With the Department of Justice pursuing fewer cases of international corruption and re-orienting its FCPA enforcement priorities, three European regulators have come together to fill the void. In late March, authorities from the UK's Serious Fraud Office (SFO), France's Parquet National Financier (PNF), and Switzerland's Office of the Attorney General (OAG) announced a task force to strengthen collaboration in cases involving international bribery and corruption. In this panel moderated by former US Attorney Joe Whitley, hear from prominent white-collar practitioners in each jurisdiction to learn more about the task force, what it portends for European enforcement trends, and what it means for American companies doing business overseas.
Joe D. Whitley
Mr. Whitley is the Chair of Womble Bond Dickinson's White Collar Defense, Investigations and Regulatory Enforcement practice. He represents clients nationally and internationally in a variety of white collar matters. Mr. Whitley has served as Acting Associate Attorney General, the U.S. Attorney for both the Middle and Northern Districts of Georgia, and as the General Counsel to the Department of Homeland Security.
Ross Dixon
Mr. Dixon is a partner at Hickman & Rose in London, where he handles matters involving financial crime, business crime, and regulatory compliance. He has acted in some of the UK's most serious and complex fraud, false accounting and bribery and corruption cases. Mr. Dixon has great experience in cases that involve parallel investigations in the UK and overseas, including the US, Europe, South East Asia, Africa, and the Middle East.
Sonja Maeder Morvant
Ms. Maeder Morvant is the Group Head of Legal at Edmond de Rothschild in Geneva. She is a legal executive with broad experience as an in-house lawyer, outside counsel, and board member. Her practice focuses mainly on complex disputes and, particularly, white collar crime, mutual assistance in criminal matters, asset tracing, and compliance. Ms. Maeder Morvant has been ranked in the International Who's Who of Business Crime Lawyers and as a Top 100 Women Worldwide in Investigations by the Global Investigation Review.
Emmanuel Moyne
Emmanuel Moyne is a partner at Bougartchev Moyne in Paris. He handles white collar criminal matters, often in cases involving several foreign jurisdictions. Mr. Moyne has particular expertise in sensitive financial and political matters, bribery, and environmental crimes. He also performs internal investigations and assists large companies in designing and implementing internal compliance programs.
