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Internal investigations, regulatory inquiries, dawn-raid response, witness preparation, document-production strategy and cross-border evidence-gathering. Co-ordinated defence across ED, CBI, SFIO, Income Tax, SEBI and sectoral regulators.
Investigations practice has expanded with the broadening of Indian enforcement and the parallel intensification of cross-border anti-bribery and sanctions regimes. The work covers internal investigations triggered by whistleblower complaints or audit findings, regulatory inquiries by Indian and foreign authorities, and dawn-raid response when search-and-seizure powers are exercised at corporate premises.
The first hour of a regulatory raid decides much of the next year of investigation. The protocol must be in place before the raid is announced.
Whistleblower-triggered, audit-triggered and acquisition-due-diligence investigations.
ED, CBI, IT and CCI search-and-seizure operations; on-the-ground protocol and post-raid follow-through.
SEBI, RBI, IRDAI, CCI, MCA and sectoral-regulator inquiries; show-cause replies.
Anti-bribery, anti-corruption, sanctions, AML and POSH compliance frameworks.
Internal investigations are typically triggered by whistleblower complaints, audit findings, an acquirer's due diligence, or a foreign-regulator inquiry. The investigation must be structured to preserve privilege, to gather documentary evidence systematically, to interview witnesses with appropriate warnings, and to produce a report that is usable in the eventual regulator-engagement.
ED, CBI, Income Tax and CCI all exercise search-and-seizure powers under their respective enabling statutes. The firm advises on dawn-raid protocol — what employees should and should not do, what documents are privileged, what statements should and should not be recorded. The protocol must be in place and rehearsed before the raid occurs.
Regulatory inquiries by SEBI, RBI, IRDAI, CCI, MCA and sectoral regulators run on different procedural rails — some adjudicatory, some investigative, some quasi-criminal. The firm advises on show-cause-notice replies, Section 11C SEBI investigations, RBI inspection responses, CCI Director General investigations and SFIO inquiries.
Compliance-programme work covers anti-bribery and anti-corruption (the PCA, FCPA, UK Bribery Act), sanctions, anti-money-laundering, POSH compliance and competition compliance.