Foreign bribery legislation in Australia

Views from the coal-face

1 Background

In August 2015, KordaMentha made a submission to the Senate References Committee inquiry ¹ into foreign bribery. Our views in that submission were based on the collective knowledge and experience of our Forensic investigations and risk practitioners.

In November 2015, we held a series of roundtable lunch events in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Perth. A total of 29 people attended. Their roles included In-house General/Legal Counsel, Risk and Compliance, Integrity Departments of State Government, Management, External Counsel, and Financial Crime Prevention and Detection.

Industry sectors represented at the events included:

• Financial Services