Women in Compliance Awards 2019, C5, London. Member of judging panel. March 28, 2019.
“Regulatory pressures and white collar crime: UK and US perspective,” Trends in International Commercial Arbitration and Litigation Conference, Larnaca, Cyprus. April 19 - 20, 2018.
“Managing Multijurisdictional Investigations: Evolving Best Practice,” Anti-Money Laundering Professionals Forum: 6th Annual Anti-Bribery & Corruption Masterclass, London. November 21, 2017.
“Evolution of Deferred Prosecution Agreements and the Courts’ Approach,” Anti- Money Laundering Professionals Forum: 6th Annual Anti-Bribery & Corruption Forum, London. November 21, 2017.
“Death Penalty Fears Slow U.K. Response to Thai Rolls-Royce Probe,” March 1, 2017. Bloomberg Markets.
“SFO should stay in place, lawyers warn,” March 13,2017. The Times.
“A brave new world': City firms anticipate further changes after new white collar reforms introduced,” October 24, 2016, Legal Business.
“The Global Cyber Threat: Defences & What to Expect,” October 13, 2016, Quinn Emanuel & Fountain Court Chambers Event.
“Covington Advises Underwriters in Life Sciences Debt Offering,” June 3, 2016.
“Fears over SFO independence in planned shake-up,” February 16, 2016, “The Brief”. “Court Approves UK’s First Deferred Prosecution Agreement,” December 11, 2015, Covington Alert.
“Another arm of the law,” December 5, 2015, The Economist.
“The UK’s Modern Slavery Act: the website requirements,” December 2015, E-Commerce Law.
“Deferred no more: UK sees first Deferred Prosecution Agreement,” November 30, 2015, CDR.
“Bribery case prompts first deferred prosecution,” November 30, 2015, The Law Society Gazette.
“Managing an anti-corruption internal investigation, self-reporting and the new UK DPA mechanism,” November 28, 2015, AMLP Annual Anti Bribery & Corruption Forum.
“Roundtable: corporate counsel,” November 6, 2015, Law Society Gazette.
“Corporate Economic Crime,” November 3, 2015, Hansard.
“Duty comes into force for boards to scrutinise supply chains,” October 28, 2015, Financial Times.
“Roundtable: corporate counsel,” October 26, 2015, Law Society Gazette.
“Ditching corporate offence a ‘slap in the face’ for SFO,” October 5, 2015, Law Society Gazette.
“Tesco’s Yearlong Accounting Scandal Began With Tipster E-Mail,” September 21, 2015, Bloomberg.
“HM Revenue & Customs Consultation: A Potential New Corporate Criminal Offence of Failing to Prevent the Facilitation of Tax Evasion,” September 10, 2015, Covington Alert.
“UK Modern Slavery Act: New Obligation to Issue an Annual Compliance Statement,” September 4, 2015, Covington Alert.
“SFO Chief Admits Agency’s Future is in Doubt,” August 2015, The Guardian on Deferred Prosecution Agreements.
“Facilitation Payments – a crime,” July 2, 2015, Facilitation Payments Conference.
“Serious about fraud,” June 17, 2015, Legal Week.
“Accountancy watchdog to focus on suppliers after Tesco profits scandal,” May 28, 2015, The Guardian.
“Examining the Role of the Board and Audit Committees in Managing, Adapting and Launching Anti-corruption and Compliance Initiatives in Mining Companies so That You Take Value Back to the Leadership of Your Organisation,” May 19, 2015, Mining Journal’s Global Anti-CorruptionCompliance in Mining Conference.
“Creative and Compliant: Harnessing the New Values of Client Engagement and Corporate Hospitality,” April 22, 2015.
“Trends and Developments in Anti-Corruption Enforcement,” Winter 2015, Covington Advisory.
“Ethics Considerations in Compliance,” January 28, 2015, Covington’s Compliance Summit. “The UK Government’s New Anti-Corruption Plan,” January 13, 2015, Covington E-Alert.
“UK Issues Proposed Rule to Implement EU Extractive and Logging Industry Reporting Requirements,” December 2014, Westlaw Journal White-Collar Crime.
