Criminal Law Business Breakfast
We are pleased to invite you to a Sorainen client breakfast, where criminal law practice experts from all three Baltic offices will share their experience, practical tips and lessons learned.
The event offers a unique opportunity to take a regional look at compliance and internal investigations practice, with insights into situations where a seemingly convincing compliance programme turns out to fall short, and how early, honest action can protect a company and its management.
Programme
WHEN COMPLIANCE FAILURES BECOME CRIMINAL CASES
A criminal investigation is one of the most serious risks a company can ever face. Even without a conviction, it can disrupt the business, damage its reputation and expose management to personal liability.
Drawing on practical examples from across the Baltics, we will provide company leaders and compliance teams with practical guidance on preventing compliance failures from escalating into criminal cases. We will highlight common weaknesses in risk assessments and controls, including vague risk descriptions, unclear ownership and outdated risk registers, and explain how an effective compliance system can protect both the company and its management.
The session will also provide a brief overview of management board members’ criminal liability under Latvian law and practical guidance on demonstrating that the board has fulfilled its duty of care.
Speakers: partner Dr Marko Kairjak, counsel Albert Linntam, associate Krista Niklase
INTERNAL INVESTIGATIONS
Drawing on observations from conducting neutral reviews at clients’ request, we will discuss what motivates companies to commission an independent, outside look at their own business, and the practical scope such reviews typically cover – from financial irregularities and conflicts of interest to breaches of internal policy. We will share our experience of how clients tend to react when findings are reported honestly and without excuses, what distinguishes a review that leads to real organisational change from one that does not, and the practical steps that help a company turn the results of an internal investigation into a stronger compliance framework going forward.
Speakers: senior associate Jānis Dobelnieks, associate Krista Niklase
RESPONDING TO MISCONDUCT: HOW EARLY FACT-FINDING PROTECTED THE BUSINESS
A case study walking through a real example of how we helped a client identify the facts and take control of the narrative before a criminal investigation was launched, including how the client structured the initial fact-finding, which internal and external stakeholders were involved, and the key decisions taken in the early days after the first signs of possible misconduct emerged. We will explain how that early, well-documented work later benefited the client during the investigation itself, from establishing credibility with the authorities to narrowing the scope of the proceedings and supporting a more favourable outcome.
Speakers: counsel Darius Raulušaitis, senior associate Dr Ugnė Nasvytė
The breakfast will be moderated by partner Dr Violeta Zeppa-Priedīte.
Please register for the event by filling out the registration form or by writing to anna.undzena@sorainen.com.
