Expertise
CSR/Compliance law
Drawing on its experience in criminal law, the VIGO Law Office is one of the first law firms to have developed specific expertise in the fields of compliance, risk prevention, governance and ethics, in order to assist its clients in dealing with the legal, judicial, ethical and reputational issues they now face.
The firm’s lawyers provide day-to-day assistance to legal entities and their officers in preventing and managing the risks to which they are exposed, in France and abroad. The VIGO Law Office advises its clients on issues relating to compliance with national laws (including criminal law, the Sapin II Act, the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the law on due diligence obligations) and international laws (including anti-money laundering and anti-corruption measures, the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, the UK Bribery Act, etc.). The firm handles all aspects of compliance and/or CSR programmes :
- Status reports
- Compliance analysis
- Risk mapping and audits
- Implementation of policies, procedures, tools and codes of conduct
- Implementation or review of delegations of authority, governance notes
- Implementation of action plans, control and monitoring systems
- Assistance with contractual relationships and third-party assessments
- Training and awareness-raising
- Internal investigations
- Regulatory watch and non-financial reporting
Specialties
- Compliance work
- Governance
- Risk prevention
- Internal investigations
- Non-financial reporting
- Ethics and CSR
