Linklaters has launched a new Operational Intelligence Group, a global, multi-disciplinary team dedicated to addressing the increasing risk, regulatory and governance challenges faced by clients outside of financial services regulation.
In doing so, Linklaters becomes the first law firm to combine its regulatory risk, governance and compliance capabilities to create a strong strategic fit with corporates’ needs.
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Led by Satindar Dogra, Vanessa Havard-Williams and Tom Shropshire, the new group will bring together a global team of market-leading lawyers with extensive experience delivering corporate, regulatory, anti-trust, data privacy, and anti-bribery and corruption advice to large, multinational corporations, boards, governments, non-governmental entities and other stakeholders.
The group will support clients in responding appropriately to the rapid and continuous change in the regulatory landscape around the world, as well as advising on related investigations and on best practice governance and compliance systems.
Vanessa Havard-Williams, co-head of the Linklaters Operational Intelligence Group, said: "Regulatory and social expectations of multinationals continue to grow, with regulators around the world becoming increasingly active. This poses a complex compliance challenge for corporates, with unpredictable outcomes when problems do occur. Tom, Satindar and I have formed the Operational Intelligence Group to support corporate clients who are having to navigate this landscape, to help them identify upcoming risk areas, assist when breaches do occur and to develop best practice governance and compliance systems tailored to the entity’s key risk areas and geographies."
Tom Shropshire, co-head of the Linklaters Operational Intelligence Group, said: "Global companies are being challenged to drive business performance and deliver on their strategies as they look toward new growth opportunities across the globe. More than ever, a clear understanding of legal landscapes and cultural expectations is key to business growth – an integrated approach to risk management and compliance is needed for companies to remain competitive and by combining corporate, litigation and regulatory skills we can provide a holistic, robust and commercial perspective."
Satindar Dogra, co-head of the Linklaters Operational Intelligence Group, said: "Ultimately our aim is to help our clients turn crisis mountains into molehills by helping them establish the right corporate framework in which a crisis can be managed and resolved with limited damage to stakeholder value".