“UK issues proposed rule to implement EU extractive and logging industry reporting requirements,” December 2014, White Collar Crime.
“The Company Secretary’s Role in Bribery Act Compliance,” November 27, 2014, Third Annual Company Secretary Forum 2014.
“Deferred Prosecution Agreements and Sentencing Guidelines,” November 26, 2014, Covington’s Financial Crime Update Session.
“Serious Fraud Office starts Tesco criminal investigation,” October 29, 2014, BBC. “Anti-corruption Developments and Trends Update,” October 23, 2014, Laurence Simons GC Event – Brussels.
“Third Party Risk Workshop,” October 22, 2014, Anti-Money Laundering Professionals Forum Anti-bribery Conference.
“Law Enforcement Panel,” October 21, 2014, Anti-Money Laundering Professionals Forum Anti-bribery Conference.
“Get Ready for UK Extractive Industries Disclosure Rules,” October 6, 2014, The FCPA Blog. “Focus on Anti-bribery & Corruption: Current Trends and Best Practice,” October 2, 2014, ACAMS (Advancing Financial Crime Professionals Worldwide) Event at Lexis Nexis House.
“UK Issues Proposed Rule to Implement EU Extractive and Logging Industry Reporting Requirements,” October 1, 2014, Covington E-Alert.
“UK Supreme Court Ruling Assists Innocent Parties in Recovering Bribes or Secret Commissions Paid to Their Agents,” August 7, 2014, Covington E-Alert.
“World Bank Issues First Ever Suspension and Debarment Report,” August 7, 2014, Covington E-Alert.
“Tone from the Top and the Middle: How to Energise Management around Ethics and Compliance,” June 24, 2014, C5 Eighth London Anti-Corruption Conference.
“Practical tips for effectively interacting with the Serious Fraud Office,” June 6, 2014, The 2nd Anti-Corruption and Fraud Prevention Congress.
“To what extent could future changes in anti-corruption and compliance legislation affect your business? Pre-acquisition due diligence: Auditing of third-parties,” May 28, 2014, Mining Journal’s Global Anti-Corruption & Compliance in Mining.
“United States v. Esquenazi - U.S. Court of Appeals Clarifies FCPA’s ‘Foreign Official’ Standard,” May 23, 2014, Covington Advisory.
“Insights on Key Developments and Trends in Regulation, Deal-Making and Anti- Corruption Compliance Affecting the Life Sciences Industry,” May 22, 2014, Life Sciences General Counsel Seminar.
“Big Changes in China: What Do They Mean for Compliance Programmes?,” May 19, 2014, SCCE’s 2014 European Compliance & Ethics Institute.
“Big Changes in China: What Do They Mean for Compliance Programmes?,” May 19, 2014, Society for Corporate Compliance & Ethics - 2014 European Compliance & Ethics Institute.
“Deferred prosecution agreements in the UK – the application of recently issued code of practice and guidelines to resolve bribery, fraud, and money laundering cases involving organisations,” May 8, 2014, AMLP Forum.
“Declinations: Is cooperation paying off in corruption prosecutions?,” April 4, 2014, 2014 ABA Spring Meeting.
“A Renewed Focus On Anti-Corruption Enforcement In India,” January 27, 2014, Law360. “The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority And Its Focus On Adequate Procedures To Prevent Bribery,” January 27, 2014, FCPA Professor.
“Trends and Developments in Anti-Corruption Enforcement 2014,” January 2014, Covington Advisory.
“Whether and When to Disclose the Compliance Issues that have Arisen,” December 4, 2013, Global Investigations Summit.
“Anti-Corruption in Oil and Gas Conference: Minimising Risk Exposure through Commitment to Anti-Corruption Compliance,” 27 and 28 November, 2013, London. Conference Chairman.
“Strategies for Tackling Third Party Risk Across Business Units & High Risk Geographies,” November 14, 2013, Navex Global Virtual Conference.
“Mitigating potential bribery-related risks associated with minority-owned and non- controlled joint ventures,” November 2013, PLC Guide to Corporate Crime, Fraud and Investigations.
