Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 2001. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 371-407).

Thesis (M.A. in National Security Affairs)--Naval Postgraduate School, September 2003. / Thesis advisor(s): Edward A. Olsen, Jeffrey Knopf. Includes bibliographical references (p. 141-148). Also available online.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Hong Kong, 2002. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 448-460).

Theodore Banks is a partner at Scharf Banks Marmor LLC in Chicago, and President of Compliance & Competition Consultants, LLC. He is the editor of the Corporate Legal Compliance Handbook, published by Wolters-Kluwer, and an adjunct professor at Loyola University Chicago School of Law, where he teaches corporate compliance. This article is based on a presentation to the University of Denver Sturm College of Law (March 2015).

Folker Bittmann is a chief prosecutor and has served as head of the Public Prosecutor’s Office in Dessau-Roßlau, Germany since 2005. Prior to his current position, he worked as a lawyer in Heidelberg, a prosecutor in Darmstadt and Frankfurt, and a chief prosecutor in Halle/Saale. He is the editor and author of a handbook on criminal insolvency law, as well as an author of various articles on property law, white-collar crime, and criminal procedure law. Additionally, he is an advisor to an association on white-collar crime (Wirtschaftsstrafrechtliche Vereinigung e.V.) and is a member of the practice group of the Center for Criminal Compliance at the University of Gießen.

Amir S. Dhillon was a student on the inaugural LWOW X program in 2014 and later became the first LWOW Jim Ferraro Intern. Amir’s active participation and experiences as a student and intern in LWOW X led him to Axiom, where he works as the Lawyer Development Coordinator in the London office. Most recently, Amir has become the first ever Alumni Officer for LWOW and is excited for his third year involved with the program. In his spare time, Amir enjoys writing and playing music (especially Heavy Metal), hobby photography and his never-ending quest for the ultimate burger (and cocktail).

Thomas Fox is the Principle of Advanced Compliance Solutions and practices antibribery/anti-corruption compliance in Houston, Texas. He is the author of several books dealing with anti-bribery and anti-corruption, including most recently Doing Compliance: Design, Create, and Implement an Effective Anti-Corruption Compliance Program. He is the Founder and Editor of the FCPA Compliance and Ethics Blog, is a Contributing Editor to the FCPA Blog, a Contributing Writer to Compliance Week, is a featured contributor to Corporate Compliance Insights (CCI) and is a Columnist for the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics (SCCE) magazine. He is the author of numerous articles on the FCPA, UK Bribery Act and compliance and ethics. He is also an internationally recognized speaker in the field of anti-bribery and ant-corruption compliance.

John P. Giraudo is a Henry Crown Fellow of the Aspen Institute. He has been the chief compliance officer of several global companies, including The AES Corporation and Tessera Technologies, Inc. He is a Compliance Thought Leader for the University of Miami Law School’s program LawWithoutWalls.

Peter Kurer is a partner with the private equity firm BLR. He studied law and political science at the University of Zurich and the University of Chicago, and started his professional career with the international law firm Baker & McKenzie, where he became a partner in 1985. In 1990, Peter Kurer was a founding partner of the Zurich law firm Homburger, where he headed the corporate law practice group. He specialized in M&A and corporate law and also served on a number of boards of public and private companies. In 2001, Peter Kurer joined UBS as general counsel and member of the group executive board. He served as chairman of the bank during the crisis of 2008–2009 and then retired. He also is chairman of Swiss book publisher Kein & Aber, sits on a number of boards and acts as a independent adviser. Peter Kurer writes and speaks frequently on M&A topics, corporate governance issues, and legal and compliance risk management. His new book, Legal and Compliance Risk: a Strategic Response to a Rising Threat for Global Business, was published by Oxford University Press in February 2015.

Marcia Narine is an Assistant Professor of Law at St. Thomas University in Miami, Florida. She also consults on compliance and governance matters for MDO Partners in Miami, and on compliance program design, employment law, supply chain issues, and data protection for LRN. She has previously taught at University of Missouri-Kansas City, and prior to joining academia, she served as the Deputy General Counsel, Vice President Global Compliance and Business Standards, and Chief Privacy Officer of Ryder, a global Fortune 500 transportation and logistics company. She spent ten days in Cuba meeting with lawyers, business people, and others in June 2015 and has consulted with companies that wish to do business in Cuba.