Whistleblowing

Investigations, White Collar, and Fraud

Our global investigations team blends deep regulatory insight with practical experience to guide you through complex, sensitive matters—efficiently, discreetly, and aligned with your goals.

We support clients facing regulatory scrutiny, fraud, bribery, corruption, sanctions breaches, money laundering, whistle-blower complaints, and dawn raids, offering strategic advice to safeguard your business and reputation.

Our team includes former prosecutors, providing unique insight into enforcement strategy, criminal liability, regulatory breaches, and asset recovery. We advise executive boards and help design compliance programs aligned with global standards.

Local issues can escalate quickly. We manage multi-jurisdictional investigations and help you anticipate and respond to international risks, navigating the intersection of global law, regulation, and local enforcement.

Employment

Your people are your greatest asset, and managing them in today’s global market is complex. We help you build work environments that support business goals, reduce risk, and resolve disputes efficiently. Our team speaks in straightforward terms and partners closely with clients to prevent issues before they arise. The Hogan Lovells Employment team understands national, local, and multinational legal landscapes, as well as cultural sensitivities. We represent clients across industries, offering guidance that goes beyond legal advice.

While litigating disputes is generally a solution of last resort, our track record of success in court and before arbitration panels is unmatched. Whether you’re looking to restructure your organization, defend against pending litigation, or take any employment-related action in between, we are here to help – whenever and wherever you need us.

Bribery and Corruption

Regulators are intensifying their scrutiny of bribery and corruption. Authorities in the UK, U.S. and EMEA increasingly coordinate investigations, share intelligence and pursue companies and individuals across borders. For multinational businesses, this means allegations can escalate quickly into multi-jurisdictional proceedings, with risks that include fines, criminal liability and reputational harm.

We have decades of experience guiding companies and executives through the full range of bribery and corruption matters - from whistleblower complaints to complex, high-stakes investigations. We apply this experience to protect your business interests and position you for the best possible outcome.

Our global platform gives you consistent support wherever issues arise. When an investigation starts, we move quickly. If proceedings follow, we defend you through each stage, while also helping you remediate weaknesses to strengthen your future position.

Business and Human Rights

Human rights risks can arise in any business – through direct operations, supply chains, or partnerships. Allegations of child labour, forced labour or workplace abuse frequently trigger cross-border disputes, reputational crises and regulatory scrutiny.

We support multinational businesses on human rights due diligence in line with the UN Guiding Principles and national legislation frameworks worldwide.

These obligations may be your first step into binding human rights compliance. We help you understand and implement the requirements. We also develop policies, procedures and risk-management systems that withstand both regulatory and public challenge.

Our work spans the full spectrum of issues you may encounter, and we’ve acted in some of the defining disputes in this field. We know how risks crystallise, how cases are argued, and how to put you in the strongest position.

False Claims Act and Qui Tam

Our False Claims Act (FCA) team is one of the most experienced and deeply resourced in the United States and trusted by our clients to handle the highest stakes matters. We deploy a multidisciplinary bench of litigators, former U.S. Department of Justice prosecutors and trial attorneys, and regulatory lawyers to represent corporations, executives, compliance leaders, and witnesses in the most significant FCA investigations and enforcement actions nationwide.

Investigations and litigation under the federal and state FCAs are among the most complex and high-stakes disputes faced by companies and individuals in heavily regulated industries. Financial exposure can be enormous, including treble damages, civil penalties, and the risk of reputational harm.

Successfully navigating these matters requires deep knowledge of the regulatory frameworks driving FCA risk, insight into government strategy, and the ability to act decisively at every stage. This combination of high-stakes litigation strength and industry insight underpins our FCA practice. From the earliest stages of an internal inquiry through government investigations, settlement negotiations, and trial, we deliver strategic, coordinated defense at every step.

Financial Crime

Financial crime risks – from money laundering and sanctions breaches to fraud, bribery, and corruption – are increasingly at the top of regulator and enforcement authority agendas. The consequences for companies can be severe, including financial penalties, criminal liability, loss of licenses, and reputational damage. Hogan Lovells combines deep sector knowledge, international reach, and first-hand regulatory experience to help clients prevent, detect, and respond to financial crime issues across jurisdictions.

Our lawyers have guided multinational banks, global corporates, fintech innovators, and other regulated entities through high-stakes matters, including internal investigations, cross-border regulatory inquiries, and large-scale compliance remediation projects. We understand the complex requirements of anti-money laundering regimes and related financial crime laws, and we know how regulators and prosecutors approach enforcement.