Whistleblowing in the EU – challenges for international corporations

Marjorie Holmes (+44 (0)20 3116 2986, mholmes@reedsmith.com) is a London-based partner, Michaela Westrup (+49 (0)89 20304 10, mwestrup@reedsmith.com) is counsel in the Munich office and Olga Kacprzak is a trainee, at law firm Reed Smith.

Most member states have not yet implemented the European Union’s new Whistleblowing Directive into their own law and it will be demanding for multinational companies to manage legal uncertainty, bureaucratic burdens or a possible patchwork of jurisdictional standards. Yet, waiting for national legislation to be implemented is not an option for organisations, explain Marjorie Holmes and Michaela Westrup of Reed Smith.