Carlos Diéguez, Partner and Head of the Tax Department of BROSETA, and Silvia de Andrés, lawyer from the Commercial Law area, participated in the fourth edition of the conference on Compliance, held in Madrid and sponsored by the firm.

The Conference, aimed at professionals, researchers, academics and university students from the Compliance field (those responsible for prevention of money laundering; Directors of security; financial institutions; property developers and real estate agents; members of the State security bodies; lawyers, auditors, external accountants, tax advisors and financial, etc.) intended to discuss best practices in the prevention of financial crime, indispensable if one is to act with security in the current environment of compliance practices.

During the meeting certain aspects were covered such as the latest legislative developments on prevention of money laundering and financing of terrorism; How to cope with the new risks of cybercrime; What measures must be established by a company to avoid corruption, and what are the new methods to manage risk, economic and legal reputation, among other aspects.

The Conference saw the attendance of his Excellency Mr. D. Fernando Grande-Marlaska, Magistrate of the national court and member of the General Council of the judiciary, who analyzed the new challenges for the administration of Justice in the fight against financial crime.

Carlos Diéguez, for his part, stated during his speech the current situation in the world in terms of exchange of information between legislation, is an area in which “much has been improved in recent years but there still remains much to do”, according to the partner of BROSETA, while Silvia de Andrés analyzed the performance of lawyers as subjects obligated on the subject of prevention of money laundering.