Fraud Investigation Solicitors

Suspected fraud can cause immediate financial, operational and reputational damage to a business. Allegations often need to be handled quickly and carefully, particularly where they involve employees, directors, financial transactions or potential criminal conduct.

We advise businesses investigating suspected fraud, as well as individuals facing fraud allegations or regulatory scrutiny. Our team assists clients with internal investigations, evidence gathering, crisis management and the wider legal and strategic issues that frequently arise in fraud matters.

The team is headed by George Kampanella and has extensive experience advising in complex fraud, regulatory and business crime matters involving significant commercial and reputational risk.

Who We Act For

We advise:

• Businesses and corporate entities

• Directors and shareholders

• Employers investigating employee misconduct

• Senior executives and employees

• Individuals facing fraud allegations or investigations

• Insolvency practitioners and professional advisers

Our Fraud Investigation Expertise

We advise in relation to:

• Internal employee fraud investigations

• External fraud and dishonest schemes against businesses

• Financial misconduct allegations

• Director and shareholder fraud disputes

• False accounting and misuse of company assets

• Fraud linked to insolvency or financial distress

• Parallel civil and criminal fraud issues

Fraud investigations often require careful coordination between legal, commercial and forensic considerations from the outset.

Internal Fraud Investigations

Where fraud is suspected within a business, it is often critical to act quickly while also ensuring that investigations are carried out lawfully and fairly.

We advise businesses on conducting internal investigations, preserving evidence, interviewing employees and managing disciplinary processes. Employment law considerations are frequently important, particularly in relation to suspension, confidentiality, whistleblowing protections and fair disciplinary procedures.

How We Help

We assist clients throughout fraud investigations, including:

• Advising on immediate steps following discovery of suspected fraud

• Preserving and securing evidence

• Managing employee interviews and disciplinary processes

• Advising on reporting obligations and law enforcement involvement

• Working with forensic accountants and other experts

• Advising on data protection and privacy issues during investigations

• Managing the overlap between civil recovery options and criminal allegations

• Protecting businesses and individuals from unnecessary reputational damage

Early strategic advice can often significantly improve the handling and outcome of an investigation.

Civil and Criminal Fraud Issues

Fraud can give rise to both criminal investigations and civil claims for recovery of losses. Decisions taken at an early stage can significantly affect the overall strategy, including whether matters should be reported to law enforcement, pursued through civil proceedings or handled internally.

Where appropriate, our civil litigation team works closely alongside our business crime lawyers to provide coordinated advice across both areas.

Data Protection and Privacy Issues

Fraud investigations frequently involve access to employee data, emails, devices and financial information. Businesses must ensure compliance with data protection and privacy obligations, including GDPR requirements, while conducting investigations and preserving evidence.

Reputation Management and Wider Commercial Risk

Fraud allegations can have serious consequences beyond legal liability, including damage to reputation, customer confidence and commercial relationships.

We assist clients in managing the wider impact of investigations, including working alongside forensic experts, insurers and PR advisers where appropriate.

Contact Our Fraud Investigation Team

If you suspect fraud within your business or are facing a fraud allegation or investigation, obtaining specialist legal advice early can be critical. We provide clear, practical and commercially focused advice tailored to the seriousness and complexity of the issues involved.