The 3rd Oil and Gas Anti-Corruption Compliance Exchange
An Interactive Peer-to-Peer Group Experience Specially Engineered to Meet the Unique Needs
of the Oil and Gas Anti-Corruption Compliance Community
September 29-30th– Houston Marriott Energy Corridor, Houston, Texas
Back for the 3rd year, join the oil and gas industry’s top anti-corruption leaders and practitioners
as they work through practical fact patterns. Sit side-by-side with industry experts while
benefitting from a mind share of best practices for overcoming the most pressing anti-corruption
compliance challenges currently facing the oil and gas industry.
Small group breakout sessions will provide the opportunity to walk step-by-step through real life
scenarios, followed by big picture takeaway sessions during which session leaders will come
together to provide best practices and recommendations based on the individual group
discussions.
C= Speaker Confirmed
Day One – Tuesday, September 29, 2015
7:30
8:00
Registration
Third Party Due Diligence Workshop
Advanced Third Party Relationship Management Strategies for Multi-National Oil & Gas
Operations: Tips, Strategies, Approaches and Real Life Examples for Minimizing Your
Exposure to Third Party Risks
Go beyond discussing a “risk-based approach” and take note as senior legal counsel and
compliance officers provide insight into the proven strategies and techniques they employ to test
specific points for risk exposure. Benefit from the sharing of real practices and experiences as
presenters also discuss:
Part 1: Adequately Vetting and Screening Third Party Relationships:
• Continuously updating your vetting and screening process based on the growing and
changing needs of your business
• Tips for vetting and screening state-owned entities
• When to conduct due diligence re-screening - how often to re-screen certain third parties and
partners based on risk exposure
Part 2: Relationship Management and Monitoring:
• Conducing ongoing oversight and management of third parties- practical strategies for
continuously evaluating compliance with the terms of the contract as agreed upon – what
terms to include in your contract
• Establishing a process to verify third party compliance with your corporate compliance
program:
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o compliance certifications
o continuous/periodic training benchmarks
Addressing questionable payments
Detection strategies - how to use transaction monitoring to randomly audit people, partners
and payments
C- John J. Sardar
Chief Compliance Officer
Noble Energy, Inc.
9:30
Congress Welcome and Co-Chairs’ Opening Address
C- Natalia Shehadeh
Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer
Weatherford
C- Julia Symon
Director of Compliance, Legal Department
KBR Inc.
9:45 Oil and Gas Anti-Corruption Enforcement Priorities for 2016 and Now- An
Interactive Dialogue with the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission
Hear directly from Government representatives as they discuss the year’s most high profile
investigations and share insights into common red flags that trigger Government enforcement. At
the conclusion of the panel, attendees will be provided with an overview of lessons learned from
these investigations as well as best practices and practical compliance tips for mitigating
exposure to downstream liability and ensuring your company does not become the subject of an
enforcement action. Discussion to include:
• Lessons from Alstom and Alcoa, best practices for cooperating with the Government and
avoiding a $772 dollar fine
• Inside PetroTiger and the continued emphasis on high-profile individual prosecutions
• The SEC’s increased reliance on administrative proceedings and foreign whistleblower
awards
Time will be reserved at the conclusion of the session for Q&A with the panel
10:30 Icebreaker- What’s Your Anti-Corruption IQ?
Kick off the event with a compliance IQ assessment exercise. Start the day with a series of true/
false, multiple choice and fill in the blank questions that will engage you in a real-time
assessment of your working knowledge of anti-corruption.
Attendees will not be required to share their answers, however you will be encouraged to use
your score as an opportunity to self-guide your experience over the course of the two-day event.
Maximize your time onsite by aligning your learning experience to best correspond with your
areas of expertise and enrichment.
C- Natalia Shehadeh
Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer
Weatherford
C- Julia Symon
Director of Compliance, Legal Department
KBR Inc.
10:45 Refreshment Break
11:00 Building a Culture of Compliance – An Inside Look at How One Company is
Ensuring Ethics & Compliance Is a Top Priority
Join Cameron’s Chief Compliance Officer in taking a glimpse into Compliance Awareness
Week- an initiative driven by the corporation to ensure employees are continuously reminded of
Cameron’s commitment to ethics and compliance. Take note of the various activities and events
that take place across all sectors and business units, from the shop-floor to the C-suite. Attendees
will be encouraged to share examples and stories of their own efforts to propel compliance
throughout their organization.
11:30 3 on 3: Bridging the Gap- Strengthening the Audit, Legal & Compliance Officer
Relationship to Ensure Collaboration Throughout Your Internal Organization
Go behind the scenes with a senior legal, compliance and audit leader as they guide you through
an examination of how these departments can work more collaboratively to proactively identify
questionable behavior. Often siloed as these functions focus on their day-to-day duties, this
session will provide attendees with useful insights into how to bridge the gap between these
departments to ensure that bribery and corruption risk are spotted early with an eye towards
minimizing corruption risk exposure.
