Pre-Conference Focus Day: FCPA Compliance and Ethics in Emerging Markets

09:00 Registration

09:30 Costing Operations In Emerging Markets

Costs in emerging markets are naturally higher as infrastructure is developed. Ensure that a potentially risky commercial venture isn’t a budgetary nightmare by seeing the implications of:

• Logistical spend in areas hard to access
• Costs of training local personnel
• The effects of knock for knock liabilities on the potential overall costs

Mita Desai
Senior Counsel
Anadarko

10:30 FCPA – Regulation Update

The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act is at the heart of compliance regulation for US companies. Hear an update on how this legislation is being applied in practice.

• Compliance and ethics in emerging markets
• The outcomes from recent cases and their impacts on future contracting in the industry

Tom Fox
Principle
TomFoxLaw

12:00 Interactive Session

FCPA – Using the regulation in practice: How will they impact the ethical and commercial practice of your business

• How do the FCPA regulations affect the running of your business in the international environment?
• What is the consequence of inadequate consideration of compliance legislation in the conduct of business abroad?
• What is the cost of non-compliance compared with compliance?

Mary Shaddock Jones
Assistant General Counsel and Director of Insurance and Global Compliance
Global Industries

14:30 Interactive Discussion

Local Content and Risk Mitigation

Venturing into new markets, the local workforce is naturally less experienced than their counterparts in more mature operating regions. So how do you mitigate risk when employing a large proportion of localised staff? Discuss how you would:

• Apportion liabilities according to the risks posed by varying levels of experience in your contractor’s workforce
• Limit the risk posed by young service companies by helping to negotiate partnerships with experienced contractors

Led by the speakers and focus day delegates

16:00 Agents

It isn’t just the direct employees of your company that you must monitor, you are liable for the behaviour of your agents – clarity on this topic could save your company millions of dollars

• How do you identify who is an agent?
• To what extent should the training and visibility requirements be prescribed in the contract?
• What are the most pertinent ethical considerations?

Robert Sutphen
Associate General Counsel
Halliburton

17:00 Close Of Day