Expert profile
Highlights
- Experienced investigator.
- Client-centric case manager across the full spectrum of investigative assignments.
- Longstanding risk management professional.
- Recognised Latin America political risk expert.
- Extensive pre-transaction due diligence and business intelligence experience.
Services
InvestigationsIndustries
Financial Services | Industrial & Manufacturing | Mining & Metals | Oil & Gas | Power & Utilities | Transportation Infrastructure
With more than two decades of experience in the investigations sector, Nick Panes is a leading forensic investigator who has expertly supported domestic and international anti-corruption risk assessments and compliance system audits and is distinguished by “the thoroughness of his work”.
Lexology Index - Investigations - Forensic Accountant - Highly Recommended
Expertise
Nick Panes has 25 years of experience in the investigations and risk management industry. He has worked alongside the testifying expert on numerous occasions providing forensic analysis and investigative support.
Nick’s work has focused on investigative assignments, political risk, business intelligence and regulatory compliance, with postings in Mexico City, New Delhi, Sydney and London. He has been involved in arbitral tribunals and court proceedings providing expert witness support and in FCPA related investigations and alter ego assessments.
Nick’s expertise includes fraud and money laundering investigations, anti-corruption risk assessments and consultancy, regulatory compliance system design and audits, business intelligence assignments, pre-transaction due diligence, asset tracing and recovery and digital forensics. He has specialised in complex, cross-border investigations on matters ranging from strategic market entry work and due diligence to sensitive employee misconduct investigations in multiple jurisdictions.
Professional recognition
Lexology Index
- Investigations – Forensic Accountant – Highly Recommended
- Consulting – Forensic Accountant
Nick Panes wins praise as an “excellent investigator” owing to his standout command of complex cross-border matters including anti-corruption, fraud, money laundering, and digital forensics.
Lexology Index - Consulting - Forensic Accountant
Background
Nick’s career has been split between investigations, post-event problem solving and ongoing risk management consultancy across a wide range of sectors and geographies. He has worked across the full spectrum of projects from strategic advisory work through to tactical support.
Nick is a member of the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists, the Association of Certified Sanctions Specialists and the Association of International Energy Negotiators. He is a recognised Latin America political risk expert and is fluent in English and Spanish.
Qualifications
MSc Latin American Politics
MA Geography and Politics (Major in African Politics and Post-Soviet Politics)
Professional Memberships
ACAMS, ACSS, AIEN
