Sapin II -- formally titled the "Law Regarding Transparency, the Fight Against Corruption and the Modernization of Economic Life" -- brings French laws into alignment with those existing in countries such as the United States and UK. This will now enable French authorities to exert jurisdictional claims in cases of overseas corruption with a French connection and, of course, to participate in discussions over where any penalties or disgorgements should be paid.

Beyond this shift in the geopolitics of multi-jurisdictional corporate corruption cases, Sapin II will also have implications for any internal investigations into suspected corporate bribery.