Resumen de Former A&O senior partner Hepkema named in Brazilian corruption probe
Former Allen & Overy (A&O) Dutch senior partner Sietze Hepkema has been charged by the Brazilian Public Prosecutor's Office (MPF) in relation to a probe into contracts between Petrobras and the Dutch company SBM Offshore.
Hepkema joined SBM Offshore in 2012 as chief governance and compliance officer, tasked with overseeing an investigation into alleged bribery payments by the company in Angola, Brazil and Equatorial Guinea.
He replaced outgoing general counsel Jay Printz, who quit SBM Offshore in early 2012. Hepkema was previously global corporate co-head at A&O before retiring at the end of 2011.
Hepkema stepped down as chief governance and compliance officer earlier this year, to be replaced by former Aegon general counsel Erik Lagendijk. He is now a member of the SBM Offshore supervisory board.
