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The Verdict

20/06/2014

This edition of The Verdict focuses on deferred prosecution agreements.

In February 2014, UK prosecutors (including the Serious Fraud Office – SFO) were given a new tool to combat corporate crime: deferred prosecution agreements (DPAs).

DPAs are judge-approved agreements negotiated by a prosecutor with a corporate defendant, under which the defendant avoids a criminal conviction for specified offences by agreeing to certain terms (which are published) and complying with them during the life of the agreement.

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Portrait ofPeter Huber
Peter Huber
Partner
Vienna
Portrait ofJean-François Goffin
Jean-François Goffin
Partner
Brussels
Portrait ofNedžida Salihović-Whalen
Nedžida Salihović-Whalen
Partner
Sarajevo
Portrait ofTed Rhodes
Ted Rhodes
Partner
London
Portrait ofAtanas Bangachev
Atanas Bangachev
Partner
Sofia
Portrait ofUlrike Glueck
Dr. Ulrike Glueck
Managing Partner
Shanghai
Portrait ofNick Beckett
Nick Beckett
Managing Partner
London
Portrait ofGregor Famira
Gregor Famira
Partner
Vienna
Portrait ofTomáš Matĕjovský
Tomáš Matĕjovský
Partner
Prague
Portrait ofHarald W Potinecke
Dr. Harald W Potinecke
Partner
Munich
Portrait ofZsolt Okányi
Dr. Zsolt Okányi
Partner
Budapest
Portrait ofEmilio Battaglia
Emilio Battaglia
Partner
Rome
Portrait ofArkadiusz Korzeniewski
Arkadiusz Korzeniewski
Partner
Warsaw
Portrait ofMilica Popović
Milica Popović
Partner
Belgrade
Portrait ofCarlos Aguilar
Carlos Aguilar
Partner
Madrid
Portrait ofPortrait of Bernhard Lötscher
Bernhard Lötscher
Partner
Zurich
Portrait ofMaria Orlyk
Maria Orlyk
Managing Partner
Kyiv (CMS RRH)
Portrait ofOmar Qureshi
Omar Qureshi
Partner
London
Marco Lacaita
Stéphanie de Giovanni
Dian Brouwer
Sergey Yuryev
Olexander Martinenko
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