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Your International Compliance Playbook

By Lanny Breuer and Peter Lichtenbaum
January 31, 2015

The phone rings, and the CEO tells you she's planning an acquisition of a target that has operations in Europe and Asia. She's focused on the potential to develop technology 24-7 and get closer to the global customers. Of course, your job is to get regulatory approval and maintain compliance once it happens. As you start to consider the requirements of antitrust reviews, foreign investment restrictions, trade controls and data protection, some involving non-U.S. law, you suddenly find yourself paralyzed by one thought. How are you supposed to manage them all?

Many corporations are facing similar challenges as their international business expands. The legal regimes have become much more complicated. And many more countries have imposed regulatory requirements in recent years, such as European sanctions and China's anticorruption and antitrust/competition rules. As companies expand, the regulatory burden can become onerous. And compliance and legal departments are being asked to do more with less, making well-designed compliance programs all the more critical.

Here are tips to consider when designing or revamping yours.

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