With the EU Directive on Whistleblowing coming into effect there are stricter requirements regarding the internal whistleblowing reporting channel. Thus, companies should evaluate its internal procedures for handling whistleblowing cases and be prepared to take action within short timeframes in order to maintain compliance.

One of the essential provisions of the Directive is that a whistleblower's identity must be treated as confidential. According to the Directive, the whistleblower's identity shall not be disclosed to persons other than those handling the case.

• Understanding how to protect whistle-blowers.

• Examining the correct framework in place to meet whistleblowing standards.
• Post care of whistleblowers

• How to prosecute an employee without being able to disclose the identity of the whistleblower?

• In a lot of whistleblowing cases there is only a select few individuals who are aware of the illicit act, therefore any prosecution against individuals will leave the whistleblower exposed – how to strengthen your privacy/compliance framework to mitigate this risk?

• Internal investigators or law firms to handle whistleblowing procedure.
• Does it open the company to 3rd party risks?

• The Whistleblowing directive under the EU and Swedish Act on Whistleblowing
• How to be compliant with directive?
• What is the correct system to receive claim and record follow up?
• What are the incentives for employees to report wrongdoing? Benefits or cons?

With the ongoing sanctions against Russia and impending sanctions to China. Nordic companies and financial institutions have subsidiaries in those countries or have clients that to. As a result, the clarity of what to expect and how to best prepare themselves due to the varying enforcement of sanctions between each country is of great importance. The US, UK and EU have taken different stances on sanctions in their respective regions. Being able to compare and understand the status of the leading governing in regard to sanctions will help Nordic companies be able to better prepare and mitigate risk to sanctions.

• Examine how OFAC and European Commission administers and enforces economic and trade sanctions in support of national security and foreign policy objectives.
• Lessons learned from Russia and how it will affect your business in China.
• How has nationalisation been used as a response to sanctions?

• How can banks take better grasp at manage geopolitical risks and proactive identify them?

• Swedish Bankers Association – The derogation from Article 2 of Regulation (EU) No 269/2014. 
• What it means? What is a firewall?
• How this derogation helps national authorities to release certain frozen funds or economic resources belonging to companies?
• The risk in each national authorities implementing and interpreting the regulation differently?