Compliance

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Provided by Marval O'Farrell Mairal

Marval O'Farrell Mairal leads the compliance, anti-corruption and investigations practice in Argentina, providing both local and international companies with sophisticated legal counseling on compliance programs, anti-corruption compliance due diligence in M&A transactions, internal investigations, and cases before regulatory authorities and courts.

We advise local and foreign companies on:

• Developing, implementing and auditing compliance programs.
• Performing anti-corruption background checks of both individuals and legal entities.
• Conducting anti-corruption and due diligence and providing counsel in relation to legal structures in M&A and other relevant transactions.
• Reviewing documents through specific e-discovery tools.
• Analysing and drafting complex anti-corruption contractual clauses.
• Conducting internal corporate investigations and related legal and remedial actions.
• Evaluating specific corporate actions under applicable anti-corruption regulations.
• Advising on the complex interactions between local anti-corruption regulations and relevant foreign laws, such as the US FCPA, the UK Bribery Act, and Brazilian Anti-Corruption Law No. 12,846.
• Advising on investigations conducted by the authorities.
• Designing and implementing comprehensive legal strategies in corruption-related cases before regulatory authorities and courts.
• Analyzing ethical issues that could affect reputation.
• Handling crisis situations.
• Tracking and recovering assets.
• Advising on due diligence questionnaires.