Kroll retains Joseph Lambert Esq. as Senior Advisor

NEW YORK, March 1, 2012 – Kroll, the world’s leading risk management company, announced today that it has retained Joseph Lambert Esq., formerly global general counsel of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, to serve as a senior advisor to the company.

Lambert will play a key role in Kroll’s growth strategy by helping to develop relationships with corporate counsel and deepen their understanding of the full range of Kroll’s services - from traditional investigative and forensic accounting capabilities to computer forensics, cyber security and e-discovery tools.

“I am pleased to welcome Joe to Kroll,” said Robert Brenner, Esq., vice president of Business Intelligence and Investigations in the Americas. “Joe has a profound breadth of experience as general counsel of a major global business, which makes him uniquely able to match Kroll’s extensive capabilities to the needs of corporate counsel.”

Lambert brings to Kroll more than 25 years of legal experience in academia, law firm practice, and for almost 15 years, as global general counsel of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, where he served as a member of the global management team. He established Deloitte’s global Office of General Counsel for its nearly 70 international member firms and their numerous subsidiaries practicing in the fields of accountancy, tax, management consulting and financial advisory services. Lambert began his career as an associate at Dewey Ballantine where he practiced corporate law from 1988 to 1993. He holds a Juris Doctor from Suffolk University and holds a doctorate in law and a Master of Laws degree with honors from Cambridge University.

“Increasingly, corporate counsel face a wide range of internal and external risks that require investigative support,” said Lambert. “As the dominant global firm, Kroll offers an unparalleled suite of services that can be leveraged to resolve these complex issues and problems. I look forward to working with my colleagues at Kroll and the corporate counsel community.”
 

About Kroll

Kroll, the world's leading risk management company, provides a broad range of investigative, intelligence, financial, security and technology services to help clients reduce risks, solve problems and capitalize on opportunities. Headquartered in New York with offices in more than 52 cities in more than 29 countries, Kroll has a multidisciplinary team of approximately 2,800 employees and serves a global clientele of law firms, financial institutions, corporations, non-profit institutions, government agencies, and individuals. Kroll is an Altegrity company. Kroll's website is http://www.kroll.com.

For 40 years, Kroll has been internationally recognized as the premier leader in conducting investigations of fraud and misconduct, developing facts and intelligence to support successful litigation strategies, performing due diligence investigations on prospective deals, evaluating business opportunities and assessing the strengths and weaknesses of competitors.

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