Anticorruption Laws and Regulations

This unique volume is a must-have tool for all in-house and international lawyers, legal counsel and consultants involved with local and cross-border corruption matters. Throughout the text, a range of local and international experts provide in-depth analysis of corruption issues.

Corruption is an increasingly widespread global problem which affects many people, governments, industry sectors and jurisdictions. In recent years, many countries, international organisations, multilateral banks and social, entrepreneurial and legal organisations have sought to create an improved legal environment in which to tackle corruption, by creating rules that restrict discretional powers, limit wrongful practices and sanction guilty parties.The result is the development of an assortment of international and local laws and regulations, best practices and many other tools that are being implemented with differing results. Some countries have achieved outstanding results, while others continue to fight a long and difficult battle against corruption. In the midst of all this, corporations and lawyers have to make sense of the problems and learn how to apply the law efficiently and effectively.This unique volume is a must-have tool for all in-house and international lawyers, legal counsel and consultants involved with local and cross-border corruption matters. Throughout the text, a range of local and international experts provide in-depth analysis of corruption issues and examine:i) the current legal regime in their countries;ii) the preventative measures that must be taken by companies operating in different jurisdictions;iii) how to face investigations, prosecutions and trials; andiv) the impact of cross-border regulations.This edition focuses on practical approaches rather than theoretical disciplines in order to help readers understand the complexities of anticorruption compliance worldwide.

Introduction 7Roberto Hernández-GarcíaCOMAD, SCThe International Chamber of Commerce: the business pioneer in the fight against corruption 11Viviane SchiaviInternational Chamber of CommerceDenis SimonneauL’OréalFrançois VinckeAttorney, Member of the Brussels BarAnti-corruption and the legal profession 21Ashleigh BuckettLawyerRocío PaniaguaInternational Bar AssociationThe United Nations Convention Against Corruption (Merida Convention) and its effect in local law 29Lorena de la BarreraCarlos HernándezUNODC LPO MexicoArgentina 41Roberto P BauzáSantiago Oliva PintoRattagan Macchiavello ArocenaAustralia 61Jocasta GilesKing & Wood MallesonsRobert WyldJohnson Winter & SlatteryBolivia 81Estefania PazLindsay SykesFerrereBrazil 91Mariana Duprat RuggeriCamargo Corrêa InfraLeopoldo PagottoFreitas Leite AdvogadosBulgaria 103Kamen ChanovVanya EvtimovaDessislava FessenkoKinstellarCanada 113Wendy BermanLara JacksonStephanie VoudourisCassels Brock & Blackwell LLPChile 127Juan Eduardo FigueroaSergio Huidobro MartínezFIHS AbogadosChina 141Zhaopeng YangHaixiao Helen ZhangZhong Lun Law FirmCzech Republic 155Jitka LogesováGeneral Prosecutor’s Office(Czech Republic)Kristýna Del MaschioFilip ŠirokýKinstellarFrance 165Stéphane de NavacelleSandrine dos SantosJulie ZorrillaNavacelleGermany 181Volker D PoppCompliance and AML OfficerGhana 199David Ofosu-DorteAB & DavidHong Kong 213Ada SW ChanSophia SY LamFelix KH NgHaldanesIndia 227Ramesh K VaidyanathanAdvaya LegalItaly 239Marco Dalla VedovaLuca PietrantuonoDalla Vedova AssociazioneProfessionaleJapan 261Naoki IguchiNagashima Ohno & TsunematsuMexico 273Roberto Hernández-GarcíaCynthia Irene Osio SanchezCOMAD, SCNew Zealand 295Gary HughesAkarana ChambersNigeria 311Ayodele AdeyemoChukwuma EzediaroBabajide O OgundipeSofunde, Osakwe, Ogundipe& BelgorePanama 323Darío Sandoval ShaikFabrega MolinoPeru 331César Guzmán–BarrónLawyer in management ofsocial conflicts, complianceand arbitrationRussia 347Anastasia KayukovaRoman VedernikovGerman ZakharovALRUD Law FirmSingapore 355Hamidul HaqIstyana IbrahimRajah & TannUnited Kingdom 371Chris HardjasaMorgan J MillerPaul Hastings LLPUnited States 391Hillary LevunPerkins Coie LLPThe United States Foreign 403Corrupt Practices ActJosh ChristensenTimothy L DickinsonDerek TurnbullPaul Hastings LLPAbout the authors 417