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Global Corporate Compliance (2225.YR.004670.1)

General information

Type:

OPT

Curs:

1

Period:

S semester

ECTS Credits:

3 ECTS

Teaching Staff:

Group Teacher Department Language
M. in International Business Law- LIB20 David Jesus Velazquez Vioque Derecho ENG

Prerequisites

No specific prerequisites or incompatible elements.

Previous Knowledge

No previous knowledge required

Workload distribution

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

COURSE CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM

- 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 EntityDeputization 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).

Course Learning Objectives

- 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

CONTENT

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.

Methodology

- Lectures and in-class discussions

ASSESSMENT

ASSESSMENT BREAKDOWN

Description %
Exam 60
in-class participation 40

Assessment criteria

- 40% in-class participation and 60% exam

Bibliography

- "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
- U.S. Department of Justice Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs
- A Resource Guide to the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
- Readings (additional) short articles will be provided before the start of class.

Recommended textbook:

The Law of Governance, Risk Management and Compliance (Aspen Casebook) 2014, Geoffrey P. Miller (NYU School of Law).

Timetable and sections

Group Teacher Department
M. in International Business Law- LIB20 David Jesus Velazquez Vioque Derecho

Timetable M. in International Business Law- LIB20

Monday 2022/9/19 from 18:00 to 20:00.

From 2022/10/10 to 2022/12/12:
Each Monday from 18:00 to 20:00. (Except: 2022/12/5)