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7 blind spots to avoid if you want to build a risk-based anti-bribery program
Friday, March 6, 2026
Most bribery risk maps fail in a predictable way: they look complete, but they do not explain how bribery could realistically happen in your workflows, and they do not produce evidence that your controls actually operate.
Iratxe Gurpegui
From general-purpose LLMs to AI-native compliance workflows
Tuesday, February 24, 2026
Most compliance teams have already felt the jump: a general-purpose LLM (ChatGPT, Claude, Le Chat) can draft, translate, summarise, and structure information faster than any junior analyst. Used well, it is genuinely useful.
Jean-Christian Le Meur
Managing Compliance in SMEs: 8 Mistakes to Avoid
Saturday, November 1, 2025
Small and mid-sized enterprises (SMEs) face almost the same regulatory scrutiny as listed corporations, yet they rarely have the headcount or the budget of a Fortune 500 compliance department.
Iratxe Gurpegui
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Monday, April 6, 2026
Iratxe Gurpegui

Board-Ready Compliance in One Page: Metrics That Matter

IIt's 10:47 pm, and you're still polishing the compliance pack for tomorrow's board meeting. Sixty pages. Heat maps. A policy update section you know nobody will read.

Friday, April 3, 2026
Iratxe Gurpegui

Loi Sapin II control evidence: What AFA expects to see

The AFA doesn't want your policy. It wants your evidence. The email lands on a Tuesday at 5:43 PM. "Please provide evidence of your internal control plan and its execution." You have a code of conduct. A risk map. A polished slide deck.

Wednesday, April 1, 2026
Iratxe Gurpegui

Compliance in M&A: not just value protection, but part of value itself

You’re in the investment committee. someone asks the question everyone wants to rush through: “any compliance issues?” If you answer with “they have a code of conduct and annual training,” you’re not protecting the deal. You’re guessing.

Monday, March 30, 2026
Iratxe Gurpegui

Customer due diligence questionnaires: mistakes that quietly kill deal trust

It’s 6:12 pm. Sales forwards a customer due diligence questionnaire and writes: “can you just fill this tonight? they won’t send the contract until it’s done.

Sunday, March 29, 2026
Jean-Christian Le Meur

The compliance autopilot : why the next winner is an AI-native service company that sells the complete work done

Earlier this month, Sequoia Capital partner Julien Bek published a thesis that sent ripples through the venture world. The title was spare: services: the new software. The argument was sharper still — the next trillion-dollar company will not sell tools.