A list, with status
Each point: met, missing or in progress.
What the law requires of your company, checked and with a plan.
Basic company compliance
A company has obligations that go unseen until someone asks: data protection, a whistleblowing channel, crime prevention, books and registers. A small breach can be costly, and for some of them the director answers personally.
We check a list of compliance points, tell you which you meet, which are missing and which are in progress, and leave you with a six-month plan. If you wish, a qualified lawyer from our associate firms can then look after the follow-up.
- Type of engagement
- Fixed-scope project
- Indicative timing
- The status report, usually four to six weeks; the plan, over six months.
- Fees
- In writing, before we start
- Who provides and signs
- A qualified lawyer from our associate firms, coordinated with Corporate for employment and accounting matters.
Here we check what the law requires of the company; the monthly employment obligations (working-time records, equality, health and safety) are handled in Corporate, under Payroll and employment.
When it is needed
- You have never reviewed how your company complies
- Your headcount has reached 50 employees
- A customer, a bank or an investor asks you to show your compliance
- You are a director and want to know what you answer for personally
Why it matters
A six-month plan
What to do, in what order and who does it.
The director too
The duties and personal liability of whoever runs the company.
What is included
- Personal data protection
- Internal information system (whistleblowing channel)
- Anti-money-laundering, if your activity requires it
- Crime prevention (criminal compliance)
- Duties and liability of directors
- Corporate books, beneficial ownership and trade marks
What is not included
- Defending in criminal proceedings, an inspection or an investigation: that is a separate matter
- Guaranteeing there will be no penalties: we check and propose, and compliance depends on the company
Who it is for
- Companies with employees that have never reviewed their compliance
- Directors who want to know what they answer for personally
Four blocks
What is checked.
Data and whistleblowing
What protects the people who deal with the company.
- Personal data protection: record of processing activities, information notices and contracts with suppliers
- Internal information system (whistleblowing channel), mandatory from 50 employees
Money and crime
What protects the company and its directors.
- Anti-money-laundering, if your activity requires it
- Crime prevention model
- Duties and liability of the director
The company
What keeps it in good order.
- Corporate books and filing of accounts
- Beneficial ownership
- Trade marks, domain names and intellectual property
The people
What the law requires of a company with employees.
- Working-time and pay records
- Equality
- Occupational health and safety
How it starts
A first meeting to see the company’s activity, headcount and customers; with that, we decide which points on the list apply to you.
What to bring- The articles, the books and the beneficial ownership
- The number of employees and the standard contracts
- How you handle personal data: website, customers, employees and suppliers
- Whether you already have a whistleblowing channel, a harassment protocol or a crime prevention model
What you receive
- 01Status reportEach point, with its status —met, missing or in progress— and a traffic light.
- 02Six-month planWhat to do, in what order and who does it.
- 03Missing documentsPrepared by a qualified lawyer: record of processing activities, whistleblowing policy, prevention model.
- 04Follow-up, if you wishData protection officer and management of the whistleblowing channel, by a qualified lawyer from our associate firms, with a written proposal.
Frequently asked questions
Does my company need a whistleblowing channel?
If it has 50 or more employees, Law 2/2023 requires an internal information system. With fewer, it depends; we check.
What is criminal compliance?
A model of organisation and control to prevent crime within the company. The law takes it into account when attributing criminal liability to a legal person (article 31 bis of the Criminal Code).
Am I personally liable as a director?
In some cases, yes: the law sets duties of diligence and loyalty for directors and provides for their liability. We go through it in the report.
“What the law requires, before anyone asks.”
Guidance only. Legal services are provided and signed by a qualified lawyer from our associate firms.
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A conversation, whenever you decide.
We reply to every enquiry within 24 working hours, in strict confidence.
The first thing we will ask for: the articles, the books and the beneficial ownership.