Risk Advisory

Comprehensive Risk Advisory Services

Secretariat helps multinational companies and their outside counsel manage risks and compliance challenges that may impact strategic objectives, disrupt business relationships, damage reputations, or result in financial penalties, litigation, and regulatory scrutiny. In a dynamic, global environment marked by constant disruption, companies must address evolving risks while balancing compliance costs and regulatory expectations. Whether responding to  new laws and regulations, adapting to business strategy shifts, or remediating compliance failures following internal or governmental investigations, our experts help clients identify, assess, and mitigate risks across jurisdictions and regulatory regimes.

Our team is comprised of seasoned, trusted professionals, including former regulators, with deep experience in ethics and compliance, bribery and corruption, auditing, data analytics, corporate governance, regulatory compliance, third-party risk management, and related areas. We regularly assist clients facing scrutiny from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), the Securities and Exchange Commission, Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), U.S. Attorneys’ Offices, and other global enforcement agencies.

A hallmark of our work is our ability to apply a structured approach to identify risks, assess compliance gaps, control weaknesses, and develop tailored mitigation strategies aligned with our client’s risk appetite.

Our Experience in Risk and Compliance Issues

Our team has addressed a wide range of risk and compliance issues, including:

• Compliance transformation following regulatory compliance failures
• Remediation of compliance failures post investigation
• Pre-acquisition ethics and compliance due diligence
• Fraud risk assessments following embezzlement allegations
• Design and implementation of third-party risk management programs
• Proactive anti-bribery and corruption due diligence
• Contract compliance assessments of third parties

Our Comprehensive Risk Advisory Services

• Anti-bribery & corruption
• Business intelligence
• Compliance transformation
• Contract compliance
• Crisis management
• Ethics & compliance
• Fraud & misconduct
• Internal controls
• Regulatory compliance
• Risk management
• Post-investigation remediation
• Third-party risk management

Key Experts