“Modus Operandi of Commercial Bribery: Detecting Obvious and Non-Obvious Schemes, Questionable “Business Conducts” and Other Behaviours,” June 25, 2013, C5 London Anti-Corruption Conference.
“AMLP Annual Anti-Bribery and Corruption Forum,” June 5, 2013.
“What Indian Firms Should Know About U.S. and U.K. Corruption Laws,” May 29, 2013, The New York Times.
“Overview of International Anti-Corruption Laws that have Application in Ukraine and Enforcement Risk,” May 21, 2013, Compliance - Global Best Practices and Ukrainian Experience, Kyiv, Ukraine.
“U.K. Deferred Prosecution Agreements Expected In Early 2014 – A Work In Progress,” May 20, 2013, FCPA Professor.
“Corruption in a Luxury World,” May 15, 2013, The Global Legal Post.
“Legislation Enabling Deferred Prosecution Agreements in the UK Becomes Law,” May 8, 2013, Covington E-Alert.
“Anti-Corruption 2012 Year in Review,” February 2013, Covington Advisory.
“How Approaches to Compliance with the UK Bribery Act have Evolved within Leading Multinational Companies Two Years On,” January 29, 2013, C5 Sixth Advanced Forum on Anti-Corruption, Frankfurt.
“Exploring the complex relationship between the Bribery Act 2010 and the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002,” January 24, 2013, Lexis Nexis Financial Crime and Anti-Money laundering Conference, London.
“An Analysis of the FCPA Resource Guide,” November 2012, Covington Advisory.
“The Continuing Challenges of Implementing the UK Bribery Act in Challenging Jurisdictions,” October 25,2012, World Bribery & Corruption Compliance Forum2012, London.
“Promises and Pitfalls of Anti-Bribery Risk Assessments,” October 19, 2012, The Fifth Annual National Institute on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, American Bar Association Conference, Washington DC.
“SFO Revises its Policies on Corporate Self-reporting, Hospitality and Facilitation Payments,” October 16, 2012, Covington E-Alert.
“Covington Promotes 15 Lawyers to Partnership,” October 1, 2012.
“Guidance on Self Reporting under the UK Bribery Act,” October 2012, Main Justice.
“Multilateral Cooperation: How Regional and International Enforcement Agents Work Together to Stamp out Corruption and Bribery,” September 18, 2012, C5 Second Forum on Anti-Corruption - Southern Africa, Cape Town.
“Essential Elements of the US FCPA and UK Bribery Act: Latest Developments on the Extraterritorial Reach to International and Local Organisations operating in Southern Africa,” September 17, 2012, Pre-Conference Interactive Workshop, C5 Second Forum on Anti- Corruption - Southern Africa, Cape Town.
“The UK Bribery Act 2010 and Its Implications for Businesses,” September 2012, Corporate Governance for Main Market and AIM Companies.
“UK Anti-Corruption Enforcement Update - Civil Recovery Settlement with Oxford Publishing Limited,” July 5, 2012, Covington E-Alert.
“UK Bribery Act – Year One,” July 3, 2012, FCPA Professor.
“The Bribery Act. One Year on. Lessons Learnt,” July 2, 2012, Lexis Nexis Webinar. “Anti-Corruption Mid-Year Review 2012,” July 2012, Covington E-Alert.
“Reconsidering Adequate Standards for Global Compliance: Advancing your Compliance Programme to Fit Evolving Multiple Anti-Corruption Regulations,” June 26, 2012, C5 6th Annual European Forum on anti-corruption, London.
“Exclusive ‘Fireside Chat’ and Q&A Session reflecting on the keynote address by David Green QC entitled ‘A New Era of Enforcement: The Serious Fraud Office’s Anti-Bribery Priorities under the New Director’,” June 26, 2012, 6th Annual European Forum on anti- corruption, London.
“Anti-Corruption Compliance Breakfast Seminar,” May 10, 2012, August & Debouzy Advocates, Paris.
