Compliance and Investigations
Businesses today face ever stricter requirements to prevent, uncover and manage regulatory breaches. Growing internationalisation, complex supply chains, new ESG obligations and mounting pressure from regulators and the public make compliance a strategic imperative – and investigations an essential response whenever suspicion arises. Missteps can have serious consequences for operations, trust and reputation.
At Arntzen Grette, we help companies build resilient compliance and risk management frameworks, and support them in navigating crises when they strike. We carry out internal investigations, assess whistleblowing cases, manage regulatory reviews and provide hands-on support to management and boards in dealing with serious misconduct. Our approach combines legal precision with commercial pragmatism, with a strong emphasis on fairness, neutrality and efficient progress.
We work closely with clients’ in-house functions – whether that means strengthening internal controls, addressing sanctions breaches, implementing anti-corruption measures or discreetly handling incidents with potential criminal law consequences.
Our recent work includes:
- Advising the administration board of Optin Bank ASA in a wide-ranging financial regulatory investigation into the reasons behind the bank being placed under public administration
- Supporting the Norwegian Tax Administration in reviewing its handling of the Transocean case – one of Norway’s largest tax disputes, involving alleged tax evasion of more than NOK 11 billion
- Assisting Oceanteam ASA through every phase of its investigation, following a period of suspension from trading on the Oslo Stock Exchange
- Conducting the investigation on behalf of the Norwegian Parliament (Stortinget) into commuter housing benefits, reviewing MPs’ tax treatment to ensure compliance with tax obligations
