The Investigations Review of the Americas 2017

GIR’s The Investigations Review of the Americas 2017 compiles the front-line perspective on important trends in cross-border internal and government investigations as well as hot topics in investigations across the Americas. Produced in partnership with leading law firms and forensics advisory practices.

Chapters: 

Cross-border overviews

• Anti-corruption enforcement in Latin America (Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer)
• Building and maintaining a robust internal investigation function (EY)
• International cartel investigations in the United States (Miller & Chevalier)
• Managing cross-border investigations involving China and Hong Kong (Herbert Smith Freehills)
• Managing differences in DOJ and SFO approaches to corporate cooperation in cross-border investigations (Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP)
• Managing third-party risk – toward a systematic approach (EY)
• Mitigating and investigating a cybersecurity incident (Hogan Lovells)

Country chapters

• Brazil: establishing effective compliance regimes (Demarest Advogados)
• Brazil: handling internal investigations (Urquiza Pimentel e Fonti Advogados)
• Brazil: white-collar criminal defence (FeldensMadruga)
• Canada: 'R v Durward', the fallout (Fasken Martineau)
• Mexico: overview (Von Wobeser y Sierra SC)
• United States: handling internal investigations (Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP)
• United States: securities enforcement and investigations (Sidley Austin LLP)
• United States: whistleblowers and self-reporting (Baker Botts LLP)
• Venezuela: criminal liability of company directors and corruption through use of intermediaries (D'Empaire Reyna Abogados)