Jitka Logesová

Practice Areas

Compliance, Corporate Investigations, White Collar Crime, Asset Recovery, Corporate Criminal Liability.

Career

Jitka Logesová is the Head of the firm-wide Investigations, Crisis Response and Compliance Practice. She specialises in compliance, corporate investigations, corporate criminal liability/white collar crime, sanctions and asset recovery. Before joining Wolf Theiss, Jitka established and built up the firm-wide compliance, risk and sensitive investigations practice at another regional law firm. She was tasked by the Czech General Prosecutors office to help draft the methodology for state prosecutors on how to evaluate corporate compliance management systems and to educate the state prosecutors in this respect. Jitka has wide experience in various sectors, particularly life science, infrastructure, professional services, IT and the public sector, where she advised clients on FCPA triggered issues and investigations, led a number of corporate internal investigations in CEE and advised on various compliance issues including setting up anti-corruption and compliance programmes. She is a Certified Auditor for ISO 19600 (compliance management systems) and for ISO 37001 (Anti-Bribery management systems). She has also published extensively on these topics and is a frequent speaker at compliance and anti-corruption conferences.

Professional Memberships

- Co-Chair of the IBA Anti-Corruption Committee (2019-2020)

- Member of the Advisory Board of the IBA Anti-Corruption Committee (2021-2022)

- Fellow of The International Academy of Financial Crime Litigators (2022 – now)

- Member of the Slovak Compliance Circle (2023 – now)

Publications

- Chambers Anti-Corruption 2021 Global Practice Guide (Czech Republic);

- ICLG: Corporate Investigations 2020 (Czech Republic);

- A booster shot of compliance for companies in Central and Eastern Europe (GIR; 2022 edition of GIR’s Europe, Middle East and Africa Investigations Review; https://globalinvestigationsreview.com/review/the-european-middle-eastern-and-african-investigations-review/2022/article/booster-shot-of-compliance-companies-in-central-and-eastern-europe);

- Jab of compliance for companies in Central and Eastern Europe (GIR; 2021 edition of GIR’s Europe, Middle East and Africa Investigations Review; https://globalinvestigationsreview.com/review/the-european-middle-eastern-and-african-investigations-review/2021/article/jab-of-compliance-companies-in-central-and-eastern-europe);

- Fighting corporate crime and compliance defence in the Czech Republic (GIR; 2020 edition of GIR’s Europe, Middle East and Africa Investigations Review; https://globalinvestigationsreview.com/review/the-european-middle-eastern-and-african-investigations-review/2020/article/fighting-corporate-crime-and-compliance-defence-in-the-czech-republic);

- The Czech "Magnitsky Act": creation of a legal basis for national sanctions (https://www.wolftheiss.com/insights/the-czech-magnitsky-act/);

- EU sanctions and updates to Compliance Programmes (https://www.wolftheiss.com/app/uploads/2022/06/22_06_28_CA_EU-sanctions-and-updates-to-Compliance-Programmes-1.pdf);

- Safely navigating EU sanctions regimes: how to stay compliant (https://www.wolftheiss.com/insights/safely-navigating-eu-sanctions-regimes-how-to-stay-compliant/);

- Chapter "Kickbacks" in Elgar Concise Encyclopedia of Corruption Law, 2023 (Edward Elgar Publishing; https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/elgar-concise-encyclopedia-of-corruption-law-9781802206487.html#:~:text=Presenting%20the%20broa );

- Due Diligence: Enhancing Pre-Transaction Due Diligence in CEE/SEE : Three Areas Where a Conventional Balance Sheet Review Falls Short. In Bulletin of The International Academy of Financial Crime Litigators, 2023 (The International Academy of Financial Crime Litigators; https://edit.financialcrimelitigators.org/api/assets/abf72f83-59fe-4e52-9aa8-f8db5f49bd1f.pdf).