent expert, investigating a suspect employee’s violations of laws or misconduct and providing an opinion thereon so that the client can successfully resolve the case by taking appropriate disciplinary measure against the employee and proceeding with civil and criminal action.
As to internal investigations in response to investigations and enforcement procedures of regulatory bodies and investigative agencies of Korea and foreign jurisdictions, finding out whether there was a misconduct is not enough. Based on such internal investigations, BKL provides advice on how to improve the client’s compliance control system, cooperate with the law enforcement agencies, and mitigate or minimize unfavorable government measures including sanctions, delivering optimal solutions for our clients.
Precise and objective fact-finding enabled by digital forensics
In this modern digital era, all corporate activities are unfolding on PCs and other digital devices. During internal investigations, BKL minimizes risks of sensitive data leakage, including trade secrets and establishes facts in a prompt and precise manner using state-of-the-art hardware and software to restore deleted data, track the creation and change history of various electronic data, and check internet searches and external storage media access records.
