08:30 Registration and Morning Coffee
09:00 Chair’s Opening Address
David Butts
Partner
CMS Cameron McKenna
09:15 Keynote Presentation
Reviewing the Current Situation in CEE
- The growing importance of business ethics and compliance in the fight against
corruption in CEE
- Legal solutions in CEE: how does it influence the structure of the company
- Competing in a difficult environment and maintaining an ethical conduct
- Spreading a new corporate ethical culture in former socialist countries
- Evaluating the impact of poor standards on foreign investors and customers
Sergiu Mihailescu
Partner
CMS Cameron McKenna
COMPLIANCE CHALLENGES FOR EASTERN EUROPE
10:00 Expert View
Anti-Corruption Enforcement by U.S. Regulators in CEE
- Who is covered by the FCPA and other Anti Corruption Statutes
- How US legislation influences corporate governance of European companies in
relation to Anti Corruption programmes
- Shaping Corruption investigations and Compliance programmes
- Reputation and Risk - How to protect your business when allegations of Corruption surface
Elisabeth Robertson
Partner
Addleshaw Goddard
10:45 Morning Coffee and Networking
11:15 Case Study
Estabilishing and Updating an Anti-Bribery Programme
- Anti-Bribery Programme - potential competition advantage or disadvantage ?
- Drafting and implementing an efficient code of conduct
- Developing an integrity training programme
- Putting in place an independant internal compliance function
- Combining the foreign (FCPA, SOX etc.) and national legislation requirements, taking into account local differences
Miroslav Uricar
General Counsel
Legal & Regulatory Department
T-Mobile Czech Republic a. s.
IMPLEMENTING CORPORATE PROGRAMMES TO PREVENT CORRUPTION
12:00 Panel Discussion
Getting to Grips With Conflict of Interest
- Managing between ethics rules, and state conflict of interest’s statutes and
regulations
- Conducting conflicts of interest analysis
- Complying with public procurement integrity laws
John Wilkinson
Partner, Eurofirm DA&I Leader
PwC Zurich
Codru Vrabie
CSO Representative
National Integrity Council Romania
Olessia Akimtseva
Partner
CMS Cameron McKenna
Janos Kuhn
Regional Compliance Officer
Siemens Hungary
Together with speakers of the day and invited guests
12:45 Lunch
14:00 Case Study
Policy for Dealing with Gifts and Hospitality in CEE
- Understanding what can be accepted without disclosure
- Deciding what cannot be accepted or given
- Learning which things should be recorded
- Making the policy work effectively
Maris Krastins
Head of Operational Risk Management Department
AS Hansabanka Latvia
14:45 Case Study
Perspectives and Approaches to Ensure Anti-Bribery Compliance of Distributor Partners
- Learning from practical insights from the biotech/pharmaceutical industry
- Getting to grips with diversity of distributor partners
- Understanding how far the due diligence of a licensor can go
Kersten Schmahl
Senior Manager, Compliance Distributor Business
Biogen Idec
15:30 Afternoon Tea and Networking
IDENTIFY POTENTIAL ABUSE AND VIOLATIONS OF ANTI-BRIBERY LAWS
16:00 Expert View
Managing Corruption Criminal Law
- Practical issues in different phases of criminal law
- Directors and officers liability
- Business criminal litigation
- Dealing with enforcement authorities
Bartlomiej Jankowski
Partner
Business Criminal Litigation
CMS Cameron McKenna
Tomasz Manicki
Associate
Business Criminal Litigation
CMS Cameron McKenna
16:45 Case Study
Facilitation Payments in the Post-Socialist Era
- Implementation of the OECD convention against bribery in international
business transactions
- Distinguishing between facilitation payments and outright bribes
- Different legislative treatment for facilitation payments
- Analysing concrete cases
Noemi Alexa
Executive Director
Transparency International Hungary
17:30 Closing Remarks from the Chair
17:45 End of Day 1