C- Larry J. Abston
Vice President, Corporate Audit
Anadarko
C- Patrick Craine
Chief Compliance Officer
Chesapeake Energy
C- William Gordon
Associate General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer
Hercules
12:15 Networking Luncheon
For the following two sessions, attendees will be divided into smaller working groups, led by a
panel of experts who will guide you in a discussion of the designated topic. Each small group
breakout session will be followed by a takeaway session during which the session leaders from
each group will be asked to report back to the larger audience regarding the top level
takeaways.
1:30 Breakout Session- Uncovering Effective Compliance Training Tactics and Protocols
for Global Oil & Gas Operations – Insights for Cultivating a Workforce That Can
Successfully Detect, Respond To and Promptly Address Threats
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Insights for best structuring your local compliance organization – do you have the right
team in place to do the job?
Resource maximization – best practices for effectively training employees on a global
scale when working with limited resources
Training protocol by risk level – how to outline effective training measures for
employees based on operation with low risk vs. high risk markets and points for exposure
Ownership and empowerment – how to train locally-based management and employees
to properly vet, identify and address risk and also ensure the trickle down of compliance
within partner organizations, third parties and vendors
C- Frederick Ratliff
Senior Counsel
Shell
2:45 Breakout Session- Driving an Effective Risk Assessment - Practical Tips for
Unearthing Weak Spots in Your Anti-Corruption Compliance Program
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Defining a compliance risk assessment- who is involved, what is the scope, how often should
it be done?
How to determine if your current compliance program is meeting the needs of your global
business operations
Identifying when to take a deeper look – ensure your team knows what triggering red flags
are within your global compliance organization
What to do with the results – deciding when and how to take corrective action based on
findings from the assessment
Assessing the assessment – maintaining a record and auditing the process for future
assessments and duplication across jurisdictions
C - Jay Martin
Vice President, Chief Compliance Officer, Sr. Deputy General
Baker Hughes
C- Jan E. Farley
Chief Compliance Officer & Associate General Counsel
Dresser Rand
C- Doug Cohan
Deputy Compliance Officer, Investigations
Hess Corporation
4:00 Breakout Wrap-Up
Join Co-Chairs and session leaders as they share an overview of the key takeaways and solutions that were discussed during the breakouts. At the end of this session, all attendees will have a list of best practices that can be implemented to avoid the landmines associated with the industry’s most prevalent compliance trouble spots. 5:00 Day One Conclude and Cocktail Reception
Day Two: Wednesday, September 30, 2015
8:00
Global Workshop
Anti-Corruption Compliance Challenges for Multi-National Oil and Gas Companies in
High Risk Jurisdictions
During the following workshop join compliance officers and counsel with firsthand experience
in Latin America, Africa and Russia as they provide a comprehensive overview of the local anticorruption regulatory landscape as well as an update on current enforcement trends and recent
investigations and settlements focused on activity within the oil and gas sector. Learn what the
most high risk areas of exposure are for oil and gas operations as well as the most common
FCPA compliance challenges faced by companies operating in the local region. Take note as you
are provided with best practices for establishing policies and internal controls that will ensure
compliance with global anti-corruption regulations and minimize your company’s exposure to
government enforcement. Time will be allotted for Q&A at the conclusion of each region.
8:00-8:30: Anti-Corruption Compliance Strategies for Successfully Conducting Business in
Latin America
C- Michael A. Ferrier
Associate General Counsel, Africa, Middle East and Latin America
Tesco Corporation
8:30-9:00: Anti-Corruption Compliance Strategies for Successfully Conducting Business in
Africa
9:00-9:30: Anti-Corruption Compliance Strategies for Successfully Conducting Business in
Russia
9:30
Co-Chair’s Opening Remarks
9:45 Case Study: A Post Violation Action Plan- Knowing What to Disclose, Who to
Involve and How to Survive in the Aftermath
Join industry representatives, including Government leaders, in-house practitioners and outside
counsel as they shed light onto best immediate steps to take upon discovering a violation,
including discussion on:
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5 steps to take immediately when a violation is suspected
How to structure voluntary disclosure so as to minimize downstream exposure to an
outside audit
Addressing disclosure challenges when multiple parties are involved in the transaction
being reported
What’s next – anticipating and preparing for a directed/outside audit and enforcement
Strategies for successfully implementing remedial measures
10:30 Instituting an Effective Compliance Program- Views from the United States
Attorney's Office Southern District of Texas Join Jason Varnado, Deputy Criminal Chief, Major Fraud Section, United States Attorney's
Office Southern District of Texas as he provides his list of the top actionable items every
company should have in place to remain FCPA compliant.
