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Purpose and scope

This Working Group, convened under the umbrella of the BIC, brings together a select group of lawyers from across the IBA to address the evolving and interconnected responsibilities of the legal profession in promoting integrity, transparency, and ethical practice worldwide, with a focus on the role of bar associations. While called an ‘Anti-Corruption’ Working Group, the scope of its work encompasses lawyers’ ethical roles, compliance issues, beneficial ownership, money laundering, terrorist financing and other such related concerns under the overall rubric of “Anti-Corruption issues.”

The Group’s work concerns:

• The role of bar associations in generating, upholding and supporting relevant rules of professional conduct, including setting standards, providing guidance, and fostering a culture of compliance.
• The role of the lawyer as a trusted adviser, counsellor, officer of the court, and guardian of the rule of law.
• Anti-Corruption - including raising awareness, promoting best practice, and strengthening lawyers’ contribution to combating bribery, fraud, and related misconduct.
• Anti-money laundering (AML) understanding and best practice, including the lawyer’s role in risk assessment, client due diligence, suspicious activity reporting (as applicable), and compliance with relevant domestic and international standards.
• Beneficial ownership transparency, including the lawyer’s role in ensuring accurate disclosure and preventing misuse of corporate structures.
• Terrorist financing including related issues of human rights.
• Legal ethics in a broad sense, covering supervision, conflicts of interest, confidentiality, independence, and professional integrity.

Current membership

Members of the BIC ACWG steering group are as follows:

Please note: members of bar associations are engaged on the basis of their individual expertise, and not to represent the views of their organisations.

Name	Organisation / Position
Steven Richman (Chair)	Chair, IBA Bar Issues Commission Chair
Dominique Hogan-Doran	Chair, BIC Regulation Committee
Ellyn Rosen	Vice-Chair, BIC Regulation Committee
Jonathan Goldsmith	Member, BIC International Trade in Legal Services Committee
Robert Wyld	Regional Representative Asia Oceania, Asset Recovery Committee
Nicola Bonucci	Member, Anti-Corruption Committee Advisory Board
Fergal Cathie	Co-Chair, Regulation of Lawyers Committee
Jonathan Soeherno
Meg Strickler	Member, Professional Ethics Committee Advisory Board
Stephane Brabant
Gary Hughes	Co-Chair, Regulation of Lawyers Committee
Stephen Revell	Member, Law Firm Management Committee Advisory Board
Cesar Amedolara
Henry Chang
Nankunda Katangaza	Membership Officer, Regulation of Lawyers Committee
Paulius Griciūnas	Co-Chair, Bar Executive
Adam Bongani Wenyimo