Mourant

27th Annual Transnational Crime Conference

14 May - 16 May 2025

Session information

Supply chain and criminal offences

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