Professor Celia Wells, Head of the Law School will be speaking at the 5th Annual Economic Forum Anti-corruption Conference in Munich on 24 January. This is a high level conference for compliance professionals and general  counsel from leading multinationals. The session Professor Wells will be speaking in is on Practical Interpretation of the Guidance to the UK Bribery Act: How Should Companies Implement the Provisions to Avoid Prosecution? Other speakers include David Lorello, Partner, Steptoe & Johnson LLP (UK); Matthew Cowie, Counsel, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP (UK) and Former Senior Prosecutor, Serious Fraud Office; and Roderick Macauley, Head of Corporate Crime and Bribery - Criminal Law and Legal Policy, Ministry of Justice (UK).  The session will cover:

• Clarifying the scope of the application and reach of the Act
• Enforcement priorities of the Act: how enforcement strategies have been strengthened
• Update on the structural organisation of enforcement agencies and personnel changes
• Powers and investigations tools to build cases: what has changed to prepare for enforcement
• When to expect the first waves of prosecutions under the Act
• Industry sectors and type of activities that are on the radar screen of prosecutors: large groups versus SMEs – what is the priority?
• Anticipating the Courts’ interpretation of the guidance