Corporate Crime and Investigations second annual conference: Enforcement Perspectives

Following the success of last year's inaugural event, Herbert Smith Freehills again hosted its flagship Corporate Crime and Investigations conference in London on 9 June 2015.

Under the overall theme of "Enforcement Perspectives", there were keynote speeches from major enforcement bodies: David Green QC of the Serious Fraud Office, Jamie Symington of the Financial Conduct Authority, Peter McNaught of the Health and Safety Executive and Stephen Blake of the Competition and Markets Authority.

Following thoughts from the agencies, discussion opened up during panel sessions featuring prominent barristers and other corporate crime specialists, including Herbert Smith Freehills partners from across Asia, Europe and the US. Attendees also enjoyed thoughts over lunch from Edward Garnier QC, Member of Parliament and architect of the UK Deferred Prosecution Agreement legislation.

As Rod Fletcher noted in his opening remarks, scarcely a day goes by without new issues relevant to corporate crime dominating the press. Bringing different agencies together in this forum enabled a fascinating debate into such issues as: the increasingly global nature of many of the high profile investigations being conducted; the expectations held by the different enforcement agencies of the scope of internal investigation prior to disclosure to the authorities; and the extent and manner of expected cooperation by companies, in particular as it relates to waiver of legal professional privilege.

To read the full briefing please click here.  Clients wishing to receive a copy of the conference materials should contact Ceri Morgan.