Europe, The Middle East and Africa Investigations Review 2019

As well as daily news, GIR curates a range of comprehensive regional reviews. This volume, the Europe, Middle East and Africa Investigations Review 2019, contains insight and thought leadership from 28 pre-eminent practitioners from these regions. Inside you will find chapters on France, Germany, Nigeria, Switzerland and the UK (from multiple angles); comparative pieces on money laundering, data transfer, the regulation of cryptocurrency and international cooperation between agencies; plus a guide to the challenges of investigating in Africa – and lots more.

Chapters: 

Cross-border overviews

• The Geopolitics of Data Transfer: (Forensic Risk Alliance)
• Money Laundering Compliance and Investigations across EMEA (Boies, Schiller & Flexner)
• Securities Regulation and Investigations across EMEA (Kobre & Kim)
• The Value of Forensic Accountants in Investigations (Grant Thornton UK LLP)
• Conducting Effective Internal Investigations in Africa (Covington & Burling LLP)
• Compliance in France in 2019 (White & Case LLP)
• Principles and Guidelines for Internal Investigations in Germany (Gleiss Lutz)

Country chapters

• Nigeria (Sofunde, Osakwe, Ogundipe & Belgore)
• Switzerland (Niederer Kraft & Frey Ltd)
• United Kingdom: Anti-corruption enforcement and investigations (WilmerHale)
• The Increasingly Cooperative World of Cross-Border Investigations (Dechert LLP)
• United Kingdom: Financial services enforcement and investigation (Linklaters)