Two weeks left until ACI summit in Mexico City

The chief compliance officer from Mexican beverage giant Grupo Modelo, Santiago Iñaki González Martínez, will speak at Latin Lawyer and Global Investigations Review’s annual Anti-Corruption & Investigations event in Mexico City next month.

María de la Luz Mijangos Borja, the head of Mexico's special prosecutor's office for combatting corruption, is among the other speakers confirmed for the event.

The conference will take place on 1 June at the St. Regis hotel in Mexico City and will be co-chaired by Debevoise & Plimpton LLP partner Andrew Levine and Diego Sierra from Von Wobeser y Sierra SC.

To view the full programme, click here. 

Sempra Energy's senior compliance officer Karla Medina will also feature on a panel. Luz Elena Gomez-Haro, the director of global corporate compliance, ethics and anti-bribery and corruption at PepsiCo, and Nelson Luis, the partner and forensic services practice leader at global consultancy Deloitte, are both confirmed as speakers too.

The founder of TOJIL, a Mexican non-profit that fights corruption and impunity, Adriana Greaves is also on the line-up. The full list of speakers can be found here.

Deloitte is a platinum sponsor, whilst gold sponsors of the event are Baker McKenzie LLP and Docket Navigator. Sainz Abogados and Sullivan & Cromwell LLP are both silver sponsors.

Tickets are available to purchase at the standard rate through the following link. The event is free to attend for in-house counsel and government representatives, just make sure to register here. Supporting organisations include the ICC Fraud Net, LACCA, Lexology and The International Academy of Financial Crime Litigators.

Von Wobeser and US firm Ropes & Gray are sponsors of the speakers’ dinner and networking lunch.

The day’s proceedings will kick off with a panel on Mexico’s anti-corruption priorities ahead of the country's general election in 2024. Panellists will explore extraterritorial influences on the country’s anti-corruption efforts and the challenges faced by its current political and economic environment.

The next session will centre around anti-corruption developments from across the region and the unavoidable impact of politics. Following a networking lunch, delegates will reconvene for a discussion on the importance of strong compliance programmes in the absence of local enforcement efforts. The day will end with a panel on conducting internal investigations in a hybrid world and closing remarks from the co-chairs.