25 August 2026
Welcome coffee and registration
GIR welcome remarks
Co-chairs’ opening remarks
Keynote address
Tectonic shifts in global investigations: From convergence to fragmentation?
Global investigation practices are shifting in response to seismic changes in the enforcement landscape, creating a more complex and unpredictable environment for companies. This session offers a broad overview of how investigative teams are approaching matters in practice today.
The panel are expected to discuss:
- Overview of investigation trends across major jurisdictions
- The role of technology in particular Artificial Intelligence in modern investigations
- Trends in whistleblower activity and its impact on case strategy
- How companies are adapting internal investigation frameworks amid shifting expectations
Coffee break
Following the dirty money: The insidious challenge of tainted funds
As financial crime risks intensify, in-house teams are under greater pressure to keep suspected proceeds of crime out of the business. Bringing together in-house and external counsel, this session will discuss what legal teams are seeing on the ground, and translate these pain points into workable solutions.
The panel are expected to discuss:
- Jurisdictional updates and recent developments on anti-money laundering laws and enforcement
- Internal challenges in onboarding, KYC, customer risk rating and transaction monitoring
- Supporting banks in recalibrating procedures and controls, including the use of technology and Artificial Intelligence
- Working with regulators during reviews, inquiries and remediation
- Sanctions risk and compliance expectations in cross‑border transactions
Networking lunch
Caught in the web: Tackling the growth of supply chain risks
Companies increasingly face an abundance of enforcement risks when they send goods around the world, from export controls to tariff evasion and smuggling.
The panel are expected to discuss:
- Re-routing and trans‑shipment risk across physical trade routes
- Vendor risk management and due diligence in fragmented supply chains
- Rising scrutiny on human rights, forced labour and worker‑treatment standards
- The consequences of increasing geopolitical instability on the re-wiring of supply chains
Coffee break
Setting the tone: Law enforcement agencies and regulators’ roundtable
We welcome a panel of law enforcement agency officials and regulators / practitioners with regulatory insight to share their experience and discuss:
- Where are law enforcement agencies and regulators concentrating enforcement efforts in 2026 and beyond
- How cross-border cooperation is assisting or complicating enforcement in different jurisdictions
- What law enforcement agencies and regulators expect to see from compliance leaders
- The impact of new developments in the US and European regulations on companies in the Asia-Pacific
Co-chairs’ closing remarks
All delegates are invited to a networking drinks reception hosted by Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
