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Chambers Expert Focus | Compliance and Investigations
Top legal professionals from some of the worlds leading law firms provide their expert legal commentary on the emerging stories, trends and insights across compliance and investigations law. Topics of discussion include anti-corruption, white-collar crime and international fraud and asset tracing.
Insights into the newly adopted EU Directive (EU) 2024/1260 on asset recovery and confiscation.
![Ilias Anagnostopoulos](https://assets-cdn.chambers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down/https://assets.chambers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/09144722/Ilias-G.-Anagnostopoulos-circle-120x120.jpg)
![Alexandros Tsagkalidis | Anagnostopoulos](https://assets-cdn.chambers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down/https://assets.chambers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/09144832/Alexandros-Tsagkalidis-circle-120x120.jpg)
The delicate balance that corporate counsel must strike between co-operating with government investigations and protecting attorney-client privilege.
![Andrew St. Laurent](https://assets-cdn.chambers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down/https://assets.chambers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/09104518/AndrewStLaurent-circ-120x120.jpg)
![Jonathan Harris | Harris St. Laurent & Wechsler LLP](https://assets-cdn.chambers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down/https://assets.chambers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/07151659/Jonathan-Harris-circ-120x120.jpg)
The necessary considerations regarding lawyers and legal staff working remotely.
![John G. Schmidt Jr](https://assets-cdn.chambers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down/https://assets.chambers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/03163748/John-G.-Schmidt-Jr.-circ-120x120.jpg)
![Jacob Lewis | Phillips Lytle](https://assets-cdn.chambers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down/https://assets.chambers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/01160605/Jacob-Lewis-circ-120x120.jpg)
The UAE’s removal from the FATF grey list, highlighting the country’s efforts to strengthen financial regulations and combat financial crime.
![Lily Eid | BSA Ahmad Bin Hezeem & Associates](https://assets-cdn.chambers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down/https://assets.chambers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/08100813/Lily-Eid-round-120x120.jpg)
Insight into Operation Car Wash, “the most extensive investigation ever conducted in Brazil in terms of scope.”
![Edward Carvalho | Miranda Coutinho, Carvalho & Advogados](https://assets-cdn.chambers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down/https://assets.chambers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/01122838/Edward-Carvalho-round-120x120.jpg)
The first year of operation of the Unified Patent Court.
![Karine Disdier-Mikus](https://assets-cdn.chambers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down/https://assets.chambers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/17122949/Karine-Disdier-Mikus-circ-120x120.jpg)
![Pierre Nieuwyaer | Fiducial Legal by Lamy](https://assets-cdn.chambers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down/https://assets.chambers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/17123337/Pierre-Nieuwyaer-circ-120x120.jpg)
Discussing the DOJ’s new Criminal Conduct Pilot Program and its implications for corporate actors.
![John Mitchell | Taft, Stettinius & Hollister LLP](https://assets-cdn.chambers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down/https://assets.chambers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/13134117/John-Mitchell-circ-120x120.png)
Analysing the introduction of trials in absentia to India’s new Criminal Procedure Code.
![Priyank Ladoia](https://assets-cdn.chambers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down/https://assets.chambers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/24112841/Priyank-Ladoia_circ-120x120.png)
![Tanmay Sharma | AZB & Partners](https://assets-cdn.chambers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down/https://assets.chambers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/11134337/Tanmay-Sharma-120x120.jpg)
Exploring the key takeaway from the three new criminal laws introduced in India.
![Raghav Seth | AZB & Partners](https://assets-cdn.chambers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down/https://assets.chambers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/15165854/Raghav-Seth-circ-120x120.png)
How a private investigator can serve as an asset in business litigation.
![John G Schmidt Jr](https://assets-cdn.chambers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down/https://assets.chambers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/03163748/John-G.-Schmidt-Jr.-circ-120x120.jpg)
![Mitchell P Snyder | Phillips Lytle LLP](https://assets-cdn.chambers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down/https://assets.chambers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/03163532/Mitchell-P.-Snyder-circ-120x120.jpg)
Examine misrepresentation by omission in Canada, the challenges to prove it, and two recent, relevant court decisions.
![John Pirie](https://assets-cdn.chambers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down/https://assets.chambers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/01145937/John-Pirie-circ-120x120.jpg)
![Bryan Hsu | Baker McKenzie](https://assets-cdn.chambers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down/https://assets.chambers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/01150126/Bryan-Hsu-circ-120x120.jpg)
Recent regulatory changes and notable judgments in relation to cybersecurity.
![Paul Lanois | Fieldfisher](https://assets-cdn.chambers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down/https://assets.chambers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/04074126/Speaker_Bio_Paul_Lanois.jpg)
Businesses might be better served by reconsidering entrenched paths to dismissal.
![Johan Botes | Baker McKenzie Johannesburg](https://assets-cdn.chambers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down/https://assets.chambers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/22161646/Johan-Botes-circ-120x120.jpg)
Examining the progress of the new gambling law in Finland.
