Cartel and abuse of dominance investigations
We have a dedicated cartel investigations group bringing together relevant expertise across our practice areas, to provide a comprehensive and focused service to handle the significant risks and penalties which companies face under anti-cartel laws in many jurisdictions (including personal criminal liabilities).
Our cartel investigations group brings together competition, “white collar” crime, litigation and employment expertise in order to provide expert assistance in relation to anti-cartel legislation. The issues we advise on include:
- Handling dawn raids and other forms of intrusive cartel investigations by competition authorities.
- Criminal investigations.
- Compliance procedures and training.
- Leniency regimes for immunity from and reduction of penalties, and negotiating early resolution of settlement of cases.
- Employment law issues (and the potential conflict of interest arising from the possibility of both corporate and individual sanctions for infringement of the anti-cartel rules).
- Private litigation.
The cartel investigations group’s expertise extends to handling multi-jurisdictional investigations.
The team also handles abuse of dominance investigations, acting for complainants as well as dominant market players.