Best Law Firms for Anti-corruption & anti-bribery Internship in 2024

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What is Anti-corruption and anti-bribery law practice?

With increasing globalization and the international nature of many small and large businesses, bribery, facilitation payments and corruption become a key concern for firms, both at national and international levels.

Many countries are developing their own set of legislations and rules to combat these issues.

Companies need to navigate through complex and sometimes conflicting rules and regulations; and ensure that they are compliant with these laws in the countries of their operation.

The Government of India is constantly working towards the evolution of the anti-corruption legal framework to conform with current international practices laid down by the United Nations Convention Against Corruption.Various legislations such as the Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Act, 2018, Foreign Contribution Regulation Act, 2010 (FCRA), the Civil Services (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the All-India Services (Conduct) Rules, 1968, Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA) and the Companies Act, 2013 seek to address various forms of corruption prevalent in the public and private commercial domains.

Concepts such as corporate liability, cover all categories of organizations incorporated in India or carrying out business in India.Organizations have to build adequate compliance procedures and safeguards into their business practices to prevent its members, officers and associated persons from any such conduct that is prohibited by various national and foreign laws.

Anti-bribery and Anti-corruption legal practice include a wide range of services such as:

Proactive Legal services

• Risk assessment
• Development of anti-bribery and corruption policies and procedures, compliance programs
• Design and implementation of internal controls review and compliance monitoring
• Development of training modules and conduct of training on compliance requirements
• Pre-acquisition and post-acquisition due diligence
• Representation in Government policy development

 

Reactive Legal services

• Investigation of instances of non-compliances
• Legal representation at national and international levels as required
• Continuous evolution of policies and procedures in accordance to changing legislative and business requirements
• Providing assistance on investigations by both internal and external agencies

 

Anti-corruption and anti-bribery practice also overlap on White-Collar crime legal practice areas.

Best Law Firms for Anti-corruption and anti-bribery Practice Internship in 2024 for LLB Students

This list of best law firms is sorted in alphabetical order.

• Agarwal Law Associates – New Delhi
• AZB & Partners – Mumbai, Bengaluru, Gurugram, New Delhi, Pune
• Bharucha & Partners – Mumbai, Bengaluru, New Delhi
• Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas – Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, New Delhi
• Desai & Diwanji – Mumbai, Gurugram, New Delhi
• DMD Advocates – Mumbai, New Delhi
• Dua Associates – New Delhi, Bengaluru, Chandigarh, Chennai, Gurugram, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Pune
• Fox Mandal & Associates – Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, Pune, Mumbai, New Delhi, Kolkata, Ahmedabad
• Gaggar & Partners – New Delhi
• Hammurabi & Solomon Partners – New Delhi, Bengaluru, Gurugram, Mumbai, Patna, Ranchi
• HSA Advocates – New Delhi, Bengaluru, Kolkata, Mumbai
• India Law Offices – New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Goa, Ahmedabad, Pune, Noida, Gurugram
• IndusLaw – Bengaluru, New Delhi, Hyderabad, Mumbai
• L&L Partners (formerly Luthra & Luthra Law Offices) – New Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad
• Mulla & Mulla & Craigie Blunt & Caroe – Mumbai, Bengaluru, New Delhi
• Phoenix Legal – New Delhi, Mumbai
• PSA Legal Counsellors – New Delhi, Chennai
• Shivadass & Shivadass – Bengaluru
• Wakhariya & Wakhariya – Mumbai

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