C- Jason Varnado
Deputy Criminal Chief, Major Fraud Section
United States Attorney's Office
Southern District of Texas
11:00 Refreshment Break
11:15 Anti-Corruption War Stories- Lessons Learned from Non-Compliance
The best lessons learned often come from cautionary tales and the sharing of real experiences.
During this lively discussion, join Chief Compliance Officers as they recount memorable
mishaps that left lasting impressions and ultimately shined light onto weak spots and pitfalls
within their compliance program. Time will be reserved for audience participation and
interaction.
C- Mary Moreland
Chief Compliance Officer
Quanta Services
11:45 Addressing Anti-Corruption Compliance Challenges in Joint Ventures, Mergers and
Acquisitions- Best-In-Class Strategies for Performing Effective Due Diligence and Avoiding
Successor Liability
C- Thomas Fox
Principal
tomfoxlaw
• Strategies and tools for adequately performing M&A due diligence on a potential target
o Requesting compliance documents and analyzing the data
o Understanding the various relationships between agents, intermediaries and
consultants
o Knowing when to bring in a forensic and identifying the scope of the review
o Conducting interviews with key personal to identify potential weak spots
• Key compliance risks facing companies contemplating an M&A or Joint Venture
o What to do when a company is tainted by corruption
o Avoiding harm to your reputation
o Managing your resources- balancing your time, energy and money
• Identifying global expectations for M&As and Joint Ventures and examining enforcement
risks under the FCPA and UK Bribery Act
• Evaluating the impact of corruption on the value of an M&A
o Leveraging the results of your due diligence before signing the purchase
agreement
12:30 Networking Luncheon
1:45
Roundtables: Hot Topics in Oil and Gas Anti-Corruption Compliance
Benefit from the opportunity to sit side-by-side with your peers as you discuss discrete anticorruption compliance issues. Sit at one table session for the entire time or rotate to the other
tables at your convenience.
Table One: Gifts, Entertainment & Hospitality: How to Establish a Corporate Compliance
Policy that Accommodates Your Business Needs While Remaining within the Confines of the
Law
Table Two: Whistleblowers: How to Ensure Your Company Is Best Prepared to Prevent or
Respond to Whistleblower Allegations
2:30 Breakout Session- Performing a Properly-Scoped Internal Investigation from Start to
Finish: Practical Tips for Uniting Government Expectations with Compliance
During this interactive session learn what steps to take when undertaking an internal
investigation into potential or suspected violations under the FCPA and foreign anti-bribery
regulations. Attendees of this session will benefit from an advanced discussion of key red flags
the Government often looks for when checking into potential violations of the FCPA as well as
strategies your company can take to minimize enforcement exposure should the results of your
internal investigation lead to the discovery of behavior that could be deemed an FCPA violation.
Points of discussion during this panel will include:
• How to properly set the scope for your investigation from the outset
• Who should/should not be involved conducting the investigation – in-house counsel, outside
counsel, both?
• When the circumstances and timing are right to initiate an investigation – how to know when
it’s time to dig a little deeper
• What to do with the results of the investigation once concluded
• How to interact with Government should they request the findings of your investigation
• How to navigate data privacy law and privilege issues when conducting an investigation
C- Ryan Hartman
Senior Counsel for Regulatory Compliance
BP
C -Sergio V. Leal
Chief Compliance Officer
Layne Christensen
C- Doug Cohan
Deputy Compliance Officer, Investigations
Hess Corporation
3:45 Breakout Session- Challenges in the Public Procurement, Bidding, State Tender and
Regulatory Approval Process
The public procurement, state tender and regulatory approval processes can be a daunting task
for any company to undergo, particularly within the oil, gas, energy and related services sectors.
Highly susceptible to corrupt behavior given the substantial up front corporate investment that is
often made by the company, it is not uncommon for employees to succumb to the pressure to
provide “grease” payments to help turn the wheels during what can be a very long process.
Specifically focused on addressing these not so black and white issues, during this session
attendees will roll up their sleeves and engage in a comprehensive examination of the key high
risk points for exposure as you are guided through an examination of a real-life fact pattern that
will specifically address the most common issues that arise during the regulatory approval and
public procurement process. Specific topics of discussion during this session will include
compliance best practices and practical strategies for:
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Establishing parameters and guidelines for distinguishing bribes from payments that would
be allowed under the FCPA
Anticipating red flags that will precede a request for a bribe
Communicating your compliance protocols up front by delineating Government interaction
do’s and dont’s to third party agents acting locally in a region on your behalf
Responding to and overcoming local business practices and customs that dictate corrupt
behavior
Effectively utilizing your company’s government relations office to ease negotiations with
key foreign governments
C- Julia Symon
Director of Compliance, Legal Department
KBR Inc.
5:00 Co-Chairs Closing Remarks