Forensic & Integrity Service Offerings

What EY can do for you

With approximately 4,500 forensic professionals worldwide, we will assemble the right multidisciplinary and culturally aligned team to work with you and your legal counsel, offering the benefit of our broad sector experience, deep subject-matter knowledge and insights.

Investigations & Compliance

Our dedicated global team of investigators, forensic accountants, compliance and technology professionals help organizations respond rapidly to instances of alleged fraud, bribery and other misconduct, as well as law enforcement and regulatory inquiries. Using advanced forensic technologies, we quickly gather facts and evidence to assess the extent of the issue and to help organizations manage relevant stakeholders. We support legal counsel by analyzing varying data sources to uncover links, patterns and anomalies and by presenting findings in legal proceedings. 

Our professionals also work with companies and their legal counsel to refine risk assessments and tailor compliance programs to help put integrity at the heart of the organization. We aim to help companies create an ethical business culture focused on honesty, integrity and transparency that improves business performance and protects their brand. Leveraging forensic data analytics, we provide insights into employee behavioral patterns that can be used to develop customized compliance programs that align with the organization’s business and risk profile. Find out more.

Claims & Disputes

We help companies and their legal counsel to prepare the calculations, analyses and strategies required for complex commercial disputes. By advising on the financial aspects of contracts and deals that often give rise to disputes, we also help reduce the risk of future problems before the deal is even signed. We support companies in effectively presenting their position on financial and commercial matters in arbitrations, court proceedings and other alternative dispute resolution procedures. We provide robust, unbiased, independent and expert testimony and opinions on a range of specialized matters that are critical to the outcome of disputes, by bringing together deep forensic competencies, sector insight and our extensive cumulative experience of advising on matters in most dispute resolution forums. Ultimately, we help safeguard the value of an organization’s business and help generate legitimate gain from their contracts and transactions.

Our Claims professionals also assist companies to recover financial losses through the preparation of commercial insurance claims and government grant applications following catastrophic losses. In the aftermath of fires, explosions, floods, windstorms, thefts, cyber intrusions and myriad catastrophic situations, organizations often need assistance strategizing how to both restore and document their recoverable financial losses. Our professionals have years of experience helping organizations recoup losses from insurance carriers, as well as, in the US, assisting local governments and not-for-profit organizations to pursue recovery funding through US federal disaster programs (e.g., FEMA, HUD). Utilizing EY Disaster Grant Management, we help organizations throughout the application process, from kickoff to closeout and eventually federal audit if needed. Find out more.

Discovery Services

The diversity and dispersion of digital information continues to grow as the legal and regulatory environments become more challenging. Organizations are seeking end-to-end discovery solutions to help them manage legal and compliance risks and also to reduce cost. From pre-litigation information management to post-matter data disposition, our team’s qualifications, experience and scale enable us to offer services across the entire discovery life cycle. We have significant experience in managing high-profile, complex legal and regulatory responses and investigations. Our Discovery, information governance and forensic professionals can help answer the “who, what, where, when and how” questions that help organizations meet their discovery and compliance needs.

We are committed to protecting an organization’s information assets. We have established global operational guidelines about handling of company data and are supported by dedicated resources from EY General Counsel’s Global Data Privacy team. EY has established Binding Corporate Rules (BCRs) to comply with EU and other relevant data protection and privacy regulations and laws. In many cases, particularly under the EU General Data Protection Regulation, BCRs allows us to undertake cross-border data transfer, which ultimately leads to economic efficiency and better quality control via centralized processing and review. (The services will be provided unless prohibited by the relevant laws and regulations.) Find out more.

Forensic Data Analytics 

Forensic Data Analytics (FDA) is a critical element of nearly every way in which we support organizations — whether an investigation, the digitalization of compliance, forensic diligence or a complex litigation matter. Our FDA professionals are experienced in machine learning, natural language processing and robotic process automation, and have extensive industry sector experience. We assist organizations to detect and investigate instances of fraud, waste, misuse, abuse, corruption and other forms of non-compliance.

Our team’s qualifications, experience, and scale enable us to provide decision-makers with the factual evidence and insights they need to manage integrity risks, lower the cost of compliance and increase business transparency.  

In addition, leveraging a customized, repeatable and cost-effective framework, we assist organizations through managed services to address ongoing compliance risks and rapidly respond to regulatory scrutiny. Taking a “security-by-design” approach, we offer multiple data hosting options, all of which have multiple layers of physical and virtual security and direct connectivity to EY computer forensic labs in more than 30 countries. Find out more.

Privacy & Cyber Response

From investigation, to litigation and regulatory response EY Privacy and Cyber Response (P&CR) professionals assist organizations to navigate through complex cyber attacks. Our teams have assisted companies in responding to a range of cyber incidents including PII data thefts, business email compromises, ransomware attacks, and credit card theft. We combine cybersecurity and computer forensic experience with traditional investigative approaches, including interviewing witnesses, interrogating data and examining physical and digital evidence to uncover all facts pertaining to a breach. We are experienced in helping address regulatory inquiries and liaising with law enforcement authorities. As cyber breaches often span international borders, we tailor our procedures to the specific legal and regulatory requirements of each country involved in the investigation, including our work with external legal counsel.

Our interdisciplinary teams help organizations develop data governance frameworks that are supported by appropriate policies and technology so data protection and privacy compliance is achievable and sustainable in the long run. We also assist in developing GDPR and other relevant data protection and privacy compliance plans that work in conjunction with the organization’s cyber response plan to enable them to respond to a cyber breach in an effective manner within the required time window. Find out more.

Transaction Forensics

Our Transaction Forensics professionals assist organizations and legal counsel in identifying and mitigating financial, operational and reputational risks inherent to mergers and acquisition transactions. They possess deep experience in anti-corruption due diligence, both pre- and post-close, as well as related investigations and compliance matters. In addition, they are proficient in conducting in-depth risk analyses of fraud, bribery and corruption, money laundering, restrictions on trade and export, related-party transactions, and conflicts of interest. We have global capabilities and resources to address potential issues in transactions across all geographies and industries.