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SUMMARY:Deferred Prosecution Agreements: a game changer for corporates in
  Asia Pacific and beyond
DESCRIPTION:This session will explore the evolution of Deferred Prosecuti
 on Agreements (DPAs) and their increasingly important role in resolving 
 cases of alleged corporate criminal misconduct.\n\nThe United States aut
 horities have long deployed DPAs to resolve corporate criminal enforceme
 nt actions under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act\, whose broad extra-t
 erritorial reach captures the activities of multinationals operating in 
 Asia. The United Kingdom authorities have followed suit\, with four DPAs
  already entered into under their Bribery Act\; another long-arm statute
  which also enables the UK authorities to potentially pursue multination
 als’ operating in Asia. The UK Serious Fraud Office’s mammoth DPA with R
 olls-Royce in January 2017 is regarded as a watershed moment in UK anti-
 corruption enforcement. France has also introduced DPAs\, announcing it’
 s first in December 2017.\n\nLegislation is presently before the Austral
 ian parliament that contemplates DPAs being added to the toolbox of Aust
 ralian prosecutors. In Asia\, following the high-profile case in Decembe
 r 2017 involving Keppel Corp\, Singapore introduced DPAs in early 2018 f
 or corporate corruption and money laundering cases.\n\nThe panel will di
 scuss key aspects of the various DPA regimes with case studies\, assess 
 their merits and shortfalls\, and consider what the future holds for res
 olving corporate criminal misconduct in the region.\n
LOCATION:Hotel New Otani
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