Pavocat is a global leader in designing and delivering complex professional investigations services to clients around the globe including commercial, civil, and criminal cases for leading lawyers and law firms in the UK, EU, USA, and Asia.
We have particular expertise in stolen asset identification and multi-jurisdictional asset tracing, as well as undertaking the inquiries necessary to facilitate the safe return of those assets.
Our global investigation service ranges from determining the scope of concern of corruption on the part of a corporation or company to undertaking full-scale, complex internal corporate investigations.
The Pavocat Professional Investigations Team
The Pavocat Professional Investigations TeamCreating a highly professional, effective investigation service means assembling an exemplary team. This team is led by Sir Hugh Orde, founder, and former Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland, and formed from acknowledged experts in relevant fields and disciplines.
The Pavocat Professional Investigations Team is always professional, discreet, and reliable, and brings relevant skills and proportionate activity to any investigation that it is engaged to deliver.
Pavocat Expert Investigations
Pavocat specialises in a range of areas where investigations are often required and has developed the professional team and skills to deliver exemplary results in all cases.
Active: addressing historic corruption problems
It is all too easy for companies or investors to become ensnared in the activities of corrupt public officials in nations where the soliciting of bribes is the norm rather than the exception. Many nations have adopted a “pay and play” mentality, which may lure otherwise ethical businesses into criminal activity. Sometimes companies feel that they have no choice but to “play” to stay in business, even though most companies don’t want to pay bribes in order to do business.
The Pavocat Active Service exists to assist companies with historical and current instances of corruption. Companies can rely upon the service to get out of trouble, or to reduce exposure to law enforcement activities and the sanctioning activities of international organisations such as the African Development Bank, Asian Development Bank, and World Bank Group.
The Pavocat team will discreetly investigate the corruption issue for the client company to determine its scope and application, and then, if necessary, seek to resolve the case in the most beneficial manner available.
This may include, for example, brokering settlement or cooperating arrangements or seeking entry into voluntary disclosure programs
Recovery: identifying, finding, and recovering assets
The Pavocat Recovery Service is a specialist service that supports high-net-worth individuals, companies, corporations, and states in the recovery in part or in whole of assets that have been stolen or taken from them. We understand that not only do our clients want the safe return of their assets, but they want to deny those who have taken them from benefitting.
Once we have identified and traced the specific stolen assets (in whatever form they take), or have determined what that asset has become and the person or entity holding it, we will take all necessary steps to recover the assets.
Our Specialist Recovery Team has extensive knowledge and experience in conducting national and international Civil Recovery Operations, as well as adopting Alternative Recovery Measures, such as a negotiated or mediated return of stolen assets.
Criminal Referral: for Governments, Companies, and Organisations
Pavocat referral is designed for corporations, companies, trade bodies, charities, and international governmental and non-governmental organisations.
It is designed to persuade law enforcement organisations to act where, without the intervention of Pavocat Referral, they may not.
Those organisations that are the victim of, or involved with the eradication or reduction of corruption in any form, can benefit from the use of this service.
Pavocat Referral is a specialist service that seeks, on behalf of the client, to identify and marshall as much of the inculpatory knowledge as possible into one sophisticated and highly persuasive report. This provides what we need to advocate, through various relevant channels, for the commencement of a police-led criminal investigation on behalf of the client.
The Pavocat Referral Service is highly adaptable and flexible. It can be used for a broad range of situations and events.
Passing-off counterfeit products as originals
This self-evidently damages the business, brand, and reputation of legitimate manufacturers. Pavocat Referral enables the victims of such behaviour to engage proactively in countering those criminals that are effectively stealing their revenue and damaging their businesses.
Human Trafficking, Exploitation of Refugees and Endangered Species
Organisations and entities dealing with important and immensely sensitive matters in challenging jurisdictions often require investigative services that can provide a hard-hitting, focused, and undeniable report of suspected criminality.
Key Elements of Pavocat Investigations Service
Legal Oversight
Our investigations are – uniquely – subject to legal oversight conducted by expert counsel with years of civil, criminal, and administrative investigative experience to ensure the integrity, legality, and admissibility of the investigative product we deliver to you.
Expert Reports & Analysis
We think and write with authority, which means that we provide comprehensive and reliable information, intelligence, and evidence; we highlight our key findings; we carefully explain their relevance and their impact on your stated aims and strategy; and we set out clear and detailed analysis and advice, with proposals for next steps.
Proven Experience
The numerous senior positions that members of our team have held include:
- The WBG’s Chief of Operations for Investigations & Prosecutions,
- Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland,
- Special Counsel (Counter-Corruption) to the EBRD,
- Head of the Intelligence Unit (Anti-Corruption Command) at the Met Police,
- Leader of the Covert/Overt Operations Units at the Met Police,
- Head of Specialist Investigations, Head of the UK’s National Terrorist Financial Investigation Unit,
- Senior Investigating Officers, etc.
This extensive high-level experience means our work is proactive, expeditionary, and exemplary, enabling us to identify solutions where others see problems.
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