27th Annual Transnational Crime Conference
14 May - 16 May 2025
Session information
Committee(s)
Business Crime Committee
(Lead)
Criminal Law Committee
(Lead)
Description
Widespread concern about environmental, social and governance (ESG) related issues, coupled with growing political pressure, has seen lawmakers and regulators increasingly turning to the use of criminal law. Examples include the legislation introduced to criminalise modern slavery or environmental damage in certain jurisdictions and the use of existing offences to prosecute corporate ‘greenwashing’ in others. Recent case law has highlighted how the long arm of money laundering legislation can potentially catch corporates for breaches of ESG offences many steps removed from them the supply chain.
The panel will consider how this trend of criminal law remedies to tackle ESG concerns is developing across and between various jurisdictions in an increasingly important area for practitioners.
Session / Workshop Chair(s)
| Ross Dixon | Hickman & Rose Solicitors, London, England; Senior Vice Chair, Criminal Law Committee |
| Margot Laporte | Dorsey & Whitney , Washington, District of Columbia, USA; Publication and Newsletter Editor, Criminal Law Committee |
Speakers
| Yoab Bitran | Albagli Zaliasnik, Santiago, Chile |
| Chirag Naik | MZM Legal , Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
| Michael Polak | Church Court Chambers, London, England; Secretary-Treasurer, Rule of Law Forum |
| Oliver Pragal | Pragal & Prinzenberg, Hamburg, Germany |