10 ans depuis la loi Sapin II

Presentation

An assessment and outlook on the fight against corruption in the light of French law, European law and comparative law.

A landmark piece of French legislation, Law No. 2016-1691 of 9 December 2016 on transparency, the fight against corruption and the modernisation of economic life, known as the ‘Loi Sapin II’, has enabled considerable progress to be made in the fight against corruption and in strengthening transparency. The 10th anniversary of its adoption is an opportune moment to take stock and examine its prospects.

An assessment of its key measures – such as the CJIP, the creation of the AFA, the strengthening of compliance requirements, the protection of whistleblowers and the promotion of internal investigations – will be carried out in the light of the requirements of both French and European law (EU law and ECHR law).

A comparative law analysis will explore not only the influence of the Loi Sapin II on the anti-corruption frameworks of other European states but also the prospects for the French system in the context of the harmonisation of European legislation in this area and its significance, given the United States’ retreat from the fight against corruption.

Program

9:30 a.m.: Opening of the conference by Sabine Boussard, Professor of Public Law and Dean of the Faculty of Law and Political Science (Université Paris Nanterre)

ROUND TABLE 1 – PRESENTATION AND IMPACT OF THE SAPIN II LAW
9:40 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Round table, part one: Presentation of the Sapin II Law

Moderator: Yvonne MULLER (Co-Director of the Master’s in Economic Criminal Law and Compliance, Université Paris Nanterre)

Michel SAPIN, former Minister for the Economy and Finance. Partner at Franklin
The origins of the law, reservations and ambitions

Jean-François BONHERT, Public Prosecutor at the Versailles Court of Appeal
The Judicial Agreement in the Public Interest: a French model of negotiated justice

Cyrus VANCE, Partner, Baker & McKenzie, former US Attorney for the Southern District of New York (Manhattan)
The American ‘origins’ of the Sapin II Act

Q&A session

Coffee break 11:15a.m. – 11:30a.m.

Round table, part two – The impact of the Sapin II Act

Ilaria ESPOSITO, PhD at the University of Campania – Luigi Vanvitelli,
The impact of the Sapin II Act in Italy

Basilio NUNNARI, PhD at the University of Geneva, legal advisor to the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority
The impact of the Sapin II Act in Switzerland

Silvia ALLEGREZZA, Professor at the University of Luxembourg
The impact of the Sapin II Law within the European Union

Q&A session
Lunch break 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

ROUND TABLE II – THE FRENCH ANTI-CORRUPTION AGENCY AND COMPLIANCE FRAMEWORKS
2:00 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.

Moderator: Catherine PREBISSY-SCHNALL, Senior Lecturer (HDR), Head of the Public Sector Division of the Master’s in Economic Criminal Law and Compliance, Université Paris Nanterre

Isabelle JEGOUZO, Director General of the French Anti-Corruption Agency
The French Anti-Corruption Agency: a key player in the fight against corruption?

Karen COPPENS, Global Head of Ethics, Crédit Agricole Corporate & Investment Banking
The private sector and compliance frameworks

Marie-Françoise LEBON-BLANCHARD, Officer Liaison, member of the City of Paris Ethics Committee
The public sector and compliance frameworks

William FEUGÈRE, Lawyer at the Paris Court, Honorary President of Avocats Conseils d'Entreprises (ACE), Lecturer at the University of Paris Nanterre
Lawyers and compliance frameworks

Q&A session
Coffee break 4:15 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

ROUND TABLE III – INTERNAL INVESTIGATIONS: A PROCEDURE WITHOUT A CODE?
4:30 p.m. – 6:15 p.m.

Moderator: Vissarion GIANNOULIS, Co-Director of the Master’s Program in Economic Criminal Law and Compliance, Université Paris Nanterre

Pascal PRACHE, Public Prosecutor for Financial Matters
The perspective of the National Financial Prosecutor’s Office

Saskia ZANDIEH, Airbus VP, AH Division Head of Export Control – LOEH
The corporate perspective: the case of AIRBUS

Stéphane BONIFASSI, Laywer at the Paris Court, former Secretary of the Conference, Lecturer at Université Paris Nanterre
The lawyer and the internal investigation

Stéphane DETRAZ, Senior Lecturer, Université Paris-Saclay, Faculté Jean Monnet
Internal investigations and criminal proceedings

Q&A session

CONCLUSIONS by Juliette TRICOT, Senior Lecturer, Université Paris Nanterre
Towards the ‘Sapin III’ law? 6:15 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.

Organizers

• Yvonne Muller, Professor at Université Paris Nanterre, co-director of the Master’s program in Economic Criminal Law and Compliance.
• Vissarion Giannoulis, Senior Lecturer at Université Paris Nanterre, co-director of the Master’s program in Economic Criminal Law and Compliance.

This conference is organized by the Master’s program in Economic and Compliance Law at Université Paris Nanterre, with the support of the Paris IAS.

Pratical information

Conference open to the public in person at the Paris Instituete for Advanced Studies (Paris IAS, 17 quai d'Anjou, 75004 Paris). Registration required via the following link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdR5VAkRTWPhWyGiA8kONPr9DBS9xNnvw4