Monthly Archives: February 2011

The FCPA Green Room: Private Equity May Be Next

By Squire Sanders on February 7th, 2011 Posted in Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, Private Equity

To date, the SEC has never charged a private equity firm for the inappropriate conduct of one of its portfolio companies (the DOJ has been involved in a few investigations: see Vetco International Ltd.; Omega Advisors; and, Leo Winston Smith). However, with recent news of both internal and external bribery-related investigations into Allianz Capital Partners… Continue Reading

Update: UK Bribery Act To Go Forward

By Squire Sanders on February 1st, 2011 Posted in UK Bribery Act

The UK government will push forward with the implementation of the UK Bribery Act after the OECD threatened to blacklist British companies if the new law is not enacted soon. See interview with Mark Peith, chairman of the OECD’s working group on bribery, here.