Gibson Dunn Lawyers Write About EU’s New Directive on Combating Corruption for Law360

Article  |  June 17, 2026

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Multinationals should start preparing now ahead of the 2028 deadline as the European Union recalibrates the anti-corruption landscape, write partner Katharina Humphrey, associate Karla Böltz, and legal trainee Maximilian Schach in their in-depth article for Law360 [PDF] on a new directive aimed at combating corruption.

They note that the directive “does not transform anti-corruption compliance overnight,” but for multinationals “the practical message is to start preparing early. Parallel investigations will become routine, and compliance management systems are now a quantifiable factor in the sanction outcome across the EU.”

Their article looks in more detail at the directive and what those changes mean in terms of risk exposure and compliance in companies operating across the EU.