Region: Brazil - Global Investigations Review

SEC charges Vale over Brazil dam collapse

The US securities regulator has accused Vale of making false statements in its ESG disclosures in connection with one of the deadliest environmental disasters in Brazil’s history.

28 April 2022

Waste management company agrees foreign bribery settlement

Stericycle will pay at least $84 million to resolve US and Brazilian investigations into an international bribery scheme in Latin America.

20 April 2022

Wood Group reveals foreign bribery investigation legal fees

20 April 2022

Dutch authorities investigate Glencore

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01 April 2022

NGO asks French prosecutors to investigate SBM Offshore for corruption

22 March 2022

Clifford Chance lawyer defends due diligence on Steinmetz deal

A US-based Clifford Chance partner said his firm relied on “substantial” on-the-ground research when it advised a client on whether a mining deal could be tainted by corruption.

08 February 2022

UK court orders release of Wood Group bribery case details

04 February 2022

Brazil’s JPMorgan bribery investigation widens

16 December 2021

Brazil introduces new whistleblower protection law

10 December 2021

People News: FCA hires new general counsel

In the latest People News round up, the UK’s financial regulator has recruited veteran civil servant Stephen Roman to serve as its general counsel, and Fried Frank, Cooley and Hughes Hubbard & Reed nab US prosecutors.

07 December 2021