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Foreign Corrupt Practices Act: Four practical steps to minimizing FCPA risk in cross-border M&A

Gain practical advice on how to best prepare your company for due diligence as well as valuable information on FCPA compliance procedures.

Foreign Corrupt Practices Act: Four practical steps to minimizing FCPA risk in cross-border M&A
 



How To Do Better Multilingual M&A Deals

The success of many cross-border deals is dependent on the ability to communicate information clearly and accurately in multiple languages. Find out how you can take advantage of local opportunities in a worldwide marketplace.

How To Do Better Multilingual M&A Deals
 



Five Key Questions to Ensure a Successful Document Review

Select the best partner to help you maximize the benefits of your outsourced review, it is critical to carefully analyze the services that third-party providers offer, as well as gauge the level of experience they provide.

Five Key Questions to Ensure a Successful Document Review
 



Seven Tips for High-Yield Language Partnerships

Based on our experience with hundreds of clients and thousands of translation projects, seven tips to help you get the most out of your relationships with translation partners.

Seven Tips for High-Yield Language Partnerships
 



How to Optimize Translations and Accelerate Time to Market

Gain insight into the best practices and processes for the language translation cycle.

How to Optimize Translations and Accelerate Time to Market
 



Five Tips to Cut Translation Costs by 25 Percent or More

New technologies, along with a streamlined approach to managing translation projects, can provide significant cost-savings for companies doing business internationally.

Five Tips to Cut Translation Costs by 25 Percent or More
 



Six Critical Steps to Establishing a Winning Translation Strategy for Cross-Border Litigation

Based on our experience providing translation solutions to hundreds of law firms and corporate legal departments, 6 steps to help you get the most out of your partnership with your language service provider (LSP).

Six Critical Steps to Establishing a Winning Translation Strategy for Cross-Border Litigation
 



The Five-Step Strategy for Quality and Risk-Managed Life Sciences Translations

Errors in language translation can yield disastrous consequences for life sciences companies, including patient injuries, product recalls, missed product launch dates, damage to the corporate brand, litigation and financial losses. Implement a robust quality and risk management process for your multilingual documentation.

The Five-Step Strategy for Quality and Risk-Managed Life Sciences Translations
 



The Bribery Act 2010: Nowhere to Hide

Find out the jurisdictional reach of the Act's four main offences, before considering the implications for international companies and the particular risk of concurrent investigations into connected behaviour arising in a number of jurisdictions.

The Bribery Act 2010: Nowhere to Hide
 



Bribery and Corruption: A Global Problem with Local Solutions

Businesses around the world that have dealings with the UK will need to comply with the new legislation. Even if they do not have dealings in the UK, the UK Bribery Act provides businesses with a good reference point against which to benchmark their own policies and procedures 

Bribery and Corruption: A Global Problem with Local Solutions
 



The Bribery Act 2010 and Its Impact on Your Organisation

The Bribery Act has wide jurisdiction and captures acts of bribery committed by any commercial business, wherever incorporated in the world, that does at least part of its business in the UK. Learn more about the six main areas of "adequate procedures" guidance.

The Bribery Act 2010 and Its Impact on Your Organisation
 



The Bribery Act: The International Dimension

By Barry Vitou, partner at Pinsent Masons LLP, and Richard Kovalevsky, Q.C. | Co-authors of TheBriberyAct.com

Under the United Kingdom’s new Bribery Act, slated to enter into force in 2011, it is an offence to bribe, receive a bribe, bribe a foreign public official and/or fail to prevent bribery. Learn more about the impact of The Bribery Act 2011 and the implications for the disclosure process.

The Bribery Act: The International Dimension
 
 
 

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