Global Corporate Compliance (2235.YR.004670.1)

General information

Type:	OPT	Curs:	1	Period:	S semester
ECTS Credits:	3 ECTS

Teaching Staff:

Group	Teacher	Department	Language
Year 1	David Jesus Velazquez Vioque	Derecho	ENG

No specific prerequisites or incompatible elements.

No previous knowledge required

The subject will be classroom-based, with students'participation and debates over the main current trends and case law

- Provide overview of legal and compliance differences between the US, the UK and the EU/Spain
- Prepare students to be strong governance/ compliance issue spotters to manage legal and reputational risks for their corporate clients
- Corporate law and governance philosophies & principles generally (US vs UK vs Spain/Europe) shareholders and stakeholders
- Introduction to the Entity Deputization approach to questions of corporate governance, monitoring and compliance matters
- Consideration of corporate anti-bribery/corruption requirements as key illustrative example of modern compliance and governance efforts: laws, regulations and recognized best compliance practices (consideration of the US vs the UK approach and how it affects Europe).

- Describe the modern multinational corporation's approach to managing corporate governance and compliance matters and how legal risk management of private and public enforcement is fundamental

1. GLOBAL CORPORATE COMPLIANCE: CONTENTS 1) Introduction to an Anticorruption compliance program 2) Anticorruption. FCPA and UKBA cases 3) Compliance tools (I): Whistleblowing hotlines 4) Compliance tools (II): Investigations and labor law issues 5) Compliance tools (III): Compliance function and culture of compliance 6) Risk assessment and internal policies 7) Compliance as a corporate defense 8) Focus topics (I): Bidding procedures. Administrative and competition law 9) Focus topics (II): M&A and compliance. Successor liability 10) Case studies (I): DPAs and NPAs 11) Case studies (II): How to implement a compliance system 12) Case studies (III): How to monitor and review a compliance system

2.

- Lectures and in-class discussions

ASSESSMENT BREAKDOWN

- U.S. Department of Justice Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs (2023)
- "The compliance function: an overview?, 11-2014, Geoffrey Miller, NYU School of Law
- The Domains of Corporate Counsel in an Era of Compliance, American Business Law Journal, Vol. 53, 2, 203-249, Summer 2016
- A Resource Guide to the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act


Readings (additional) short articles will be provided before the start of class.

Group	Teacher	Department
Year 1	David Jesus Velazquez Vioque	Derecho