“FCPA Corporate Compliance Programs and Third-Party Vetting: A Roundtable Discussion of Reasonable Practices,” May 3, 2012, Corporate Lab at the University of Chicago Law School, Chicago.
“New Director Takes the Helm at the UK Serious Fraud Office,” April 25, 2012, Covington E- Alert.
“Globalization and Cross-Border Fraud Prosecution roundtable,” April 20, 2012, Institutional Investors Educational Foundation (IIEF), London.
“The UK Financial Services Authority Review of Anti-Bribery and Anti-Corruption Compliance in Investment Banks – Proposed New Guidance,” April 5, 2012, Covington E- Alert.
“Global Anti-Corruption Enforcement Heats Up!,” March 22, 2012, Navex Global / ELT Webinar.
“The UK Bribery Act - Impact of Strict Compliance Requirements on Your Latin America Operations” and “How to Ensure ‘Adequate Procedures’ are in Place Locally,” February 7, 2012, 2nd Latin America Summit on Anti-Corruption.
“Casey Cooper Joins Covington, Expands Global Anti-Corruption Practice,” 2/2/2012. “Preventing Corruption in the Financial Services Sector: The Role of the U.K. Financial Services Authority,” February 2012, Financial Fraud Law Report.
“Trends and Developments in Anti-Corruption Enforcement,” February 2012, Covington E- Alert.
“Bribery Act and Foreign and Corrupt Practices Act: latest developments,” January 25, 2012, Hedge Fund Regulation.
“Interactive Q&A Session with Investigators, Regulators and Prosecutors on International Cooperation to Enforce Anti-Corruption Laws,” January 24, 2012, 5th Annual European Forum on Anti-Corruption: Effective Anti-Corruption Compliance Strategies to Prepare for Increased Regulatory Scrutiny and Global Enforcement.
“Voluntary Disclosure and The UK Proceeds of Crime Act: The Final Act in the Mabey & Johnson Case,” January 18, 2012, Covington E-Alert.
“IAPP Europe Data Protection Congress,” November 29, 2011, When International Anti- corruption and Fraud Statutes Conflict with Data Protection Laws: Overcoming the Challenges.
“The UK Bribery Act in China,” November 18, 2011, Jun He Event, Jun He Law Offices, Beijing.
“Global Anti-Corruption Enforcement and the UK Bribery Act,” November 18, 2011, The American Chamber of Commerce in the People’s Republic of China, Beijing.
“Update on the UK Bribery Act – How it is being implemented and enforced,” November 17, 2011, Anti-Corruption China Summit - Practical strategies to ensure that you have a robust and workable compliance plan in an era of greater local and international enforcement, Beijing.
“An update on the UK Bribery Act: Comment and Analysis from Robert Amaee,” November 16, 2011, British Chamber of Commerce in China, Beijing.
“United Kingdom – The Financial Services Sector and the Bribery Act: The Role of the UK Financial Services Authority,” November 15, 2011, EuroWatch.
“The UK Bribery Act in China,” November 15, 2011, Zhong Lun Event, Zhong Lun Law Offices, Shanghai.
“Multijurisdictional Cooperation Between International Enforcement Authorities During Investigations, Sanctions and Prosecutions for Corruption,” October 19, 2011, C5 4th Paris Edition on Anti-Corruption - Detecting and Minimising Your Company’s Corruption and Bribery Risks in Face of International Enforcement.
“The Financial Services Sector and the Bribery Act: The Role of the UK Financial Services Authority,” October 17, 2011, Covington E-Alert.
“UK Serious Fraud Office Director Outlines Bribery Act Enforcement Agenda At Covington Anti-Corruption Summit,” October 14, 2011, Covington Advisory.
“ANTI-CORRUPTION ENFORCEMENT - US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act & UK Bribery Act,” October 13, 2011, LexisNexis Risk Client Advisory Board.
“FCPA and Bribery Act - the role of employment lawyers in investigation and discovery,” October 3, 2011, Employment Lawyers Association International Committee and the International Labor and Employment Law Committee of the ABA's Transatlantic Conference on International Employment Issues, London.