![Minna Ripatti | Legal Gaming](https://assets-cdn.chambers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down/https://assets.chambers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/25160357/Minna-Ripatti-circ-120x120.jpg)
A discussion of regulatory requirements for the visa transfer procedure in Colombia.
![Carlos Llanos](https://assets-cdn.chambers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down/https://assets.chambers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/08112329/Carlos-Llanos-circ-120x120.png)
![Carolina Acuña | Deloitte](https://assets-cdn.chambers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down/https://assets.chambers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/08112849/Carolina-Acuna-circ-120x120.png)
A discussion of freezing and confiscation orders and their application in the context of EU Regulation 2018/1805.
![Ilias Anagnostopoulos](https://assets-cdn.chambers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down/https://assets.chambers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/08142242/Ilias-Anagnostopoulos_circ-120x120.png)
![Alexandros Tsagkalidis | Anagnostopoulos](https://assets-cdn.chambers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down/https://assets.chambers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/08142337/Alexandros-Tsagkalidis_circ-120x120.png)
A brief overview on lookout circulars in India.
![Varun Lamba](https://assets-cdn.chambers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down/https://assets.chambers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/24090931/Varun-Lamba_circ-120x120.png)
![Shaurya Vardhan Singh | AZB & Partners](https://assets-cdn.chambers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down/https://assets.chambers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/24091004/Shaurya-Vardhan-Singh_circ-120x120.png)
The risks businesses may face from the perspective of Polish criminal law.
![Katarzyna Randzio-Sajkowska](https://assets-cdn.chambers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down/https://assets.chambers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/13140350/Katarzyna-Randzio-Sajkowska-circ-120x120.png)
![Katarzyna Stradomska-Balcerzyk | Sołtysiński Kawecki & Szlęzak](https://assets-cdn.chambers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down/https://assets.chambers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/13140353/Katarzyna-Stradomska-Balcerzyk-circ-120x120.png)
The implications of the latest legislation – the DSA, the DMA and the upcoming AI Act – with Morgan Flanagan Creagh of the firm’s digital marketing department.
![David Kirton](https://assets-cdn.chambers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down/https://assets.chambers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/23145637/David-Kirton-circ-120x120.jpg)
![Roisin Culligan | William Fry LLP](https://assets-cdn.chambers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down/https://assets.chambers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/23145712/Roisin-Culligan-circ-120x120.jpg)
How 2023 marked five years of application of the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation).
![Karine Disdier-Mikus](https://assets-cdn.chambers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down/https://assets.chambers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/10154905/Karine-Disdier-Mikus-circ-120x120.png)
![Pierre Nieuwyaer | Fiducial Legal By Lamy](https://assets-cdn.chambers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down/https://assets.chambers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/17123337/Pierre-Nieuwyaer-circ-120x120.jpg)
Edward Rocha de Carvalho, a partner at Miranda Coutinho, Carvalho & Advogados, delves into the complexities of doing business in Brazil, highlighting the formidable challenges posed by red tape, intricate tax structures, and stringent regulatory demands. Understanding these intricacies is crucial for avoiding significant risks, making expert advice in criminal law indispensable.
![Edward Rocha de Carvalho](https://assets-cdn.chambers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down/https://assets.chambers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/25115913/Edward-Carvalho-round-120x120.jpg)
Giorgio Rusconi and Laura Carrara of Mondini Bonora Ginevra Studio Legale examine the Omnibus Directive’s rules on dual quality of goods and the implications for both food and non-food sectors, and outline the criteria under which products can legitimately differ across EU Member States.
![Giorgio Rusconi](https://assets-cdn.chambers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down/https://assets.chambers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/05130614/Giorgio-Rusconi-120x120.png)
![Laura Carrara](https://assets-cdn.chambers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down/https://assets.chambers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/23145452/Laura-Carrara-round-120x120.jpg)
Exploring the difficulties in defining agreement in white-collar criminal cases.
![Michael S Feldberg](https://assets-cdn.chambers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down/https://assets.chambers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/29013210/Michael-S.-Feldberg-circ-120x120.png)
![Nathaniel G Warner | Reichman Jorgensen Lehman & Feldberg LLP](https://assets-cdn.chambers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down/https://assets.chambers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/29013208/Nathaniel-Warner-circ-120x120.png)
The Companies Act was recently amended with the intention of improving regulation around money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism: do gaps remain?
![Kaylea Sher-Fisher](https://assets-cdn.chambers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down/https://assets.chambers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/02105917/Kaylea-Sher-Fisher-circ-120x120.png)
![Errin Brits | Baker McKenzie](https://assets-cdn.chambers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down/https://assets.chambers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/02110123/Errin-Brits-circ-120x120.png)
Some timely advice in light of the ongoing conflict around the regulation of personal data flows between the EU and the USA.
![Rocco Panetta | PANETTA Studio Legale](https://assets-cdn.chambers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down/https://assets.chambers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/02113416/Rocco-Panetta-of-Panetta-Law-Firm-Milan-120x120.jpg)
How the legal and regulatory framework of sanctions is affecting global business.
