Whistleblowing
The Hogan Lovells Whistleblowing team works withclients in all sectors across the full spectrum of thewhistleblowing lifecycle.
The Hogan Lovells Whistleblowing team works withclients in all sectors across the full spectrum of thewhistleblowing lifecycle:
advising on implementing effective whistleblowing
frameworks, including policies and procedures
which comply with applicable laws and regulations;assisting clients in responding to whistleblower
concerns, including advising on and investigating
concerns raised;handling litigation brought by whistleblowers; anddefending related regulatory and government
proceedings.

By leveraging our global perspective and blending legal
excellence with a commitment to ethical practices, we
provide clients with comprehensive global and local
solutions that mitigate risk while supporting corporatetransparency.

Representative experience
Representing a global consumer goods company on
the review and implementation of a global
whistleblowing and compliance reporting systems

Contacts
Désirée Maier,
MunichEd Bowyer,
LondonNick Williams,
Singapore

Jonathan L. Diesenhaus,
Washington, D.C.

Practices
Investigations, WhiteCollar, and Fraud
Employment

across 38 jurisdictions, including advising on related
data privacy matters and the implementation of
intragroup data transfer arrangements.
Conducting an internal investigation for a global
financial services company on a whistleblowing report
relating to activity on the trading desk.
Representing the Audit Committee of a major
pharmaceutical company in a SEC whistleblower
investigation which concluded with no government
action against the company.
Advising numerous U.S. and EU-based companies on
the implementation and review of their whistleblowing
and compliance reporting systems, including advice on
the EU Whistleblower Directive and its impact oninternal processes.
Advising a global pharmaceutical company and its
Indian subsidiary on an internal investigation andparallel litigation pertaining to a whistleblowing
complaint from a former employee that alleged
misconduct, including harassment and fraud.
Advising a leading global automobile manufacturer onsetting up and managing a whistleblower system for
the USA, Brazil, Japan and South Africa, including
advice on data protection, dealing with whistleblower
reports, follow up measures and employee training.
Successfully defending False Claims Act matters forcorporations, joint ventures, state and local agencies,
government entities, universities, and individuals in awide range of industries, including health care, foodand drug, education, government contracting anddefense, financial services, technology, and energy. We
handle every stage of investigations and litigation
under the federal FCA, as well as similar cases filed
under state false claims, anti-kickback, and fraud-onthe-taxpayer statutes. We have an extraordinary trackrecord defending cases investigated and prosecuted bythe government or by private whistleblowers in qui tamsuits.

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