On 29 October 2015, the Republic of Kazakhstan adopted its first Commercial Code. It was adopted to facilitate the implementation of the “Plan of the Nation – 100 Specific Steps to Implement the Five Institutional Reforms” and to comprehensively regulate public relations in the business environment.
With the steady increase of global regulation and enforcement across all industries in today’s commercial world, the conduct by companies of independent and credible internal investigations is swiftly being recognised as a standalone area of expertise
It is our pleasure to present the first edition of Baker McKenzie’s Global Overview of Anti-Bribery Laws Handbook…
In a noteworthy trend picked-up by Trace International’s Global Enforcement Report, in 2014 non-U.S. enforcement actions concerning bribery of foreign officials outpaced U.S. enforcement actions for the first time. The widely held perception has been that only the United States enforces its anticorruption laws. The recently released report indicates enforcement by…
We asked Mini vandePol (Head of the Baker & McKenzie Global and Asia-Pacific Compliance Practice Group) and Joanna Ludlam…
We rarely think about emergencies before they arrive on our doorstep. Yet, the recent civil unrest in Baltimore…
Effectively managing corporate compliance efforts in today’s regulatory environment–preventing corporate officers and employee from engaging in illegal practices, while also addressing a wide array of other compliance and risk management concerns–presents a major challenge to multinational companies with extended enterprises. Although enforcement guidelines around the world vary in length, tone…
Various countries and their compliance-enforcing agencies request that companies have “adequate” compliance programs and organizations. But what does…
In late 2014, the trade associations for the Med-Tech and Diagnostics industries in Europe have recommended phasing out…
Baker & McKenzie has released its first global client survey on Social Media. Based on the responses from international clients across a range of 14 sectors the report highlights how corporate social media use stands at a critical point in its development. While the understanding of how and where social media…