AUSTRALIA Law and Practice Contributed by: Tobin Meagher, David Benson, Tessa Trend and William Stefanidis, Clayton Utz
Clayton Utz is a leading independent full-ser - vice Australian law firm. Its commercial litigation team has 170 litigators operating across Syd - ney, Perth, Melbourne, Brisbane, Canberra and Darwin. The firm’s anti-bribery and corruption and investigations specialists advise multina - tional and Australian companies on corporate fraud, bribery, corruption, facilitation payments, public and private corruption, antitrust, mon - ey laundering, and privileges and immunities. The team is experienced in assessing risk and exposure under domestic and international anti-corruption laws. It assists clients with in - vestigations and remediation, and advises on
managing various collateral issues, including whistle-blower provisions, media management, defamation and reputational issues, ASX dis - closure rules, directors’ reputations and the risk of shareholder litigation. The team’s experience includes advising on Australian Federal Police investigations into alleged bribery of foreign of - ficials; being retained in relation to US investi - gations into alleged breaches of the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act within Australia, by sub - sidiaries; and acting for a British multinational whose employees allegedly conspired to de - fraud tax authorities.
Authors
Tobin Meagher is a partner at Clayton Utz and specialises in commercial litigation, with particular expertise advising on anti-bribery and corruption and white-collar crime matters,
David Benson is a partner at Clayton Utz and practises in the areas of commercial litigation and intellectual property. David has worked on some of the largest pieces of litigation to be
including those involving the payment of secret commissions, bribery, conspiracy to defraud and fidelity insurance claims. He has advised clients on risks and responsibilities arising from anti-bribery legislation, acted for clients who are the subject of regulatory investigations, including by the AFP and ASIC, and has written and presented on emerging trends in anti-bribery law.
conducted in Australia in the past decade, including acting for Volkswagen, Audi and Škoda in the diesel emissions regulatory and class actions, and acting for Yara International in the Oswal litigation, as well as working on significant cross-border projects involving anti-bribery, corruption and sanctions issues. David also has experience in conducting in-depth investigations in both Australia and foreign jurisdictions.
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