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June 29, 2020

Are Royals Foreign Officials Under the FCPA?

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ARE ROYALS FOREIGN OFFICIALS UNDER THE FCPA?

Partner Philip Urofsky and associate Oyinkan Muraina co-authored an article in the Anti-Corruption Report in which they discuss the difficulty in determining whether or not a royal family member is a foreign official under the FCPA. They also recommend that companies engaging in business with a member of a royal family should perform due diligence before doing so and carefully document the steps it took to determine whether the specific royal is or is not a government official.

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