 Search  English Client Solutions Where we work Expertise Our lawyers News & events Careers About Contact Investigations Bird & BirdInvestigations Print Twitter LinkedIn The recent proliferation of regulators globally with powers to investigate and fine, their increasingly effective and sweeping powers of investigation and their closer cooperation and information-sharing with each other, together pose an existential threat to international business. Our multi-disciplinary team of contentious practitioners draws upon experience from around our international network to advise clients on these threats. We can assist with internal investigations and advise under legal privilege how to deal with the results. We will come to your defence should any regulator or authority investigate your activities. We are particularly well placed to advise international companies in relation to investigations as a result of changing regulations around new technologies across our core industry sectors. In addition, we have the ability to conduct seamless global investigations by combining our legal expertise with the expertise and abilities of our in-house Forensic Services team. Our expertise can be broadly categorised into Civil law investigations, White Collar Crime investigations and Competition & Regulatory Investigations. For all of these types of investigations we offer Preventative tools, Data Management & Forensics support. The international team is co-led by Pauline Kuipers (Head of Competition & EU Law Group) and Evelyn Tjon-En-Fa (Co-Head of International Dispute Resolution Group). Within our team, we have the experience and qualifications to handle on an international level: Cyber attacks Data protection investigations Employment compliance and whistleblowing Defamation and reputation management Workplace investigations (harassment, me-too, inappropriate conduct) Anti-money laundering Dawn raids Financial crimes Tax-related investigations Criminal prosecutions Competition-related investigations and leniency applications Sanctions/Export controls Financial regulatory investigations Civil fraud investigations Fraud and asset recovery Trade secret investigations Product Liability Sports Investigations News & Events Industry News Firm News Events 16 11-2021 Dutch regulator continues its battle against misleading sustainability claims The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Market (ACM) has recently announced that it will further investigate six companies in the clothing sector because of possible misleading practices concerning sustainability ... 13 10-2021 UOKiK conditionally clears the Air Liquide/Betamed transaction Following a year-long investigation, on 27 August 2021, UOKiK gave its conditional approval for Air Liquide’s acquisition of Betamed. Both companies operate, i.a., in regulated markets for medical services funded by the ... 13 10-2021 Denmark has introduced a new regime for screening of Foreign Direct Investments in Denmark Since 1 September 2021 a large number of foreign direct investments (“FDI”) in Danish companies and agreements with Danish companies will require prior authorisation from the Danish Business Authority (“DBA”). This ... View More Industry News Related Expertise Investigations Civil Law Investigations Competition & Regulatory Investigations Forensic Services White Collar Crime Investigations Related Content Investigations Contacts Pauline Kuipers Partner | Netherlands  +31 (0) 70 353 8810  pauline.kuipers@twobirds.com  vCard Evelyn Tjon-En-Fa Partner | Netherlands  +31 (0)70 353 8800  evelyn.tjon-en-fa@twobirds.com  vCard View further contacts  TALK TO AN EXPERT Back to top Careers Business Services Experienced Lawyers Graduates Community Bird & Bird in the Community Diversity And Inclusion Environment More information Terms of use Legal Notices Privacy Cookies Scam communications Modern slavery statement Accessibility Where we work Sitemap Stay Connected Contact Us Office Telephone list LinkedIn Twitter WeChat News Centre Subscribe to our newsletters Our lawyers Alumni © 2021 Bird & Bird