Ann Sultan and James Tillen join the panel of this timely Simmons & Simmons webinar on May 7, 2025, at 10 a.m. ET.

The initial months of the current U.S. administration have prompted a significant transformation in American enforcement priorities. These contrast with the established priorities of European countries and have significant implications for global businesses. Divergence and new risks in the areas of anti-corruption enforcement, cartels, tariffs, and international sanctions will have a significant impact on businesses operating across transatlantic markets.

This webinar will cover: 

• •The FCPA "pause" and what's next: The implications of the Department of Justice's (DOJ) pause in corporate enforcement under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), and what might now take its place in U.S. enforcement priorities.
• Increasing anti-corruption enforcement risk in Europe: Signs of renewed activity, including the establishment of a new cross-border enforcement taskforce, a new wave of anti-corruption controls assessments by the French Agence française anticorruption (AFA), and indications from the Director of the U.K. Serious Fraud Office (SFO) that "if the Americans are not in a position to prosecute, and there's a nexus to the U.K. and it's a bribery case, then we will seek to bring it here," alongside new efforts to encourage corporate self-reporting.
• Cartels and trade policy: How U.S. designations of drug cartels affect companies doing business in Latin America and the potential for other jurisdictions to follow suit.  
• Customs fraud and export controls: How U.S. tariffs and other jurisdictions' retaliatory measures may lead to growing enforcement and regulatory risks, including in relation to false claims, customs violations and export control issues in both the U.S. and Europe.
• Sanctions enforcement and divergence: Key issues arising from a widening gap between U.S. and EU/U.K. sanctions policy and enforcement approaches.