Businesses are increasingly facing a wide array of enterprise risk and crisis situations. Exacerbating matters is the speed of technology, social media, increased shareholder activism, rapidly evolving regulatory requirements and opportunistic plaintiffs.
With the right prevention measures and quick response time to a crisis, the impact on the long-term financial health and reputation of an organization and its stakeholders can be mitigated.
The Blakes Enterprise Risk & Response team understands corporate governance best practices, regulatory requirements, investigations, prosecutions and crisis response management. We can structure our advice through a staged and privilege-protected process that involves risk assessment, planning, training, testing, documentation and response.
Blakes has a deep understanding of our clients' business objectives and the unique industry sectors in which they operate. Our strength in a broad range of industries ensures we are up to date on developments in all Canadian jurisdictions as well as current and emerging matters that may affect enterprise risk.
We use this approach to provide proactive and customized commercial advice, both in advance and during a crisis situation.
With many clients operating across multiple jurisdictions, we have particular expertise advising U.S. and international companies on cross-border challenges that involve Canadian operations or interests.
Drawing on some of the most experienced and internationally recognized lawyers across the country, our integrated team regularly advises and represents clients in the following risk-related areas.
Best practices and corporate policies relating to regulatory requirements, disclosure procedures, corporate communications, ethical conduct, document retention, financial reporting, etc.
In each instance, Blakes mobilizes teams on short notice to respond to urgent "crisis" situations, including search warrants, production orders and compelled interviews.