GIR August 2015

What do prosecutors think?

That’s the million-dollar question most GIR readers will have spent their careers trying to fathom. So this month, we invited four senior prosecutors and three experienced practitioners to share their thoughts in a debate on corporate internal investigations hosted by Michael Bowes QC at Outer Temple Chambers – London.

The debate featured:

• David Green QC: Director, UK’s Serious Fraud Office
• Norbert Reifferscheidt: head of tax investigations at the Public Prosecutors Office, Germany
• Harry Chernoff: assistant US attorney at the Department of Justice
• Marianne Djupesland: senior public prosecutor at Norway’s anti-corruption agency, Økokrim
• Judith Seddon: Clifford Chance
• Eleanor Davison: Outer Temple Chambers
• Amanda Raad: Ropes & Gray

Also in this magazine:

• Germany: 
  • Interview: Albrecht Schreiber and Markus Weimann
  • Investigator’s Guide
  • Investigations Bar
• Hong Kong appeal judgement boosts privilege protections in internal investigations
• DOJ targets assets across Europe in VimpelCom probe
• Conflicts between US DPAs and French law
• Court confirms limited waiver protection in RBS negotiations with FCA
• Lawyers outraged by Dutch Prosecutor’s Office attack on legal privilege