Facing Integrity Risks
Investigations. Compliance. Legal advisory
Why Drakensberg
Companies and development organizations face a wide range of legal, financial, operational and reputational risks stemming from actual or potential integrity violations involving their employees or external stakeholders.
These risks escalate as public and investor scrutiny increases, local instability grows, and integrity regulations become stricter. Failure to respond adequately can result in reputational damage, restrictions on market access, and financial or legal sanctions.
Addressing such risks and integrity violations — such as fraud, corruption or workplace misconduct — is becoming crucial for development organizations to fulfill their missions, and for companies to operate effectively while remaining competitive.
How we Help
We provide investigative, compliance and legal advisory services.
We conduct investigations into suspected integrity violations involving our clients’ employees or partners – whether these investigations are launched internally or triggered by external proceedings.
We help our clients assess
their integrity risks and enhance their compliance programs – as part of preventive/regulatory efforts or in connection with national or international proceedings.
We advise our clients on
integrity issues, at all stages of a project cycle or contractual engagement – from the due diligence/bidding to the execution and monitoring phases.
Who we Help
We help all organizations and companies exposed to integrity risks and violations involving their employees or partners, in particularly entities:
suspecting or informed of (potential) integrity violations involving their employees or partners;
operating or funding activities in countries or sectors exposed to high integrity risks;
participating in activities funded by international organizations – notably multilateral development banks (MDBs), international financial institutions (IFIs) and UN agencies – or national development agencies;
subject to strict integrity regulations or extraterritorial anticorruption legislation (e.g., FCPA, Sapin II); or
involved in international or national proceedings.
We also advise entities exposed to ESG integrity risks (environmental, social and governance violations) and/or subject to ESG regulations.