Investigations & Disputes

Suspicions or allegations of corporate misdeeds can cause tremendous harm and disruption to any organization. At Secretariat, our decades of experience drilling down to the facts can provide the confidence to know risks can be managed and challenges addressed and overcome.

Assisting Your Business Through Complex Threats

Allegations of misconduct can cause tremendous disruption to any organization, triggering financial and reputational harm, litigation, regulatory enforcement actions, and even criminal prosecution.  These risks are especially severe when enforcement priorities are changing or unpredictable. 

At Secretariat, our highly experienced Global Investigations and Disputes team is the trusted partner for clients and their counsel in navigating the most complex investigative, legal and regulatory challenges. We work to uncover the facts, mitigate risk, and drive effective outcomes for our clients. Accusations of wrongdoing demand swift and deliberate action. Regulators, investors and other stakeholders expect clear evidence that an organization is committed to uncovering the facts and is appropriately responding.

At Secretariat, we have built an elite team of global investigation and disputes experts who leverage cutting-edge technology and their deep experience to deliver tailored results in every engagement. Aligned with counsel and clients, we provide well-supported and independent results, regardless of size, severity, or complexity of the investigation or dispute. We are collaborative, accessible, and agile, and build long-term, meaningful relationships with our clients. Our versatility and meticulous approach means we are uniquely positioned to support your business when the stakes are high. Our client-centric approach ensures that we always provide you with the most qualified team to handle the toughest investigations and disputes, helping you to understand and resolve business risks by providing practical, actionable advice. 


Our Global Investigations and Disputes practice leads in the following areas:

  • Antitrust Investigations
  • Asset Tracing and Recovery
  • Brokerage and Investment Advisory
  • Business Intelligence
  • Construction Fraud
  • Data Analytics & Strategy
  • Digital Forensics & eDiscovery
  • Disputes
  • Financial and White-Collar Crime
  • Financial Reporting and Securities Fraud
  • Independent Compliance Monitoring
  • International Trade and Sanctions 
  • Risk Advisory
  • Securities and Finance

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Construction Delay

When projects are delayed, owners, contractors, designers, insurers, governmental agencies, and law firms across the globe trust Secretariat’s leading experts to provide their independent and rigorous analysis to help avoid, pursue, or defend costly disputes. Secretariat stands apart in how we articulate clear and concise opinions for even the most complex analyses.

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With proven skills in complex cases and exceptional strength in analytics, Secretariat experts provided extensive guidance on domestic and international matters involving commercial damages and disputes.

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Our industry-leading expertise in digital forensics and eDiscovery delivers thorough analysis and seamless solutions for data-intensive legal and investigative needs.

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Across disciplines, regions, and industries, Secretariat’s highly-credentialed, collaborative engineering and scientific experts apply technical excellence and creativity to meet today’s most complex challenges.

Forensic Accounting

Secretariat’s highly experienced forensic accounting experts uncover financial misconduct and help resolve disputes with the investigative techniques necessary to analyze complex financial data, trace assets, and provide comprehensive reports and expert testimony, ensuring swift action with effective communication.

Intellectual Property

Secretariat’s experts have an unparalleled depth of experience providing analysis, opinions, and testimony in high-stakes patent litigation, proceedings at the International Trade Commission, and strategic advisory engagements. Our expertise in patents extends beyond litigation and disputes, to advising clients on licensing negotiations, valuation, patent monetization strategies, product forecasting, and launch analyses.

International Arbitration

Continuously ranked at the top of Global Arbitration Review’s Expert Witness Firms’ Power Index, Secretariat’s experts have a long history of providing the kind of insightful, objective analysis and highly persuasive testimony trusted in some of the highest value arbitrations across the globe.

Labor & Employment

Parties in labor and employment disputes – in cases brought by individuals or as class actions – depend on independent and verifiable economic analyses to support their positions. The experts at Secretariat have decades of experience analyzing claims, valuing damages, and turning large volumes of data into litigation support that clients and courts can readily understand and trust.

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Mergers & Acquisitions

M&A transactions are among the most complex business activities from every perspective: financial, competitive, regulatory, and beyond. The bigger the parties, the more exponentially complex the transactions. From providing objective valuations and economic clarity to helping clients navigate regulatory investigations, Secretariat has a long history of advising both buyers and sellers in many industries in the U.S. and across the globe in some of the largest and most complex M&A transactions.

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From telecommunications to energy issues, Secretariat’s economists and experts regularly advise companies and individuals navigating the world of complex regulations, enforcement, and rule-making.

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At Secretariat, our adept Securities and Finance professionals craft pragmatic strategies and rigorous financial and economic analyses tailored for law firms, financial institutions, corporations, and government agencies enmeshed in consequential legal battles.

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