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Gerald Lam is a special counsel in Baker McKenzie’s Investigations, Compliance and Ethics Group, and specializes in international risk and investigations. He is also a member of the Firm's Asia Pacific ESG Advisory Working Group.
Qualified in the US and Hong Kong, Gerald focuses on investigations and regulatory compliance matters relating to anti-bribery and corruption, economic sanctions, ESG, money laundering and white-collar fraud. In addition, he also regularly acts as specialist compliance counsel in mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, financing and lending arrangements and other corporate transactions.
Earlier in his career, he was seconded to Gilead Sciences as regional legal and compliance counsel for two years.
Gerald is recognized as a "Recommended Lawyer" by Legal 500 Asia Pacific for Regulatory: Anti-Corruption and Compliance, and was recently named by Global Investigations Review (GIR) to its “40 under 40” list of the world’s leading young investigations specialists in 2024.

While many are aware that the Indian government is aiming to attract at least USD 100 billion a year in gross Foreign Direct Investment in 2024, they may be less aware that the government has also recently set out a progressive ESG regulatory framework. Investors will therefore need to align with this Indian ESG wave and also ensure that their own ESG programs are robust enough to mitigate risks as well as realize opportunities.

Investigations are an essential tool for ensuring a company’s ethical standards are being followed by employees, business partners, and any others with whom the company interacts. However, investigations are also an essential tool for demonstrating and maintaining strong corporate governance – an integral part of a company’s ESG commitments and strategy. It is also a good time to set yourself some goals and resolutions. To help you on your way, we are pleased to share our top 5 Lunar New Year Resolutions for handling Internal or Government Investigations

The Guide to Compliance, published by Global Investigations Review (GIR), brings together compliance guidance and criminal enforcement trends relating to financial crimes and misconduct. Baker McKenzie partners have contributed two chapters in GIR’s guide.

The chapter on Asia Pacific Compliance Enforcement covers key areas of enforcement priorities, including anti-bribery and anti-corruption, anti-money laundering and other key criminal offenses affecting multinational corporations, and provides an overview of emerging compliance issues and enforcement trends relevant to cross-border business.

The chapter on Compliance Issues in Corporate Transactions covers key compliance areas in due diligence, how to go about an effective assessment of compliance policies and procedures or issues in third-party dealings, and the process of remediating any compliance issues identified during due diligence.

* An extract from the first edition of GIR’s The Guide to Compliance. The whole publication is available at the GIR website.