“Voluntary disclosure and the problems of plea bargaining,” October 2011, Serious Economic Crime – A boardroom guide to prevention and compliance, published in association with the Serious Fraud Office.
“The Bribery Act 2010: implications for global business and individual directors,” October 2011, Serious Economic Crime - A boardroom guide to prevention and compliance, published in association with the Serious Fraud Office.
“The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 and the prosecution of economic crime,” October 2011, Serious Economic Crime - A boardroom guide to prevention and compliance, published in association with the Serious Fraud Office.
“How Bribery Act-compliant is UK Plc?,” October 2011, Law Business Review.
“Transparent Growth - The Reality, Pitfalls and Opportunities for the India Multi-National Company,” September 30, 2011, US India Business Council’s 3rd Annual Legal Services Conference - Maximizing Value in the Indo-US Regulatory Thicket, New Delhi, India.
“Global Anti-Corruption Enforcement Update,” September 20, 2011, West LegalEdcenter Webinar.
“Bribery Act compliance - sourcing personal experiences from corporate counsel,” September 14, 2011, Legal Week’s Corporate Counsel Forum 2011.
“How Bribery Act-compliant is UK Plc?,” August 12, 2011, New Law Journal.
“UK Bribery Act 2010: Focus on Private Equity Industry,” July 31, 2011, EuroWatch.
“The UK Bribery Act,” July 11, 2011, Russia Today.
“UK Bribery Act for the Private Equity Industry,” July 5, 2011, Covington E-Alert.
“The Bribery Act 2010: Implementing Adequate Procedures - What Employers Need To Know,” July 5, 2011, Covington E-Alert.
“Anti-Corruption Mid-Year Review,” July 2011, Covington E-Alert.
“The Bribery Act Guidance and Enforcement,” June 30, 2011, Anti-Money Laundering Professionals Forum.
“Gifts, Corporate Hospitality, Entertainment, Travelling, Sponsorship and Marketing Expenditures: Minimising your Risks,” 28 and 29 June, 2011, 11th European Forum on Anti-Corruption.
“The Bribery Act and How Companies Are Getting Prepared,” June 23, 2011, LexisNexis Breakfast Briefing.
“UK Bribery and Corruption Enforcement Update: Civil Orders,” June 2011, Financial Fraud Law Report Vol 3 No. 6.
“Anti-Corruption: The Bribery Act 2010 Guidance: Countdown to Implementation,” June 2011, Business Law Today.
“The implications of the new UK Bribery Act,” June 2011, TrustLaw.
“International Compliance in the Oil & Gas Sector,” May 30, 2011, 3rd Annual International Legal Forum, Doha.
“The Evolving View of the UK Serious Fraud Office on Implementation of the UK Bribery Act, and A Review of the UK Proceeds Of Crime Act And Its Application to Ukrainian Acquisitions, Joint Ventures and Other Business,” May 25, 2011, Conference on Legal Compliance with the New UK Bribery Act and Other Anti-Corruption Laws, Kiev.
“Covington Adds Four Partner Life Sciences Corporate Team,” 5/16/2011.
“Bribery Act Will Need Strong Backing to Be Effective,” May 16, 2011, The Lawyer.
“UK Bribery Act: The Final Countdown to Implementation Has Begun,” May 2011, Risk & Compliance Law Reports.
“Practice Points: Bribery Act Guidance,” April 7, 2011, Law Society Gazette.
“The Bribery Act 2010 Guidance - Countdown to Implementation,” April 5, 2011, Covington E-Alert.
“Reporting to Government Enforcement Authorities,” April 4, 2011, IQPC Corporate Compliance Exchange.
“FCPA Professor,” March 31, 2011, The Bribery Act: Countdown to Implementation.
“After the UK Bribery Act: The Future of US/UK Anti-Corruption Enforcement,” March 28, 2011, Main Justice Webinar.
“The Bribery Act guidance and enforcement – assessing the state of play,” March 10, 2011, The Anti-Money Laundering Professionals (AMLP) Forum 7th Annual Seminar.
