Project roll-out: does the business case still exist for non-trial resolutions?

Director of Primerio and co-founder of the Primerio South African practice. Mike’s regulatory and commercial law practice is pan-African and he has practiced across several countries and regional blocs including Botswana, Cameroon, Egypt, Kenya, Mauritius, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Eswatini, Tanzania, COMESA and CEMAC, for the better part of a decade. Mike practices principally in the fields of anti-corruption and bribery (asset recovery, corporate investigations, compliance), antitrust (cartel conduct, mergers and follow-on damages) and litigation (including complex cross border litigation). A regular speaker and author.

Jitka Logesová is the co-head of Wolf Theiss’ firm-wide Disputes practice, and the head of the firm-wide Investigations, Crisis Response and Compliance practice. She specialises in compliance, corporate investigations, corporate criminal liability/white collar crime, sanctions and asset recovery. Before joining Wolf Theiss, Jitka established and built up the firm-wide compliance, risk and sensitive investigations practice at another regional law firm. She was tasked by the Czech General Prosecutors office to help draft the methodology for state prosecutors on how to evaluate corporate compliance management systems and to educate the state prosecutors in this respect. Jitka has wide experience in various sectors, particularly life science, infrastructure, professional services, IT and the public sector, where she advised clients on FCPA triggered issues and investigations, led a number of corporate internal investigations in CEE and advised on various compliance issues including setting up anti-corruption and compliance programmes. She is a Certified Auditor for ISO 19600 (compliance management systems) and for ISO 37001 (Anti-Bribery management systems). She has also published extensively on these topics and is a frequent speaker at compliance and anti-corruption conferences.

Noah Arshinoff is a recognized expert in anti-money laundering, anti-corruption, and legal sector regulation. As Executive Director, Policy and Public Affairs at the Federation of Law Societies of Canada, he leads national policy efforts to safeguard the legal profession from misuse by criminal actors and strengthen the profession’s response to money laundering and other illicit financial activity. Noah has advised governments, international organizations, and multilateral development banks on the design of regulatory systems, governance frameworks, and risk-based approaches to combat corruption and financial crime. His work has helped shape policies and institutional safeguards across the globe including the Americas, Africa, Europe, and Asia. In addition to his policy leadership, Noah serves as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Ottawa, where he teaches anti-corruption law. He has also delivered specialized training and capacity-building programs on anti-corruption and financial crime prevention around the world.