Cross-Current Consulting provides services in practice areas, across industries and geographies, utilizing the deep experience of Richard Corgel and, where appropriate, skills of individuals and organizations, including lawyers and law firms, working together under cooperative arrangements to serve companies in a manner that is responsive to their specific circumstances and needs.

Practice Areas

Governance consulting

Assisting Boards as they deal with incident resolution, addressing objectivity and independence, scope of effort, and other considerations inherent in a sound business response to an incident

Crisis management consulting

Establishing a team of properly skilled professionals and plans to address legal, regulatory, financing and profitability, business reputation and survival risks

Investigations involving allegations of financial statement fraud*

Understand allegations of financial statement misstatement or other improprieties and develop plan to gather facts relevant to the allegations; conduct thorough investigation through interviews, review of hard - copy and electronic information, and analysis; report and recommend remediation, where necessary

Investigations involving allegations of employee, vendor, or other occupational fraud*

Understand allegations of fraudulent behavior and develop plan to gather facts relevant to the allegations; conduct thorough investigation through interviews, review of hard - copy and electronic information, and analysis; report and recommend remediation, where necessary

Investigations involving allegations of non - compliance with laws and regulations relating to business conduct*

Understand allegations of non - compliance and develop plan to gather facts relevant to the allegations; conduct thorough investigation through interviews, review of hard - copy and electronic information, and analysis; report and recommend remediation, where necessary

Investigations into allegations of conflict of interest, bribery, and other forms of corruption*

Understand allegations of improprieties and / or non - compliance and develop plan to gather facts relevant to the allegations; conduct thorough investigation through interviews, review of hard - copy and electronic information, and analysis; report and recommend remediation, where necessary

Due diligence consulting relative to business transactions

Gather facts to assist companies in decision - making with respect to business transactions

Internal control reviews*

Reviews of anti - fraud internal controls and controls related to compliance with laws and regulations, all in accordance with professional guidance and standards

Consulting related to regulatory inquiries of the SEC, DOJ, and others

Address issues raised by regulatory and legal enforcement agencies and develop a plan responsive to the issues involved

Litigation consulting*

Work with legal counsel to develop an appropriate strategy and gather necessary information to support a legal position or argument, including damages

Industry Capabilities
  • Automotive
  • Consumer Products
  • Telecom
  • Energy
  • Entertainment and Professional Sports
  • Health care / life science
  • Financial services.
Geographic Coverage

Deep experience in the US and Japan; also UK, Western Europe, Pacific Rim countries China and South Korea, and Africa. Some experience with India and Eastern European countries.

* DENOTES SERVICES WHERE CROSS-CURRENT CONSULTING MAY RECOMMEND A TEAM OF RICH CORGEL AND OTHER INDIVIDUALS AND / OR FIRMS BASED UPON THE ANTICIPATED SCALE OF WORK, THE TIME FRAME OVER WHICH THE WORK NEEDS TO BE COMPLETED, AND THE NEED FOR SPECIALIZED LEGAL, ACCOUNTING, TECHNOLOGY, INDUSTRY, LANGUAGE, AND OTHER SKILLS. EFFECTIVE COORDINATION WITH INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL AUDIT TEAMS IS OFTEN A CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTOR IN PROVIDING THE SERVICES ABOVE, AS WELL.