Why Should International Businesses be Concerned About Canada’s Laws On International Bribery & Corruption?

While Canada’s Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act has existed since 2008, only in 2017 did it get a lot more serious by also capturing all “facilitation payments” to foreign public officials.  Although Canada continues to devote only moderate resources to investigating such cases, the global scope of such investigations risk touching Canadian and non-Canadian businesses and individuals anywhere on earth, at all levels of the economic and professional hierarchy.

How We Help Those Being Investigated or Prosecuted for International Bribery or Corruption

The firm represents businesses and individuals throughout Canada who are being investigated or prosecuted for international bribery and corruption allegations. Often the best legal defence is strong involvement of legal counsel at the earlier stages of investigative proceedings to manage the scope of search, seizure, statements, and overall risk exposure. Dedicated counsel with a background in this work are best placed to develop both short and long term defence strategies.

As the firm has conducted hundreds of criminal and quasi-criminal trials and appeals, it is also well placed to provide resolute in-court defence for the quashing of search warrants, return of seized information and property, advancing protections against self-incrimination, and representation of clients with persuasive advocacy before trial and appellate criminal courts throughout Canada in both French and English should an investigation proceed beyond preliminary stages.

Why Retain Our Firm if You’re Facing Bribery or Corruption Allegations?

The firm’s Senior Barrister Gordon S. Campbell has an extensive background in transnational criminal law, having represented the Government of Canada and foreign states on behalf of Canada’s Minister of Justice on international mutual legal assistance and extradition cases throughout Canada, as well as serving with Global Affairs Canada, the Attorney General of Ontario, and representing Canada at UN and APEC meetings. He is author of The Investigator’s Legal Handbook (Carswell 2006, 2nd ed 2014; Yvon Blais ed. française 2010; 3rd ed forthcoming) used by police services throughout Canada.

The firm develops defence strategies for international bribery and corruption in association with foreign legal counsel.