Independent Investigations
At Seladore, we understand that organisations often face issues requiring discreet and independent investigation.
In addition to representing executives, boards, and corporations in government inquiries and regulatory enforcement actions, Seladore offers a bespoke independent investigations practice led by specialist partner Dan Hudson.
Corporate internal investigations demand that the firm conducting the investigation is independent in order for it to be credible. Despite this, they are often led by large, full-service law firms with longstanding and valuable relationships to the companies being investigated, raising serious conflict of interest questions.
With over 20 years of experience, Dan Hudson has conducted investigations for a diverse range of organisations across the financial services, energy, natural resources, consumer, public utilities, and industrial sectors. He advises on reporting considerations, government agency investigations, prosecutions, and enforcement actions, ensuring that evidence from internal investigations meets government standards. Dan also provides independent advice to individuals, including directors and employees, who are suspects or witnesses in internal investigations.
We advise clients in relation to investigations into allegations of bribery and corruption, sanctions breaches, fraud, money laundering, insider dealing, negligence, the publication of misleading statements, other irregularities, as well as other wrongdoing and inappropriate conduct.
As an independent specialist firm, Seladore Legal brings heavyweight forensic skills and astute judgment, ensuring the level of independence necessary for companies to maintain the trust of investors, regulators, and other stakeholders.
Dan Hudson joined Seladore in 2023 to head our White Collar and Regulatory Disputes practice. He has spent over 20 years advising clients on issues connected with both internal and agency investigations.
Dan specialises in advising on sanctions, anti-money laundering (including suspicious activity reporting), fraud investigations, and anti-bribery/corruption compliance and prevention. He is recognised in Chambers and Partners, the Legal 500 and Who’s Who Legal in relation to investigations into Financial or Corporate Crime.
Dan’s internal investigations experience includes:
- Investigations into allegations of bribery and corruption at global banks, financial institutions, oil and gas, and other extractive, industrial, and consumer companies in Europe, Southeast Asia, and Africa, including related reporting issues and government agency investigations.
- Advising an international pharmaceutical company headquartered in the Far East in relation to internal investigations into instances of bribery, related Bribery Act issues with a counterparty, the company’s ABC compliance policies and procedures, and providing consequential advice on those procedures.
- Investigations into internal AML systems breaches and failures at a US-headquartered global bank (and ensuing FCA investigation).
- Investigations into both internal and external fraud, dishonesty, and regulatory misreporting at global financial institutions, corporations, and utility companies, resulting in subsequent regulatory or criminal investigations, disciplinary measures, and civil litigation.
- Investigations into dishonesty related to algorithmic trading and cyber incidents at financial institutions and consequent disciplinary proceedings.
- Investigations into suspicions or allegations of breaches of financial sanctions or asset freezes at banks, infrastructure, and consumer companies.
- Investigations into employee misconduct, including abuse of position and inappropriate misconduct allegations at financial institutions and industrial companies.
News & Media
Dan Hudson authors chapter on Anti-Money Laundering for Global Investigations Review
Seladore Legal’s Dan Hudson has authored the England & Wales chapter on Anti-Money Laundering for Global Investigations Review.
Seladore promotes two to Counsel
Seladore Legal is pleased to announce that Jade Hu and Owen Hammond have both been made Counsel as part of the firm’s new year promotions.
How SFO calls for whistleblower payouts could transform UK fraud enforcement and employee relations
Dan Hudson, specialist partner and head of white-collar crime at Seladore Legal, examines how proposed whistleblower financial rewards could reshape UK fraud enforcement.
