May 10, 2018
International M&A increasingly implicates the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and other anti-bribery laws, which are proliferating in major economies around the world. Gibson Dunn panelists, including partners in the U.S., Europe and Asia, examine FCPA risks associated with cross-border transactions, discuss ways in which these issues arise, and offer strategies for mitigating anti-corruption risks and successfully completing the deal.
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PANELISTS:
Michael S. Diamant is a partner in Gibson Dunn’s Washington, D.C. office and a member of the firm’s White Collar Defense and Investigations Practice Group. He also serves on the firm’s Finance Committee. His practice focuses on white collar criminal defense, internal investigations, and corporate compliance. Mr. Diamant has broad white collar defense experience representing corporations and corporate executives facing criminal and regulatory charges. He has represented clients in an array of matters, including accounting and securities fraud, antitrust violations, and environmental crimes, before law enforcement and regulators, like the U.S. Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission. Mr. Diamant also has managed numerous internal investigations for publicly traded corporations and conducted fieldwork in nineteen different countries on five continents. Mr. Diamant also regularly advises major corporations on the structure and effectiveness of their compliance programs.
Lisa A. Fontenot is a corporate partner in Gibson Dunn’s Palo Alto office and a member of the firm’s Mergers and Acquisitions Practice Group. She counsels clients across a variety of industries, including some of the world’s leading technology companies and innovative startups, with particular experience in the telecom, media and technology (TMT) sectors. Ms. Fontenot counsels clients as to M&A matters with over 20 years’ extensive experience representing both U.S. and foreign strategic buyers and sellers successfully completing cross-border acquisitions, joint ventures and investments. Ms. Fontenot also represents private equity/venture capital investors in connection with their investment in, and equity dispositions of, portfolio companies and related securities matters.
Stephen I. Glover is a partner in Gibson Dunn’s Washington, D.C. office and Co-Chair of the firm’s Mergers and Acquisitions Practice Group. Mr. Glover has an extensive practice representing public and private companies in complex mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, equity and debt offerings and corporate governance matters. Mr. Glover’s clients include large public corporations, emerging growth companies and middle market companies in a wide range of industries. He also advises private equity firms, individual investors and others.
Benno Schwarz is a German-qualified partner in Gibson Dunn’s Munich office and a member of the firm’s International Corporate Transactions and White Collar Defense and Investigations Practice Groups. Mr. Schwarz has many years of experience in the area of corporate anti-bribery compliance, especially issues surrounding the enforcement of the US FCPA and the UK Bribery Act as well as Russian law.
Fang Xue is Chief Representative of Gibson Dunn’s Beijing office and a member of the firm’s Corporate Department and its Mergers and Acquisitions and Private Equity Practice Groups. Ms. Xue has broad-based corporate and commercial experience. She has represented Chinese and international corporations and private equity funds in cross-border acquisitions, private equity transactions, stock and asset transactions, joint ventures, going private transactions, tender offers and venture capital transactions, including many landmark deals among those.