Event Details: Tuesday, March 5, 2019, 12:30pm – 1:30pm (EST) To RSVP, please click here. Dial-in details will be provided after signing up for the event. Following our DPA roundtable in June and the recent focus on DPAs in the media related to the SNC-Lavalin corporate criminal prosecution, we are pleased to offer a primer and answer your questions via teleconference. Please register and dial-in to gain important insights on: How the Canadian DPA system will work in practice and how it…
Join Baker Mckenzie’s global practitioners on Thursday, June 14 for a Deferred Prosecution Agreement Roundtable to gain important insights on: The impact that Bill C-74 will have on corporate criminal law in Canada; How the Canadian DPA system (which will be known as the Remediation Agreement Regime) will work in practice and how it will impact the Integrity Regime; The critical lessons learned from negotiating DPAs in other jurisdictions; Strategies for self-disclosure and dealing with parallel multinational investigations, multiple enforcement agencies, and global settlement negotiations; and Designing compliance programs…
Canada has formally repealed its exception for “facilitation payments” under its foreign anti-corruption legislation (the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act).
Canada’s anti-bribery law prohibits anyone from giving or offering a loan, reward, advantage or benefit of any kind — directly or through intermediaries — to a foreign public official as consideration for an act or omission by the latter to obtain or retain a business advantage.
As the Canadian government contemplates further measures to combat financial crime, there is an increasing debate over whether Canada should follow the US, UK or the proposed Australian model by introducing a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) regime to help combat corporate wrongdoing, promote ethical business conduct, and encourage corporate self-reporting to and cooperation with Canadian government authorities. Comparing the US, UK and the proposed Australian model for deferred prosecution agreements, Baker McKenzie’s Peter MacKay, Chris Burkett and Henry Garfield make the case for…
In an age of massive data leaks, whistleblower bounties, and multimillion-dollar fines for violations of bribery and corruption laws, multinational corporate executives and board members must prioritize the implementation of robust anti-corruption compliance programs to safeguard their companies and shareholder value. The goal of any anti-corruption compliance program is to prevent and detect misconduct. However, as importantly, good governance can help strengthen the rule of law and the communities in which our corporations operate, both here at home and around the…