Compliance, ESG and Risk
The team has a thorough understanding of clients' needs and focuses on the best possible outcomes.
BAHR is a market leader across various compliance and ESG areas, including anti-corruption, fraud, anti-money laundering, sanctions and export controls, antitrust, security, GDPR, whistleblowing, inside information, human and labor rights, environmental and climate law.
Our services include regulatory and operational advice such as risk assessment and the customisation of compliance, AML and ESG programs. In addition, we support clients with investigations and crisis management, including cross-border matters in collaboration with international partners.
Our team includes a bench of lawyers who formerly served in senior roles both within the public and private sector, hereunder multinational industrial organisations and startups, some of the largest Norwegian asset managers, as well as the National Authority for Investigation and Prosecution of Economic and Environmental Crime (Økokrim), the Council on Ethics for the Norwegian Government Pension Fund, and Norges Bank Investment Management.
Our team has a multidisciplinary background in law, economics, and auditing. Our unique approach and diverse team see us acting for many leading players in their most complex challenges.
Our expertise:
- M&A compliance and ESG due diligence
- Compliance and ESG program design and qualitative assessment of existing programs
- Risk assessments and action plans
- Policies and procedures, hereunder digital tools/AI
- Training and awareness raising programs
- Business partner management, Integrity Due Diligence and KYC
- Whistleblowing procedures, fact finding and internal investigations
- Internal controls and monitoring
- Compliance Committee (external counsel)
- External reporting