Cartel Investigations
Allen & Overy’s international Cartel and Antitrust Investigations practice represents clients on complex cross-border and national investigations.
Cartel investigations are by their nature high stakes, and cross-border. We help clients in relation to aggressive cartel enforcement across the globe, with highly experienced teams across Europe, the U.S., Asia and Australia that have been involved in most of the leading cartel cases over the past 20 years. We helped shape current U.S. and EU leniency and enforcement policies, and our team covers every aspect of government investigations and enforcement.
Our work on cartel cases includes:
- Developing and executing global defence strategies, including negotiating leniency, settlement terms, deferred prosecution agreements or plea agreements where appropriate and advising on formal proceedings
- Attending dawn raids and subpoenas served on premises to ensure our client's rights are preserved
- Implementing national or international rapid response teams to interview witnesses, review documentation and assess risk
- Creating internal and external communications strategies
- Representation of senior executives under investigation or accused of criminal antitrust violations
- Preparing for potential further inspections
Le nostre aree di specializzazione
News and insights
Publications: 08 January 2024
Novità in tema di titolarità effettiva
Nella Gazzetta Ufficiale n. 236 del 9 ottobre 2023, è stato pubblicato il Decreto 29 settembre 2023 del Ministero delle Imprese e del Made in Italy (il Provvedimento) che attesta l'operatività del…
Publications: 14 December 2023
Whistleblowing: pronti al via?
Ai blocchi di partenza le nuove norme sul whistleblowing che dal 17 dicembre riguardano anche le aziende fra i 50 e i 249 dipendenti, già applicabili dal 15 luglio 2023 per gli altri soggetti.
Publications: 16 October 2023
Conversione in legge del Decreto Giustizia
Le novità in materia di reati ex D.Lgs. 231, turbata libertà degli incanti, reati ambientali e implicazioni pratiche sui Modelli Organizzativi degli enti.
Publications: 01 September 2022
Una nuova stagione per l'enforcement antitrust
Nuovi significativi poteri attribuiti all'AGCM dalla legge annuale per il mercato e la concorrenza 2021.
Riconoscimenti
Represents defendants both in CJEU appeals against EC cartel fines and in follow-on damages actions. Also has considerable experience in market investigations in heavily regulated sectors.
Chambers UK 2020
The team handles cross-border matters well, knowing that they need to manage different approaches in different jurisdictions.
Chambers Europe 2018 Competition/Antitrust