This advanced, practice-focused seminar examines how multinational corporations design, implement, and defend compliance programs across multiple jurisdictions and regulatory regimes. In today’s environment—where enforcement risk spans anti-corruption, sanctions, antitrust, data privacy, and financial regulation—compliance is no longer a back-office function but a core strategic pillar of corporate survival.
The course focuses on how lawyers and compliance professionals operate in practice: conducting risk assessments, building internal controls, managing third-party relationships, responding to whistleblower complaints, and navigating enforcement scrutiny. Students will analyze real-world compliance failures and successful programs, with particular attention to expectations from regulators such as the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
The seminar treats compliance as a dynamic, cross-functional discipline, integrating legal, operational, and cultural elements to manage risk in a global business environment.
This course assumes prior study of business law, regulatory law, or corporate governance.
Course Objectives
By the end of the course, students should be able to:
1. Design and evaluate corporate compliance programs.
2. Conduct enterprise-wide risk assessments.
3. Understand regulatory expectations across jurisdictions.
4. Develop internal controls and governance structures.
5. Manage third-party and supply chain risks.
6. Respond to internal investigations and enforcement actions.
7. Build whistleblower and reporting systems.
8. Integrate compliance into business operations.
9. Assess compliance failures and remediation strategies.
10. Develop practical legal strategies for multinational clients.
