Upcoming BNA Webinar Addresses Developments in Anti-Corruption Enforcement and Risks Facing Multinational Companies

ARLINGTON, Va., Oct. 5, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- While a multinational reach presents businesses with a wealth of opportunities from new target markets, to lower labor costs and a measure of disengagement from the sluggish domestic  economy, organizations doing business in international markets need a keen awareness of the threats and liabilities of corruption within these endeavors.

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How can companies ensure that overseas counterparts and operational units are conducting sound business practices free of corruptive influence? What procedures can companies put into place to alleviate the threat of shoddy interactions and the resulting legal threats and damage to their reputation?

Join us October 11 at 1:00 p.m. ET for the BNA Webinar, Keeping Abreast of Developments in Anti-Corruption Enforcement and Risks Facing Your Company, as three legal professionals with decades of combined experience protecting multinational organizations from the threat of corruptive activity and resulting liabilities present a roadmap to current enforcement actions, and proven tactics to create a sound anti-corruption compliance program.

This 90-minute webinar will address:

• Developments in anti-corruption enforcement
• Significant risks in key markets such as China, Brazil, Russia, and the Middle East
• Approaches to corruption risks in mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, partnerships, or other business arrangements
• Tactics for conducting effective and efficient third-party due diligence
• Building an appropriate compliance function
• The role of internal audit in the compliance program
• Reasonable and effective travel and entertainment policies and procedures
• The role of the board of directors and/or audit Committee

Webinar attendees are also eligible for CLE credit.

About the Speakers:

Tara K. Giunta
Tara Giunta is a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Paul Hastings. She has extensive experience advising companies in various industries, particularly sensitive sectors, such as technology, telecommunications, health care, defense, and more.  Ms. Giunta earned a J.D. from Columbus School of Law, Catholic University and a B.A. from Tufts University, cum laude, in 1980. Ms. Giunta has been ranked in the 2008 and 2009 editions of Chambers.  Ms. Giunta is current co-chair of the Compliance Committee of the Board, and is legal counsel to the Pacific Telecommunications Council (PTC). She is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia and Pennsylvania.

Robert B. Shanks
Robert Shanks is Vice President, Legal, International and Washington Operations at Raytheon Company. His responsibilities include overseeing international legal and regulatory compliance and providing international legal expertise across the Company's six operating businesses. He also oversees legal operations for Raytheon's foreign subsidiaries and international offices. Mr. Shanks joined Raytheon in 2003 as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary for Raytheon Technical Services Company. Mr. Shanks graduated from Brown University, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, in 1972 and from the University of Virginia School of Law, where he was editor-in-chief of the Virginia Law Review, in 1975. He currently serves on the Board of the International Law Institute.

Julia C. Symon
Julia Symon is Director of Compliance at KBR Inc. She formerly served as Counsel at Clifford Chance. Ms. Symon attended Tulane University Law School and Tufts University, from where she earned a B.A. in Political Science.

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