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09:00-12:30
Morning workshop
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DEVELOPING YOUR ANTI-CORRUPTION COMPLIANCE PROGRAMME AS A SELLING POINT FOR THE BUSINESS
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Take your compliance programme beyond simply enabling business at this candid workshop. You will be able to discuss and debate the arguments and strategies you can use to persuade clients, partners, employees and top management that your anti-corruption compliance will help them win business. You will:
- Discuss the arguments that highlight the long term positives of anti-corruption compliance in helping build a sustainable business
- Explore how you can develop arguments about the short term benefits to the business of developing good compliance practice
- Debate how this message can be most effectively communicated to both clients and top management
- Build your understanding of both positive and negative arguments to gain buy-in to compliance as a selling point for the business
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If you are a General Counsel or Compliance Practitioner who wants to raise the status of compliance in your company and demonstrate its use as a selling point for the business, then you should book this workshop now. Anyone who wants to win support for their compliance functions should attend.
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Workshop Host: Sandy Yuen, Corporate Compliance Officer, SIEMENS CHINA
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Ms. Yuen joined Siemens China in May 2008 and worked as the Division Compliance Officer for Corporate at Siemens China for two years.
From the beginning of September 2010, she took over the responsibility for Division Compliance in the Sector Healthcare at Siemens China.
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Her main responsibility is to support the Healthcare team in their daily business with compliance advice, compliance training and ensure a continuous compliance awareness & communication. Additional to her responsibilities as the Division Compliance Officer of Healthcare, she is responsible for compliance advice for Mergers &Acquisitions in China.
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13:30-17:00
Afternoon workshop
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ANALYSING PAST PROSECUTIONS AND APPLYING THE LESSONS TO YOUR COMPLIANCE PROGRAMME
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This is a dedicated opportunity for you to analyse all the most recent bribery prosecution cases, such as INNOSPEC, SIEMENS, DAIMLER, CHINA MOBILE, VERAZ, UTSTARCOM and CHINA SOUTHERN AIRLINES. Ask our panel of experts the questions that concern you about each case and establish what the lessons are. Then debate with your peers how each lesson can be applied to your anti-corruption compliance programme in China. You will:
- Discover the details of what happened in each instance of bribery and the reasons why their compliance programmes failed
- Understand why prosecutors decided to prosecute and sentence each case the way they did
- Figure out the trends in prosecution patterns and understand the risks that these trends pose to your business in China
- Debate how you can effectively mitigate and manage these risks through the compliance functions available to you|
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If you are a General Counsel who advises a business on their legal risks or a compliance professional looking to effectively manage those legal risks, this is the workshop for you. Anyone who wants to stay alert to the ever-changing legal landscape should attend.
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Workshop Host: Eric Carlson, Attorney, COVINGTON & BURLING
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Based in the Beijing office of Covington & Burling LLP, Eric Carlson advises clients on a range of compliance issues arising under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. He has counseled clients on proposed transactions, helped companies to update and strengthen their internal FCPA compliance programs and controls, developed tailored training programs, represented clients before enforcement authorities, and led numerous internal FCPA investigations in China and around the world. He is a regular speaker at FCPA and anti-corruption compliance conferences.
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He also advises multinational clients on pharmaceutical regulatory issues and on the application of U.S. export controls laws and U.S. sanctions programs. Mr. Carlson speaks Mandarin, Cantonese, and English, and is admitted to practice before the California and District of Columbia bars.
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