Crisis Response &
Incident Investigation

Whether it’s a catastrophic incident on a drilling rig, a natural disaster such as a hurricane or tornado, an auditor’s discovery of questionable bookkeeping at corporate headquarters or a train derailment, your crisis becomes our crisis. The Crisis Response & Incident Investigation Team at Eversheds Sutherland has substantial experience in guiding companies through crises, big and small, in providing a coordinated response to help mitigate risk and liability.

Eversheds Sutherland's
Experience

Eversheds Sutherland has advised and defended clients facing numerous challenges caused by drilling rig accidents, transportation disasters, natural disasters such as hurricanes, and board room crises. This experience includes parallel civil litigation and criminal investigations, multi-district proceedings, putative class actions, congressional investigations and hearings, regulatory investigations, internal investigations, shareholder direct and derivative claims, and corporate disclosure issues.

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Eversheds Sutherland's
Strengths

Eversheds Sutherland’s Crisis Response & Incident Investigation Team brings together business insight, industry knowledge and extensive complex litigation experience to help clients navigate crises and develop legal response strategies related to environmental disasters, natural disasters such as hurricanes, oil rig catastrophes, transportation disasters and financial services complications.

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News &
Notes
June 28, 2017
Extension of FCPA Pilot Program Signals Commitment to Proactive Disclosure

The extended life of a Department of Justice program that promotes self-disclosure of violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act signals a continued emphasis on individual culpability, according to two Eversheds Sutherland (US) lawyers experienced in defending against government investigations.

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