09:00

REGISTRATION & COFFEE

09:30

REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS

10:15

COMPLIANCE AND INTERNAL INVESTIGATIONS
Mike Pullen, Partner, DLA Piper
The business case for compliance
Risk management and achieving effective in-house compliance

• Document management
• Internal audits
• Corporate and personal liability - conflicts and tensions
• Collecting evidence – questioning employees etc.
• What to do next with audit findings

Q&A

11:00

COFFEE BREAK

11:15

CO-ORDINATING A MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL DEFENSE STATEGY

Moderator: Mark Powell, Partner, White & Case
Speaker 1: Jacquelyn MacLennan, Partner, White & Case
Speaker 2: Yves Van Gerven, Partner, Wilmer Hale
Speaker 3: Scott Crosby, Partner, Crosby, Houben & Aps

The investigation
Investigatory powers, dawn raids etc
The ICN and information exchanges between global regulators

With a view to settle
Leniency / Amnesty considerations / EU Settlement initiative
Early settlements with the OFT
Dealing with multiple requests for information                  

Denial of liability in the US and EU
Link between administrative/criminal and civil actions
Sanctions
Effect on defence strategies in other jurisdictions
Extradition

13:00

LUNCH

14:00

PRIVATE ENFORCEMENT AND CLASS ACTIONS
Speaker 1:  Martin Rees, Partner, DLA Piper
Speaker 2:  Philippe Ruttley, Partner, Clyde & Co
Private action - Considerations for the would be plaintiff
The increasing threat of class actions outside USA

15:00    

COFFEE              

15:15

FINES AND DAMAGES
Speaker 1: Mark Clough QC, Partner, Addleshaw Goddard
Speaker 2: TBC

16:00

DEALING WITH ADVERSE PUBLICITY
Speaker 1: Eben Black, Head, Global Government Relations, DLA Piper
Speaker 2: TBC

16:45    

Q & A and Conclusion