Internal Corporate Investigations

Objective review of sensitive matters, by someone with no stake in the outcome.

Some matters cannot be looked into by the people closest to them. A complaint about an executive, a financial irregularity, a whistleblower report that names a founder. The answer has to hold up later, to a board, an auditor, an insurer, or a court, and that takes a reviewer who had no part in what happened.

What Raphael Does

Independent investigations into executive conduct, harassment and discrimination complaints, and retaliation claims
Financial irregularity, expense, and conflict-of-interest reviews
Whistleblower and hotline reports that implicate senior staff or board members
Investigation scoping and work plans built to keep attorney-client privilege intact
Witness interviews, document review, and evidence preservation
Written findings and briefings for boards, audit committees, and outside auditors
Remediation recommendations, and support if the matter reaches a regulator or litigation

Why Independence Matters

An investigation run from inside the reporting line is the first thing opposing counsel attacks
Privilege turns on how the work is scoped at the outset, and a scoping mistake cannot be repaired later
Boards, insurers, and auditors ask who conducted the review and who they reported to
Findings that are documented properly can be acted on; findings that are not become a second problem

Who This Is For

Boards and audit committees that need a reviewer outside the management chain
Nonprofits where the complaint involves a founder, executive director, or sitting board member
Companies whose HR or compliance function is too close to the people involved
Organizations that will have to explain to an insurer, auditor, or regulator how the review was run

Internal Corporate Investigations

What Raphael Does

Why Independence Matters

Who This Is For

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