Investigations

Description :

We conduct financial investigations and forensic data analyses on behalf of lawyers, businesses, shareholders, and investors. Some types of assignments include:

Investment Analysis: These investigations aim to assist investors in analyzing decisions made by the management of companies they hold or are considering investing in.

Fundamental Analysis: For listed companies, we perform fundamental analyses that allow (potential) shareholders to assess the underlying value of a stock and anticipate future price movements.

Judicial Investigations: In a legal context, we conduct investigations to (i) search for financial evidence (e.g., corruption, money laundering, terrorist financing, embezzlement, etc.), (ii) support collective proceedings (to prove mismanagement or justify the extension of liability), and (iii) gather elements for quantifying damages.

Economic Investigations: We carry out numerous ad-hoc economic studies (for example: comparison of commercial performance across different establishments, analysis of competitive impacts).

Contractual Audits: We conduct independent audits tailored to the specific requests of various clients (audits of subsidiaries, infrastructures, etc.).

 

Some References :

  • Intervention with several investors to dissect the financial communication of a retail group.
  •  Conducted a fundamental analysis of a retail group, highlighting its vulnerabilities to various investors.
  • Intervention with a shareholder to estimate and update points of value losses related to malpractices and abnormal financial relationships within different groups of a large real estate sports complex.
  • Reconstruction of local profit and loss accounts of a multinational publicly traded company based on institutional communication and subsidiary accounts spread across different countries.
Arnaud Cluzel
Partner
Disputes
“The keys to victory? A detailed analysis of the vulnerabilities of the opponent, research and investigative skills, comprehensive strategic thinking, a work revised twenty times, a proven argumentative structure, a perfect technical mastery of the case, a strong sense of pedagogy, a high capacity for improvisation, and a quick wit."