For financial institutions and the private funds industry, corruption risks lurking in common activities are coming to the forefront.  At the New York City Bar, a distinguished panel of former prosecutors and industry experts offered insights into those evolving risks (including hiring practices and sovereign wealth funds), the enforcement landscape and how companies can strengthen their compliance programs in response.  The panel was moderated by John D. Buretta, a partner at Cravath, Swaine & Moore and former Assistant U.S. Attorney and Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General at the DOJ.  The other speakers were Sarah Coyne, counsel at Debevoise & Plimpton and a former Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Eastern District of New York and Chief of the Business and Securities Fraud Section; Kelly B. Kramer, a partner at Mayer Brown; Claudius O. Sokenu, a partner at Shearman & Sterling and former SEC Senior Counsel; and Linda Chatman Thomsen, a partner at Davis Polk & Wardwell and former SEC Director of Enforcement.  See also “Friendly Relations? When Nepotism May Violate the FCPA” (Oct. 17, 2012).