Sara Koski

• Assistance of a French based global group in the context of development of compliance processes to meet requirements under Sapin II law relating to anti-bribery and anti-corruption aspects and under a so-called Duty of vigilance law relating to corporate social responsibility, including development of risk assessment materials, design and roll-out of various compliance procedures for the group worldwide (including: code of conduct, whistleblowing hotline, etc.)
• Assistance of an international group with the design and implementation of a global compliance program for all entities of the group present on 5 continents: global risk assessment, subsequent design and roll-out of compliance procedures (including an anti-corruption policy, third party screening mechanisms, conflict of interest policy)
• Assistance of the French subsidiary of a global group with the design of its governance and compliance functions (compliance officer's role, duties, reporting lines, hierarchical position, and resources)
• Assistance of a French based global company in the context of a multi-jurisdictional survey relating to EU beneficial owner rules and their transposition in the national laws

• Legal 500 EMEA 2024 - Tier 3 - Compliance.

"A structured and united team." Client testimonials – Legal 500 2024.

• Legal 500 EMEA 2024 - Tier 4 - Dispute Resolution: White-collar crime.

“Solid team, led by Fabien Ganivet and Pierre Stasse, solid experience.” and “‘Extremely efficient. Solution-oriented. Pierre Stasse is very practical, solution-oriented and competent. He is able to grasp quickly all the non-criminal aspects of a case.” Client testimonials – Legal 500 2024.

• Contribution to Global Investigations Review - Know how Anti-money Laundering report France 2023, January 2024
• France - Whistleblowing Laws in Europe: An international guide, DLA Piper Insights, June 2022
• « Proposition de Directive européenne sur le devoir de vigilance des entreprises en matière de durabilité »,  Les Echos, february 23 2022
• Article: "Four years of the Sapin II Law: Lessons learned and what's to come", 5 October 2021
• Article: "Publication des nouvelles recommandations de l’Agence française anticorruption", DLA Piper Insights, January 2021

• Visiting speaker: SNITEM compliance conference “Overview of anti-corruption laws”. - Avril 2023, Paris;
• Visiting speaker:  Compliance class regarding international contracts to ESSEC Business School, Master in Management students, March 2023;
• Conference “Thirty years of corporate criminal liability: issues and prospects for companies and their executives”. Speakers: Fabien Ganivet, DLA Piper (alongside Pierre Stasse and Sara Koski), David Chilstein, Professor at Paris 1 Panthéon – Sorbonne, Emmanuel Dupic, Compliance and Ethic Director, Dassault Aviation - February 2023, Paris.
• HEC lecturer - Compliance in the healthcare sector: focus on internal investigations (since 2023) ;
• Speaker: Live Talks session regarding corruption risks in the Nordic market organized by Nordic Business Ethics, December 9, 2022;
• Speaker: Webinar regarding transposition of the EU whistleblower directive in Finland organized by DLA Piper Finland, November 15, 2022;
• Conference 5 years after the eev of the sapin law June 30, 2022 (Sara co-hosted this conference with Fabien):
• Visiting speaker: Compliance class regarding selection of third parties to HEC Master/LLM Droit et Management International students, since 2020;
• Co-speaker at HEC in International Contracts class regarding compliance risk in third party relations on 7 February, 2020.