Brazil has been rocked by a series of scandals stemming from corruption in procurement, from Petrobras to the World Cup.
Please join a panel of distinguished Brazilian lawyers to discuss legal efforts to counter this wave of corruption, including important reforms in debarment, bid protests, criminal law and compliance.
- Brazil’s public procurement system: what vulnerabilities led to the current corruption scandals
- Institutional arrangements for fighting corruption in Brazil: courts, government agencies and applicable laws
- Self-cleaning/Remediation in Brazil: a comparative approach with EU and U.S. compliance law and practice
- Leniency agreements and the role of Brazil’s antitrust authority (CADE) in fighting corruption in public procurement
The colloquium, part of a regular series at the Law School, is free and open to the public.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2015 2::00 P.M. – 4:00 P.M.
Please RSVP to Jessie Pierce, [email protected] or 202.994.7171
PANELISTS:
Joel Niebuhr – ICDA, Brazil
Cristiana Fortini – UFMG, Brazil; Visiting Scholar, GWU Law School
Rafael Schwind – UP, Brazil
Cesar Pereira – Brazil Infrastructure Institute
MODERATORS:
Dean Jessica Tilipman – The George Washington University Law School
Professor Christopher Yukins – The George Washington University Law School
The George Washington University Law School
Stuart Hall 101
2000 H Street, NW, Washington D.C. 20052
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Jessica Tillipman is a Senior Editor of the FCPA Blog and Assistant Dean at The George Washington Univeristy Law School. You can follow her on Twitter at @jtillipman.
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