“UK Bribery and Corruption Enforcement Update: Prosecution of Individuals,” March 1, 2011, Covington E-Alert.
“The Delayed Implementation of The UK Bribery Act 2010: Efforts To Get It Right,” March 2011, Bloomberg Law Reports.
“UK Bribery and Corruption Enforcement Update: Civil Orders,” February 22, 2011, Covington E-Alert.
“UK Bribery Act,” February 10, 2011, ACC International Legal Affairs Committee.
“The Elusive UK Bribery Act,” February 8, 2011, FCPA Professor.
“Guarding Against Corruption Risks in the Life Sciences Industry,” February 3, 2011, PLG Workshop.
“Gifts, Corporate Hospitality, Entertainment, Travelling, Sponsorship and Marketing: Minimising Risks Globally,” January 26, 2011, 10th European Forum on Anti-Corruption 2011.
“Senior SFO Official Robert Amaee To Join Covington’s London Office,” 1/17/2011. “Significant Developments and Trends in Anti-Corruption Enforcement,” January 2011, Covington E-Alert.
“UK Anti-Corruption Enforcement; The Prosecutor’s Perspective,” November 29, 2010, Global Corruption & Bribery Compliance for Life Sciences.
“Dawn of New Ethics,” November 26, 2010, New Law Journal.
“UK Bribery Act,” November 25, 2010, Bribery & Corruption Roundtable.
“The Bribery Act,” October 28, 2010, Nabarro Client Seminar.
“Bribery & corruption best practice compliance,” October 25, 2010, AMLP Forum.
“Bribery Act, Corporate Ethics & Compliance,” October 13, 2010, Compliance and Anti- Corruption Forum for Oil & Gas 2010.
“Responsible Corporate behaviour,” October 5, 2010, ICSA Company Secretaries Conference & Exhibition.
“UK anti-corruption enforcement trends and perspectives,” October 4, 2010, Association of British Pharmaceutical Industry Legal Day.
“The Era of Enforcement,” September 25, 2010, 19th Fraud, Asset Tracing and Recovery Conference.
“Compliance Issues in Transactions: UK anti-corruption enforcement trends/perspectives,” September 23, 2010, GE European M & A Practice Group & GE Select Firms Combined Meeting.
“Impact of Serious Fraud Office changes - Keeping on the right side of the SFO,” September 14, 2010, World Bribery & Corruption Compliance Forum.
“A practical approach to restraint and confiscation under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002,” September 7, 2010, 28th International Symposium on Economic Crime.
“Anti-Corruption Views - Under Britain’s new bribery act, the buck stops with company directors,” August 19, 2010, TrustLaw.
“The Bribery Act and the SFO approach to Anti-corruption enforcement,” July 15, 2010, Eversheds fraud roundtable.
“Guidance on section 9 of the Bribery Act,” July 14, 2010, ADS (Aerospace, Defence, Security Industries trade organisation) Directors’ Roundtable.
“Impact of the Bribery Act on Small & Medium sized Enterprises,” June 30, 2010, Anticorruption seminar series, PWC – video recording.
“Global Anti-Corruption Efforts - What are the implications of recent developments,” June 24, 2010, 3rd Anti-Corruption Summit.
“Updates on Anti-Corruption Initiatives and Regulations,” June 23, 2010, 4th Annual FCPA & Anti-Corruption Conference.
“UK Anti-Corruption Enforcement: The Year in Review” and “Interactive Q & A session with regulators and prosecutors,” June 21, 2010, C5 Forum on Anti-Corruption.
“Brief Overview of FCPA and Bribery Act and Overview of Objectives of SFO,” June 7, 2010, Directors’ Roundtable at the London Stock Exchange.
“Bribery Act 2010: Enforcement tools and the journey from investigation to Prosecution,” May 26, 2010, Bribery Act 2010 and FCPA Compliance Seminar.
“Anti-Corruption Enforcement,” May 20, 2010, Society of Corporate Compliance & Ethics Conference.
“The Serious Fraud Office response to Corruption,” November 4, 2009, Financial Markets Seminar.