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Reagan Demas
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Reagan Demas is a recognized leader in investigations and compliance, and has significant experience working on behalf of companies operating in emerging markets and high risk jurisdictions. He has managed major legal compliance investigations for a variety of Fortune 500 companies, including work reported in the New York Times, BBC, CNN, Bloomberg, Financial Times, The Guardian, and Reuters, among other global publications. Reagan has negotiated settlements before the US Department of Justice, US Securities and Exchange Commission, and other federal and state regulatory entities, obtaining declinations in a number of matters. He is a trusted advisor to global corporations on investigations and assessments covering a variety of legal compliance and crisis matters, including bribery/corruption, sanctions and export controls, fraud, money laundering, forced labor and human rights. Reagan has written and spoken extensively on emerging compliance trends in environmental, social and governance (ESG) legal risk, corruption and sanctions, and advises on best practices in compliance program development.
He is the founder and chief editor of Baker McKenzie's Global Supply Chain Compliance Blog and serves on the steering committee of the North American Litigation and Government Enforcement Practice Group. Reagan also serves as a member of the Global Steering Committee of the Firm's Industrials, Manufacturing and Transportation (IMT) Industry Group.
Reagan is trusted by the largest companies in the world to effectively and practically identify and address legal compliance risk around the world. He focuses his practice on global supply chain compliance, anti-corruption and Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, fraud, sanctions and trade controls, business ethics, human rights and corporate compliance. He conducts investigations, risk assessments, training and due diligence on behalf of clients in Africa and other emerging markets, and is a leading thinker in the area of business ethics and human rights-related legal obligations and emerging regulatory regimes. Reagan has written and spoken extensively on emerging compliance trends, ethics, corruption and doing business in Africa.
