Companies operating cross border businesses face a fragmented compliance framework comprised of many different local laws spanning a wide range of issues.
It is like navigating a tanker through a coral reef. The consequences of getting it wrong can be grave, as corruption acts are penalised and serious economic and reputational consequences are incurred. Below, AG partners, Cécile Terret, Harriet Territt and Jörg Bielefeld, set out their views on what are some of the biggest compliance pitfalls facing foreign companies engaging in international trade in France, Germany and the UK and what companies can do to avoid them.
