alertFall 2019 FCPA & Anti-Bribery Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP A New York Limited Liability Partnership • One Battery Park Plaza New York, New York 10004-1482 • +1 (212) 837-6000 Attorney advertising. Readers are advised that prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey. © 2019 Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP CORRUPTION PERCEPTION SCORE No Data 100 Very Clean 50 0 Very Corrupt Data from Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index 2018. 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DeBernardis Kevin T. Abikoff Olivier Dorgans Dina Hoffer Derek J.T. Adler Alan G. Kashdan Edward J.M. Little Robert B. Bell John T. McGoey Daniel J. McLaughlin Benjamin S. Britz Marie-Agnès Nicolas Sean M. Reilly Roel C. Campos Michael R. Silverman Charles W. Cohen ASSOCIATES & INTERNATIONAL SPECIALISTS Diego Durán de la Vega Ayoka Akinosi Clinton T. Lipscomb Ryan Fayhee Ernesto J. Alvarado Calvin K. Liu Athena Arbes Elsa Malaty Anne Gaustad Rayhan Asat Dorsaf Matri Nicolas Burnichon Megan Mollat Terence Healy Gil Ben-Ezra Lorena C. Monteiro+ Arnaldo Bernardi Babaka Mputu Michael H. Huneke Paul Charlot Robby Naoufal Ana Carolina Chaves* Jessica Norrant-Eyme Salim Jorge Saud Neto* Marina Drapey Aline Rezende Peres Osorio Jan Dunin-Wasowicz Miles Orton Matthew R. Nicely Lucie Dzongang Jordan Pate Jiaxing Hao Antonio Pimentel* Neil J. Oxford Ashley R. Hodges Debbie Placid Stephen A. Fowler Joshua Rosenthal Eric S. Parnes Edwige Fowo Caroline Rosa* Maureen A. Howley Mathieu Rossignol Laura N. Perkins Clothilde Humbert Samuel Salyer Aylin Ictemel Sergon Sancar Bryan J. Sillaman Adriana Ingenito Yoshinori Sasao Carolyn J. Jackson Aleea Stanton Elizabeth Solander Sigrid Jernudd Jennifer Suh Alyssa Johnson Luis Gustavo Vagos* Nicolas Swerdloff Brian S. Kang Inès Vally Robert Kolick Shayda Vance Nicolas Tollet Tamara Kraljic Bernardo G. Viana* Laura Vittet-Adamson George A. Tsougarakis Adam Weinstein Mei Li Zhen Marc A. Weinstein Jonathan Zygielbaum * Saud Advogados, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in strategic cooperation with Hughes Hubbard & Reed + Admission Pending Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP CONTRIBUTIONS Executive Kevin T. Abikoff Laura N. Perkins Editors +1 202 721-4770 +1 202 721-4778 [email protected] [email protected] Editorial Benjamin S. Britz, Michael Huneke, Anne Gaustad, Bryan J. Sillaman Panel: Drafting Michael A. DeBernardis, Tamara Kraljic, Jonathan Zygielbaum Committee Diego Durán de la Vega, Salim Saud Neto, Olivier Dorgans, Marie-Agnès Nicolas, Rayhan Asat, Emma Baker, Tabitha Bartholomew, Paul Bettencourt, Nicolas Burnichon, Ana Carolina Chaves, Edwige Fowo, Contributors Luis Gustavo Vagos, Jiaxing Hao, Clothilde Humbert, Carolyn Jackson, Win Jordan, Brian Kang, Clinton Lipscomb, Calvin Liu, Maria Mannarino, Lorena C. Monteiro, Jessica Norrant-Eyme, Paula Ortiz Cardona, Aline Osorio, Antonio Pimentel, Santiago Reyes Ramirez, Caroline Rosa, Joshua Rosenthal, Samuel Salyer, Sergon Sancar, Shayda Vance, Bernardo Viana, Laura Vittet-Adamson Page iii Introduction Raise a little hell If you want a drink of water You got to get it from a well If you want to get to heaven You got to raise a little hell1 We are pleased to bring you our Fall 2019 FCPA & Anti-Bribery Alert. As has become tradition, we begin this Alert with a quote and theme from an entertainer we lost during the past year. The inspiration for the theme of this year’s Alert is Steve Cash, who passed away in October 2019, and his band the Ozark Mountain Daredevils. Preparing this Alert, we were struck by the number of enforcement actions that described corporate failures in situations where they could or should have been stopped if more aggressive action was taken by legal or compliance personnel. The SEC’s 2019 action against Barclays, for example, included an allegation that a senior Barclays compliance officer approved the hiring of the daughter of an executive of an important government customer. Despite knowing that the banker proposing the hire had referenced winning business as a reason for the hire, the compliance officer allegedly offered an “out”, approving the hire as long as the candidate was hired based on her skills and qualifications. The candidate was hired and business allegedly followed. DOJ and SEC actions against Walmart offer another cautionary tale. After a construction company that Walmart’s Brazilian subsidiary wanted to hire failed due diligence, the compliance department of Walmart Brazil advised the business that it could not sign any more contracts with the company. This advice was simply ignored by the business, which continued to work with the construction company in order to direct improper payments to Brazilian officials. The compliance department either couldn’t or wouldn’t do anything else to stop it. In both instances, it appears that compliance was in a position with a chance to “raise a little hell” and insist that the activities cease or not go forward and instead took a rather passive approach or worse. It is important for compliance personnel to establish a good working relationship and work cooperatively with their colleagues in the business. Without this collaborative approach, compliance departments run the risk of resentment from the business and a reluctance to seek advice or guidance on important issues. However, external and internal legal and compliance advisors operating in today’s environment would be wise to take note of the direction given by the Ozark Mountain Daredevils in their 1973 hit, “If you Wanna Get to Heaven:” sometimes you have to “raise a little hell.” This Alert is divided into six chapters. Chapter 1 is devoted to analysis of critical enforcement highlights, trends, and lessons from recent settlements, prosecutions, and other related developments. Following that analysis, Chapter 2 is dedicated to the U.S. FCPA and provides a description of FCPA-related charges and settlements for 2018 through publication in 2019 organized alphabetically by year. Chapter 2 also includes discussion of other relevant FCPA-related developments, including court rulings and guidance. Chapter 3 is dedicated to developments in the enforcement of the U.K. Bribery Act, including a description of recent investigations and enforcement actions of note. Chapter 4 covers an anti-corruption enforcement update from France under Loi Sapin II.