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VEGAS LEX invites you to participate in business roundtable

CORPORATE ANTI-BRIBERY COMPLIANCE SYSTEM: VOLUNTARY CHOICE OR NECESSITY?

16 February 2012, Thursday

VENUE: VEGAS LEX office
(52, Kosmodamianskaya Embankment, bld. 5, Moscow. RIVERSIDE TOWERS Business center (Paveletskaya metro station)

ORGANIZER: VEGAS LEX

SPEAKERS:

• Barry Vitou, Pinsent Masons LLP, UK

• Anatoly Petrykin, VEGAS LEX, Russia

MAIN TOPICS:

• Current trends in anti-bribery compliance. Main elements of efficient corporate compliance system
• Current trends and expectations from UKBA 2010. MoJ and SFO approaches. Main provisions, important for non-UK companies
• US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act: Update trends and best practice under the US FCPA

DISCUSSION PANEL:

• Benchmarking against current UK and FCPA practices: what UK and US companies are really doing to comply with the Bribery Act and FCPA
• Contract clauses: examples of contract clauses foreign partners may request from Russian businesses, suggest possible negotiation tactics and compromises
• Due diligence: likely due diligence foreign partners will wish to undertake on local businesses and discuss practical ways of offering comfort to potential international partners

PARTICIPANTS:

• Russian company listed or plan to be listed on international stock exchanges
• Russian companies doing business in the UK and the USA.

WORKING LANGUAGES: English, Russian

PARTICIPATION: FREE OF CHARGE

AGENDA

REGISTRATION: Please register via email conference@vegaslex.ru or by phone: +7 (495) 933 0800