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PwC's Forensic Services team of experienced professionals is dedicated to meeting the challenges caused by fraud allegations, financial crimes and other irregularities. Our portfolio of services includes: Financial Crime Examinations, Forensic Technology Solutions, Regulatory Compliance Reviews, Fraud Risk Management and Fraud Prevention, Dispute Analysis and Litigation Support. The Forensic Services team also manages the PwC Fraud Forum, an exclusive community where members can gain knowledge, participate in events and share important insights on preventing, detecting and investigating fraud, corruption and economic crime. See www.pwc.com/us/forensics and http://usfraudforum.pwc.com for more information Lead Sponsors:
In today’s global market, a multijurisdictional approach to compliance is essential. With offices in key financial centers and emerging markets, Baker & McKenzie lawyers are already on the ground, ready to tackle investigations. Our approach ensures that your compliance program satisfies the expectations of enforcement authorities around the globe, providing protection where you need it most. Supporting Sponsors
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP offers clients innovative solutions to legal and financial issues in a wide variety of areas. Our Business Fraud Team, with more than 40 lawyers, is led by internationally-recognized practitioners who handle significant civil, criminal, and administrative disputes and enforcement actions in federal and state proceedings and litigation, as well as congressional investigations and hearings for leading financial institutions and corporations, their boards, audit committees, officers and directors in the U.S. and abroad. They also offer expertise in corporate compliance and governance, including compliance programs covering all areas of law, internal investigations, and audits of U.S. and foreign business operations. The FCPA practice at Steptoe & Johnson LLP counsels – US and foreign – on the scope, meaning and application of the FCPA, the U.K. Bribery Act, and related anti-corruption laws involving a wide spectrum of countries and issues. To learn more visit: www.steptoe.com/fpca. With a veteran team that includes former prosecutors and trial lawyers from the SEC DOJ and SFO, Arnold & Porter LLP provides the full spectrum of FCPA and global anti-corruption services, from compliance programs to representing US and foreign companies and individuals before the SEC, DOJ, and foreign enforcement authorities. For more information, visit: www.arnoldporter.com Sponsored by:
Bass, Berry & Sims represents preeminent companies and individuals in compliance matters, complex corporate transactions, white collar cases and other high-stakes litigation. Our work includes serving as regulatory auditor for the New York Stock Exchange, as the SEC-approved monitor for a Big Four accounting firm and as anti-corruption counsel to Fortune 500 companies. We have conducted FCPA investigations worldwide, including in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas, and regularly represent clients in cross-border M&A, joint ventures, sourcing, contracting, distribution, sales, and in settlements and resolutions with the U.S. DOJ, U.S. SEC, and other government agencies. With many of our anti-corruption team members based in lower-cost markets, we provide world-class services in a highly cost-effective manner. Bassberry.com/FCPA Attorneys in Manatt's Corporate Investigations Group have years of experience representing clients in FCPA investigations and assisting them with their compliance programs. Clients have ranged from Fortune 100 companies to private equity and venture capital companies investing in start-ups overseas. Coupled with the firm's superior industry knowledge in healthcare, media and entertainment, and data technology, Manatt is able to provide tailored advice to its clients Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP is an AmLaw 100 firm with over 600 attorneys practicing in offices across the globe. Our Foreign Corrupt Practices Act expertise includes advising domestic and foreign businesses on the full range of issues implicated by the FCPA and anti-corruption statutes around the world, including anti-corruption due diligence, policy drafting and employee training, internal investigations, and representing individuals and businesses before the U.S. Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission. Control Risks, is an independent, global risk consultancy specializing in political, integrity and security risk. We help some of the most influential organizations in the world to understand and manage the risks and opportunities of operating in complex or hostile environments. We support clients by providing strategic consultancy, expert analysis and in-depth investigations through to handling sensitive political issues and providing practical on the ground protection and support. From strategic business intelligence and due diligence to corruption investigations and eDiscovery services, our range of services is the most comprehensive in the industry. TRACE Inc. offers tailored due diligence and specialized anti-bribery consulting and advisory services to both members of TRACE International and the public. These services include several risk-based due diligence options, in-person training, mergers and acquisitions support, anti-bribery risk assessments and compliance program design and consulting. TRACE Inc. also offers a comprehensive anti-bribery training and certification program, TASA (TRACE Anti-Bribery Specialist Accreditation) to professionals working in this growing field. TRACE, the first global platform that captures, assesses and shares baseline due diligence information on organizations and individuals across the supply and marketing chain and makes the information available to companies at no cost,is a product ofTRACE Inc. Loeb & Loeb LLP is a multi-service law firm with offices in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Washington, D.C., and Nashville, as well as a representative office in Beijing, China. Our White Collar Criminal Defense Group has extensive experience advising both domestic and foreign businesses on the full range of issues implicated by the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and related anti-corruption statutes that govern commerce to and from the United States. With respect to FCPA, our skill sets include creating compliance programs and internal FCPA policies; providing FCPA training and counseling; conducting internal investigations, handling transactional due diligence; defending against government investigations; and, where necessary, defending companies, officers and employees at trial. Our attorneys have been involved with some of the largest and most high-profile FCPA matters in history, including matters in Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas. For more information go to www.loeb.com Capstone Advisory Group, LLC is a leader in providing multidisciplinary services and solutions to lenders, companies, investors and attorneys through our core practice areas:
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