![John Forrest](https://assets-cdn.chambers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down/https://assets.chambers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/05153240/John-Forrest-circ-120x120.png)
![Ignacio Sanchez | DLA Piper](https://assets-cdn.chambers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down/https://assets.chambers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/05153219/Ignacio-Sanchez-circ-120x120.png)
The medical malpractice legal landscape in the UAE and how it relates to claimants and insurers.
![Rishi Sengupta](https://assets-cdn.chambers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down/https://assets.chambers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/09120138/Rishi-Sengupta-circ-120x120.png)
![Kelsey Evans | Kennedys](https://assets-cdn.chambers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down/https://assets.chambers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/09120320/kelsey-evans-circ-120x120.png)
The GDPR, which has been in force for five years, will soon be reviewed.
![Rocco Panetta | PANETTA Studio Legale](https://assets-cdn.chambers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down/https://assets.chambers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/13161646/Rocco-Panetta-circ-120x120.png)
Danish Data Protection Agency guidelines on GDPR rules relating to personal data processing for direct marketing purposes.
![Egil Husum](https://assets-cdn.chambers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down/https://assets.chambers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/31082722/Egil-Husum-circ-120x120.jpg)
![Susanne Stougaard | Bech-Bruun](https://assets-cdn.chambers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down/https://assets.chambers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/31082403/Susanne-Stougaard-circ-120x120.jpg)
The reasons behind Finland’s transition to a licensing system for gambling and key features of the new system.
![Antti Koivula | Legal Gaming](https://assets-cdn.chambers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down/https://assets.chambers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/08172504/Antti-Koivula-circ-120x120.jpg)
The promises and perils of deferred prosecution agreements and their repercussions for individuals.
![Ilias G. Anagnostopoulos | Anagnostopoulos](https://assets-cdn.chambers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down/https://assets.chambers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/18162325/IGA_2020-circ-120x120.jpg)
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A discussion of the key features of India’s new Digital Personal Data Protection Act
![Suvarna Mandal](https://assets-cdn.chambers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down/https://assets.chambers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/30131855/Suvarna-Mandal-circ-120x120.png)
![Jasman Dhanoa | Saikrishna & Associates](https://assets-cdn.chambers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down/https://assets.chambers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/30131852/Jasman-Dhanoa-circ-120x120.jpg)
The EU sanctions regime and its possible conflict with fundamental rights.
![Bruno Lebrun](https://assets-cdn.chambers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down/https://assets.chambers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/04120635/Bruno-Lebrun_circ-120x120.png)
![Candice Lecharlier | Janson](https://assets-cdn.chambers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down/https://assets.chambers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/04120636/Candice-Lecharlier_circ-120x120.png)
Foreign subsidies regulation and application in the EU
![Bruno Lebrun](https://assets-cdn.chambers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down/https://assets.chambers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/04120635/Bruno-Lebrun_circ-120x120.png)
![Candice Lecharlier | Janson](https://assets-cdn.chambers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down/https://assets.chambers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/04120636/Candice-Lecharlier_circ-120x120.png)
The diverse and rapidly changing landscape of healthcare and life science regulation, including the importance of keeping up to date on national regulatory and IP systems.
![Elías Ríos](https://assets-cdn.chambers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down/https://assets.chambers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/10170059/Elias-Rios-Circle-120x120.png)
![Luisa Arias Neder | Vilas Abogados](https://assets-cdn.chambers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down/https://assets.chambers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/10170148/Luisa-Arias-Circle-120x120.jpg)
The role of life sciences transactions and the regulatory environment that governs them under Spanish law.
![Carolina Pina](https://assets-cdn.chambers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down/https://assets.chambers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/06114246/Carolina-Pina_circ-120x120.png)
![José Fernández-Rañada López-Dóriga | Garrigues](https://assets-cdn.chambers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down/https://assets.chambers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/06114249/Jose-Fernandez-Ranada_circ-120x120.png)
The cannabis regulatory landscape in Colombia, the different factors that have affected the industry to date, and its possible future.
![Efraín López Amarís | Árpez](https://assets-cdn.chambers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down/https://assets.chambers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/06163534/Efrain-Lopez-Amaris_circ-120x120.png)
The regulatory and investigatory legal landscape for employers and employees.
![Jonathan Harris](https://assets-cdn.chambers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down/https://assets.chambers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/07151659/Jonathan-Harris-circ-120x120.jpg)
![Addy Schmitt | Harris St. Laurent](https://assets-cdn.chambers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down/https://assets.chambers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/07151656/Addy-Schmitt_circ-120x120.png)
The regulatory landscape of compliance in China, including how regulatory compliance became so prominent in China today, its US influence, and its future.
![Frank Hong | Longan Law Firm](https://assets-cdn.chambers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down/https://assets.chambers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/09141043/Frank-Hong-circle-120x120.jpg)