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Kirkland & Ellis and AmCham China cordially invite you to join Kirkland partners, Robert Khuzami, former Director of Enforcement at the US Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) from 2009-2013, who established the SEC's first specialized FCPA prosecution unit; Mark Filip, former US Deputy Attorney General and former US federal judge; and Sam Williamson, the only Chinese-speaking former federal prosecutor resident at an international firm in China, as they discuss compliance and US investigations. Discussion topics will include:
• The current SEC and DOJ enforcement environment
• The implications of increased local government enforcement activity
• Corruption, compliance and internal investigations
• SEC compliance obligations for foreign issuers
• Strategies for dealing with increased regulatory activity
• Asia-specific concerns
About the Speakers:
Mark Filip - Former Deputy Attorney General of the United States and a former US Federal Judge.
In 2012 he spoke at AmCham Shanghai about the current American regulatory enforcement environment, with particular focus on FCPA, Accounting and Securities Fraud, and Private plaintiff litigation against companies publicly traded in the US, which are of particular concern to US entities operating in China.
Robert Khuzami - Former Enforcement Director of the SEC
During Mr. Khuzami's tenure at the SEC, the Enforcement Division filed its highest rate of cases, in fiscal years 2011 and 2012, and he initiated and oversaw the most significant restructuring of the division in agency history. He created nationwide prosecution units to concentrate on the high-priority areas of investment advisers and private funds, large-scale trading and market abuse, bribery of foreign officials under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), and municipal securities and public pensions. He recently joined Kirkland.
• The current SEC and DOJ enforcement environment
• The implications of increased local government enforcement activity
• Corruption, compliance and internal investigations
• SEC compliance obligations for foreign issuers
• Strategies for dealing with increased regulatory activity
• Asia-specific concerns
About the Speakers:
Mark Filip - Former Deputy Attorney General of the United States and a former US Federal Judge.
In 2012 he spoke at AmCham Shanghai about the current American regulatory enforcement environment, with particular focus on FCPA, Accounting and Securities Fraud, and Private plaintiff litigation against companies publicly traded in the US, which are of particular concern to US entities operating in China.
Robert Khuzami - Former Enforcement Director of the SEC
During Mr. Khuzami's tenure at the SEC, the Enforcement Division filed its highest rate of cases, in fiscal years 2011 and 2012, and he initiated and oversaw the most significant restructuring of the division in agency history. He created nationwide prosecution units to concentrate on the high-priority areas of investment advisers and private funds, large-scale trading and market abuse, bribery of foreign officials under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), and municipal securities and public pensions. He recently joined Kirkland.
Sam Williamson - A partner Kirkland's Shanghai office
He leads the firm's Asia-based government enforcement and investigations practices. He is a former federal prosecutor, having served as a white collar supervisor at the US Department of Justice, and has extensive experience living and working in Asia, having lived in China on multiple occasions, as well as in Japan and Singapore. Sam speaks Mandarin Chinese and Japanese and is the only Chinese-speaking former federal prosecutor resident in China.
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He leads the firm's Asia-based government enforcement and investigations practices. He is a former federal prosecutor, having served as a white collar supervisor at the US Department of Justice, and has extensive experience living and working in Asia, having lived in China on multiple occasions, as well as in Japan and Singapore. Sam speaks Mandarin Chinese and Japanese and is the only Chinese-speaking former federal prosecutor resident in China.
The M2M series (Member-to-Member) is AmCham China's commercial event platform. M2M events are sponsored by companies seeking to share the latest information about their products, services, technologies or expertise with fellow AmCham China members. These company sponsored events are free for all AmCham China members and employees of member companies.
The M2M program and any use of AmCham China's name and participation by AmCham China's personnel in such program in no event constitutes an endorsement, express or implied, of any product, service, program or company. AmCham China reserves the right to offer, modify, suspend or cancel the M2M events in its sole discretion.
