DOJ Selects Attorneys to Lead Monitoring of Glencore After FCPA Violations

DOJ picked co-managing partner of Jenner & Block, Katya Jestin, and Ropes & Gray partner Alex Rene to serve as independent monitors for Swiss commodity trading and mining giant Glencore under the company's guilty plea agreement for violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (see 2205270044). The tenure of monitors will run for three years as part of the resolution struck in May 2022. Jestin will lead a team of Jenner & Block attorneys as they review the company's market integrity compliance, while Rene will head up a unit looking into Glencore's FCPA compliance.