Regulatory & Compliance

Regulations affect every business, and staying within compliance ensures business can continue and expand. Galloway Johnson Tompkins Burr & Smith keeps our clients well informed and in compliance with the increasingly complex web of regulationsregulatory law. For decades, our experienced attorneys have gone way above and way beyond in partnering with national and international companies, as well as litigating on their behalf when regulatory violations are alleged. We remain focused on minimizing your risk so you can remain focused on the successful operation of your business.

Our regulatory law team regularly counsels and defends clients in highly regulated industries, and we stay up-to-date with regulatory changes that affect our clients’ businesses, their stakeholders, and their customers. Galloway attorneys are proactive in protecting our clients’ interests by advising on, drafting, formulating, and revising policies, procedures, safety handbooks, and employee manuals. We equip our clients with the knowledge and understanding of both obvious and implied risks. 

We are experienced in advising our clients on every facet of compliance program development including reviewing current protocols, creating new policies and safeguards, overseeing rollout, and monitoring effectiveness over time. This process includes evaluating your proposed operations and working with the appropriate regulatory officials to determine what is legal and the best path forward for your business. By conducting regulatory risk analysis for strategic transactions, we can help you evaluate self-reporting requirements and resolve day-to-day compliance matters.

Our regulatory and compliance attorneys collaborate with Galloway’s 24/7 Emergency and Rapid Response team, so in emergency situations – such as a vessel arrest, collision, allision, personal injury, or oil discharge – we can respond immediately, including performing on-call scene investigations, interviews, and obtaining the necessary information to defend a matter from pre-suit through litigation.

To ensure compliance with the rapidly evolving regulatory landscape within the digital world and to avoid running afoul of regulators, our regulatory attorneys provide compliance assessments, due diligence, preparation of cyber-conscious business-to-business agreements, and trade secret/digital asset protection.

To defend our clients against government investigations, penalties, and steep fines, our experienced attorneys provide result-driven representation that is singularly focused on keeping them on the right side of regulatory authorities at every level. In addition to our ongoing communication and collaboration, our team can assist with:

• Effective compliance policies that mitigate risk
• Employee manuals and quick guides that are easy to navigate and understand
• A program of regular compliance auditing