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The report is by Slaughter & May, one of the more delightful company names in the City of London. My understanding was that they’re a law firm, perhaps they’ve

• Nextgrid 4y ago
  > they’re a law firm, perhaps they’ve also branched into IT consultancy? And that's exactly how such IT disasters begin.
• graderjs 4y ago
  No this kind of thing is called an audit and law firms are typically involved.
• joshuaissac 4y ago
  Law firms are often hired to conduct independent reviews when things go wrong or when allegations of wrongdoing are made, e.g. RBS in 2013,[1] RICS in 2018,[2] Baker McKenzie in 2018[3], and UNICEF in 2020.[4][5] 1. https://www.natwestgroup.com/news-and-insights/feature-content/our-updates/2011-2020/clifford-chance-review.html https://www.natwestgroup.com/news-and-insights/feature-conte... 2. https://www.rics.org/uk/about-rics/corporate-governance/independent-external-review-information-centre/ https://www.rics.org/uk/about-rics/corporate-governance/inde... 3. https://www.legalbusiness.co.uk/blogs/metoo-latest-bakers-appoints-simmons-to-review-handling-of-complaint-against-partner-accused-of-sexual-assault/ https://www.legalbusiness.co.uk/blogs/metoo-latest-bakers-ap... 4. https://www.unicef.org.uk/press-releases/unicef-uk-confirms-launch-of-independent-review/ https://www.unicef.org.uk/press-releases/unicef-uk-confirms-... 5. https://www.civilsociety.co.uk/news/unicef-appoints-different-law-firm-for-review-into-bullying-allegations.html https://www.civilsociety.co.uk/news/unicef-appoints-differen...
• antihero 4y ago
  Generally legal firms like this will have domain specialists.