About the Authors

• Author: Stuart H Deming; Truman K Butler; Vivian Robinson

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Vivian Robinson QC

Vivian Robinson QC advises clients on the UK Bribery Act, as well as

compliance on white-collar crime matters involving global fraud or cor-

ruption, including the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (‘FCPA’). As former

rst General Counsel to the UK’s Serious Fraud Ofce (‘SFO’), he led the

development of the SFO’s enforcement policy under the UK Bribery Act.

He also served as the SFO’s primary liaison with the business community

to the UK Bribery Act’s requirements at conferences in London, New York

and other parts of the world.

Mr. Robinson became a barrister in 1967 and practised at the English

criminal bar for over forty years, acting for both prosecution and defence.

He was appointed Queen’s Counsel in 1986, was elected Head of QEB Hol-

lis Whiteman Chambers in 2006 and served as the Treasurer of the Inner

Temple in 2009. He rst sat as a part-time judge over thirty years ago and

continues to do so. In 2009 he left the practising bar to take an appoint-

ment as rst General Counsel at the SFO.

In 2011 he was invited to join the US law rm McGuireWoods, where he

practices in London as a member of the rm’s Government, Regulatory and

Criminal Investigation team. Since joining the rm, he has travelled exten-

sively speaking on the UK Bribery Act and related issues. He is a graduate

of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge University, BA (Cantab.)

Stuart H. Deming

Stuart H. Deming represents and advises clients on the FCPA, the UK Bribery

Act, Canada’s Corruption of Foreign Public Ofcials Act and other com-

pliance issues associated with the conduct of international business. As a

former federal prosecutor with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commis-

sion and in various capacities with the U.S. Department of Justice, including

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