As we reported earlier the European Parliament’s Committee of Inquiry into Money Laundering, Tax Avoidance and Tax Evasion (PANA) is holding a series of three hearings to look specifically into the roles played by banks, accountants and lawyers in the setting-up of secret offshore constructions for their clients.. The first of these hearings took place on January 24, 2017. The second hearing, of which the focus will be to zoom in on the Scandinavian and German practice in order to see if lessons can be drawn from there, will be held on February 9, 2017 (9.00 – 12.30 CET).
Based on the Draft Programme that has been made available by PANA it seems that the hearing is divided in two parts. The first part (9.00 – 10.45 CET) seems to focus on Germany. Whereas it seems that during the second part of the meeting (10.45 – 12.30 CET) intends to zoom in on the Scandinavian countries.
According to the Draft Programme as published by PANA, the speakers that are expected to provide their input during the hearing of February 9, 2017 include a.o.:
· Benedikt Strunz (Norddeutscher Rundfunk/ NDR, Germany), Investigative Journalist and member of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ)
· Aleksandra Helena Sobisz, Former compliance officer, Berenberg Bank
· Katrin Keikert, Former compliance officer, Berenberg Bank
· Michael Kemmer, General Manager and member of the Board of Directors of the Association of German Banks
· Thorsten Höche, Head of the legal department Association of German Banks
· Ulrike Paul, Vice-President of the Bundesrechtsanwaltskammer (BRAK or German Federal Bar)
· Frank Johnigk, Head of the Department Money Laundering and Criminal Law of the BRAK
· Søren Kristensen (Danish Broadcasting Corporation (DR)), Investigative Journalist at the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ)
· Matthew Elderfield, Head of Group Compliance Nordea Bank
· Biörn Riese and Andreas Steen, Mannheimer Swartling (leading business law firm in the Nordic region)
A live webstream of the hearing will be available here.
If you are interested in watching the first hearing from January 24, 2017, then click here to be forwarded to our article from January 24, 2017 in which you will find a link to a replay of the webstream of that hearing.
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