Businesses face increasingly aggressive and coordinated cartel enforcement as well as claims for damages. As one of the world's largest Antitrust & Competition practices, we're experienced in major global cartel investigations, implementing coordinated defenses at national, regional and global levels. Knowing when to self-report violations and obtain amnesties can mean the difference between total immunity and prison sentences and multimillion-dollar fines.
- We provide immediate assistance in dawn raids, using our investigation skills and expert guidance to help clients understand the issues. We develop overall strategies aimed at obtaining immunity or persuading enforcers to drop or limit the scope of charges.
- With dawn raids growing more frequent and better coordinated, clients directly benefit from our practical experience across a range of investigations and sectors. Whether the investigation is multi-country by the European Commission, single country by national competition authorities, or globally by multiple authorities, we will skillfully guide you through every step of the process.
- We have extensive experience assisting companies of all sizes to design and implement antitrust audits/health checks in a way that works within the culture of the business but at the same time will stand up to scrutiny from enforcers. We are familiar with evolving best practices, and can help to create effective, reasonable and appropriately scoped antitrust audits.
- Working closely with a company's legal and compliance personnel, we help to identify the company's highest risk areas, and then design a work plan that is tailored to those risks. We provide a budget for every stage of a review. The audit can be as expansive, or as targeted and focused, as a company requires.
- Antitrust audits can help companies to avoid participating in a cartel, or if a company finds it has been involved in a cartel, to minimize its exposure.
