FCPA Boot Camp:
Key Requirements and Elements of an Effective Compliance Program
William Devaney
Partner
Baker & McKenzie LLP
Marianne Ibrahim
Director of Global Compliance
Baker Hughes
Jeffrey Proulx
Director Counsel
Target
Michelle J. Shapiro
Partner
Arent Fox LLP
Expert faculty members will take a deep dive into the nuts and bolts of FCPA compliance toward laying the groundwork for the rest of the conference. Participants will benefit from a solid foundation, smaller-group learning, enhanced Q & A and helpful reference materials for their daily work after the event. Topics will include:
- Who is covered by the FCPA
- Foreign Private Issuers (FPI) – who qualifies?
- Foreign subsidiaries, joint venture partners?
- What is the extraterritorial reach of the FCPA?
- What are the implications for employees, executives and board members?
- Key enforcement agencies, their roles and jurisdictions
- A close look at new, heightened risks affecting organizations and their employees:
- Criminal liability
- Civil liability
- Regulatory actions and shareholder suits
- Reputational damage
- Whistleblower complaints
- Debarment
- Who is a “foreign official”?
- What does “anything of value” mean?
- Gifts and entertainment
- Travel
- Charitable and political contributions
- What are the exceptions under the FCPA?
- Facilitating payments: limits on “grease”
- Reasonable and bona fide expenditures
- Third party due diligence and monitoring requirements
- Distributors and subdistributors
- Agents
- Consultants
- Joint venture partners
- Customs agents and brokers
- Books and records requirements: What it means to maintain records that “accurately and fairly” reflect transactions