Kristine Robidoux, QC, is a partner in Gowlings’ Calgary office, where she practises in the area of white collar defence, internal investigations, corporate risk and compliance.
A member of the firm’s White Collar Defence and Investigations Group, Kris has broad general criminal defence as well as white collar defence experience, representing corporations, boards of directors, company officers and directors facing allegations of wrongdoing. She has conducted numerous internal investigations, including hundreds of witness interviews, around the globe. She regularly assists clients in responding to enforcement agency requests, search warrants, production orders and other demands from regulators in Canada as well as foreign countries.
Kris specializes in the creation and implementation of corporate compliance programs in the areas of domestic and international anti-bribery and corruption laws, securities regulations, privacy and data protection laws, competition laws, export control laws, sanctions, market conduct regulations, energy trading regulations and business ethics. Her practice focuses on corporate governance and compliance as a vital risk management tool as well as the legal aspects of corporate crisis management.
Among Kris’s substantive areas of expertise is Canada’s Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act and other anti-corruption regulations. Her practice includes a comprehensive collection of specialized services to address business fraud and corruption, including internal compliance program development and implementation for multinational companies, drafting and implementing workable compliance policies, procedures and internal financial systems and controls; developing and conducting training for company management and employee personnel; internal and external reporting; benchmarking and auditing programs for best practices and effectiveness; conducting anti-corruption due diligence in mergers and acquisitions, third-party relationships, and other transactions; developing risk-mitigation strategies; conducting internal corporate investigations, audits, and risk assessments; dealing with parallel proceedings; and defending clients before enforcement agencies and bodies.
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Dodd-Frank of the North? Tags: Anti-corruption, Kristine Robidoux