Lamia R. Matta will speak at the American Conference Institute's 7th Middle East Summit on Compliance, Anti-Corruption and Financial Crime on March 21, 2016, in Dubai, UAE.

Matta will present, as part of a panel, "How to Minimize the Unique Compliance Risks of Doing Business with Government and State-Owned Entities." This panel includes an interactive session presenting scenarios that arise when doing business with government or state-owned entities including: 

• Managing pre-relationship vetting and due diligence screening 
• Understanding the relationship between government officials and vendors, suppliers and contractors 
• Identifying the appropriate representations and warranties and developing the right contract language 
• Exerting control over the use of joint venture funds 
• Working with joint venture partners that don't share your anti-corruption commitment 
• What regulators will expect you to have in your files 
• Unique concerns when dealing with royalty