On June 12, 2017, during the Southwestern Institute for International and Comparative Law (SWIICL) - "The Center of American and International Law's (CAIL)" Symposium on Global Markets: "Compliance, Cyber - Security, Competition Law and the Impact of the Trump Administration, Charbel ABI-ANTOUN lectured on the Global Account Tax Compliance, the Common Reporting Standard (CRS), current implementation challenges and their influences on the Lebanese Bank Secrecy";