When businesses face potential cartel exposure, immediate action is critical. Our Antitrust & Competition team has a long history of successfully defending clients in some of the most high-profile and sensitive cartel investigations of the past two decades. As more jurisdictions have criminalized price-fixing violations, the investigation of these violations has required increasingly sophisticated expertise. We conduct internal investigations to uncover the scope of risk, manage parallel inquiries across multiple jurisdictions and provide representation in criminal and civil proceedings. Our lawyers have appeared directly before enforcement agencies, not only in the US and before the EC, but also on behalf of clients in investigations by authorities in France, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Canada, Japan and the UK. Our experience with leniency applications and negotiating settlements allows us to navigate regulators’ expectations, while minimizing day-to-day business disruption.
Capabilities include:
- Internal investigations and whistleblower response
- Leniency applications in North America (US, Canada and Mexico), Europe, Asia Pacific, Africa and Latin America
- Experienced representation in grand jury and dawn raid matters
- Strategic coordination of multi-agency inquiries
- Post-investigation compliance and remediation
