THE BRIBERY ACT CONFERENCE 2011

CHAIR

Professor David Ormerod, Law Commissioner

SPEAKERS

Helen Garlick, Fulcrum Chambers

Stephen Gentle, Kingsley Napley

Ivan Pearce, Fulcrum Chambers

Monty Raphael, Peters & Peters

Samantha Riggs, 25 Bedford Row

Vivian Robinson QC, General Counsel for the SFO

Jeremy Summers, Russell Jones Walker

Dr David Thomas QC, Emeritus Fellow, Trinity Hall, University of Cambridge

Dr David Huw Williams QC, Senior Partner, Fulcrum Chambers

SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES

Professor David Ormerod is a Law Commissioner. He was Professor of Criminal Justice at Queen Mary, University of London. His publications span across all aspects of criminal law, evidence and procedure.

David is also a Barrister in the Chambers of David Etherington QC at 18 Red Lion Court and a Bencher of Middle Temple.

Helen Garlick is a barrister and a partner at Fulcrum Chambers LLP. Until 2008 she was an Assistant Director at the SFO in charge of the Overseas Corruption Unit and responsible for the BAE investigation and other major international corruption cases.

Helen is a Trustee of Transparency International UK and a member of the international Corruption Hunters Network funded by the Norwegian government. In August 2009 she was appointed as the Special Prosecutor to lead a team of UK lawyers and investigators examining allegations of endemic corruption in public life in the Turks and Caicos Islands.

Stephen Gentle specialises in assisting corporate and individual clients in complex fraud matters, frequently with multi-jurisdictional aspects. Within this broad field, he has a particular interest in advising in corruption and bribery matters (generally with an overseas focus), cartel matters and money laundering prevention, investigations and prosecutions.

Stephen’s international criminal practice covers extradition proceedings, sanctions breaches and mutual legal assistance requests where he acts for individuals, corporations and governments.

Stephen is a member of the Law Society Money Laundering Task Force.

Ivan Pearce is a partner of Fulcrum Chambers  LLP and a tenant at 33 Chancery Lane, specialising in Bribery and Corruption and other corporate wrongdoing.

An author and regular speaker on asset forfeiture. He advises companies on Bribery Act compliance, training directors and employees and deals with cross border jurisdictions.

Monty Raphael has been with Peters & Peters throughout his legal career, spanning 50 years. Senior Partner until 2005, he remains with the firm as full time Special Counsel. He is widely acknowledged as the UK’s ‘doyen’ of white-collar crime lawyers. When not practising, he publishes widely and travels the world lecturing and training governmental and commercial organisations on numerous aspects of fraud and related topics. Monty is the Author of ‘Blackstone’s Guide to the Bribery Act’. He is a Director of the Fraud Advisory Panel, a Director of Transparency International (UK) and visiting Professor of Law at Kingston University.

Samantha Riggs is a barrister practising at 25 Bedford Row. She defends individuals and companies in serious and complex fraud, regulatory and corporate crime. Samantha has acted in allegations of banking, VAT including MTIC, Corporation Tax, duty evasion, boiler room, hallmarking and benefit fraud, fraudulent trading and money laundering prosecuted by SFO, HMRC, DTI, CPS, Local Authorities and Trading Standards.

Vivian Robinson QC was appointed in 2009 as first General Counsel to the Serious Fraud Office. She was previously in practice for over forty years at the criminal bar, acting for both prosecution and defence and specialising in economic crime and regulatory work.

Vivian was formerly head of QEB Hollis Whiteman Chambers, Recorder of the Crown Court and Treasurer of Inner Temple during 2009.

Jeremy Summers is a partner in Business Crime & Regulation at Russell Jones & Walker Solicitors’ London office. He specialises in white collar crime with particular emphasis on corruption, fraud and financial regulation. 

He is the co-author with David Williams QC of the chapter on corruption in OUP's Fraud: Criminal Law and Procedure.

Dr David Thomas QC has specialised in the law and practice of sentencing for many years. He is the Editor of Current Sentencing Practice, the Criminal Appeal Reports (Sentencing), Sentencing Cases and the Criminal Law Review. He is the Author of the Sentencing Referencer 2011. 

Professor David Huw Williams is a Senior Partner at Fulcrum Chambers LLP specialising in business crime, but more particularly bribery and corruption. He has acted in relation to a number of the major bribery and fraud investigations over the last decade. He is also the author of some of the leading titles in the field.