What forensic and investigative work covers
Forensic work applies accounting and investigative technique to a question that may end up in front of a regulator, an arbitrator or a court. That changes how it is done. Evidence is handled so it survives challenge, findings are stated to a standard the reader can rely on, and the analysis is documented so a third party can follow how a conclusion was reached.
When organisations engage a forensic team
A whistleblowing report that cannot be resolved internally. An audit finding that points to something more than error. A supplier relationship that no longer makes commercial sense. A transaction under dispute where the quantum is contested. In each case the immediate need is the same: establish what actually happened, quickly, without prejudicing what follows.
How CLA Emirates approaches this work
We scope narrowly and expand only where evidence takes us, because open-ended investigations lose the confidence of the people funding them. Where legal proceedings are contemplated we work under the direction of counsel from the outset. Reporting distinguishes between what is established, what is inferred and what remains unknown, which is the distinction that matters most when the report is read by someone deciding whether to act.
The services within this practice
- Forensic Investigation & Fraud Risk
- Dispute & Litigation Support
