Concurrences

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The Agencies Steering Committee has received over 20 antitrust compliance initiatives from competition authorities. These initiatives consist of guidelines, videos, podcasts and even comics and mangas. Some of these initiatives limit themselves to explain antitrust rules to non-antitrust specialists, whereas other initiatives provide fine mitigating in the presence of a solid and robust compliance program. The Agency award-winning initiative will be announced on May 10, 2021 at the Antitrust Compliance Ceremony.

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Best Academic initiatives

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The Academic Steering Committee has received over 10 antitrust compliance initiatives from law or economics professors from the EU, the US, and abroad. These initiatives are mostly articles published in peer-reviewed journals, whereas others are dedicated book chapters. These publications are made available in free access for the Awards’ duration. The Academic award-winning initiative will be announced on May 10, 2021 at the Antitrust Compliance Ceremony.

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Best Corporations initiatives

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The Corporations Steering Committee has suggested over 10 antitrust compliance initiatives from companies active in a large variety of business sectors: bank, energy, automobile, food & beverage, transports etc. These initiatives consist of online training, general guidelines, antitrust compliance manuals detailing the company’s policy and compliance program, an interview, and even a mini-series mocking the consequences of an antitrust dawn-raid. The Corporations award-winning initiative will be announced on May 10, 2021, at the Antitrust Compliance Ceremony.

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Best Law Firms initiatives

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The Law Firms Steering Committee has reviewed over 15 antitrust compliance initiatives from law firms having developed a dedicated approach in this field of antitrust. Many law firms consider antitrust compliance as an internal duty of the companies - as corruption prevention - and intervene only in case of issues. Some law firms however have undertaken a different approach aiming at helping in-house counsel setting up internal processes dedicated to limiting legal risks. The Law Firms award-winning initiative will be announced on May 10, 2021 at the Antitrust Compliance Ceremony.

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Best Legal Techs initiatives

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The Legal Techs & Forensics Steering Committee has searched for dedicated antitrust compliance initiatives. Most applications received concerned general legal compliance, with a strong focus on data and corruption regulations. So far, only a few Legal Techs or Forensics companies have committed themselves to antitrust compliance per se, giving them a competitive advantage in this new field. The Legal Techs & Forensics award-winning initiative will be announced on May 10, 2021, at the Antitrust Compliance Ceremony.

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Best Special Award Initiatives

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The Editorial Committee has searched several initiatives that do not fall in any of the above categories. This Special Award is aimed at recognizing new creative and outside-the-box compliance tools. The Special award-winning initiative will be announced on May 10, 2021, at the Antitrust Compliance Ceremony.

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2021 Testimonials

Matthew Boswell
Canadian Competition Bureau (Gatineau)

Canada

We are firm believers that proactive competition law compliance by businesses of all sizes is an important factor in well-functioning markets. Accordingly, we welcome this effort to increase awareness of compliance best practices and to demonstrate through dialogue and recognition that a strong culture of compliance, supported by effective policies and procedures, makes good business sense.
Joe Murphy
Compliance Strategists (New York)

United States 2 contributions 336 visits

Concurrences is recognizing the importance of compliance programs in the competition law field by staging a series of virtual conferences on the topic and giving awards to leaders in this field.

This is a very valuable contribution to our field. For too long competition law compliance has taken a back seat to other areas, especially anti-corruption. Much of the blame for this lies at the feet of competition law enforcers, who had refused to recognize compliance programs, preferring instead to focus only on collecting fines. In contrast, in other areas of law enforcement, the value of compliance and government’s role in recognizing and promoting it, was readily recognized. Recently this negative approach in competition law has started to change, and we now have an opportunity to see more energy, imagination and resources directed into competition law compliance.

Those who do the difficult work of competition law compliance deserve to be recognized and encouraged. At the same time, we need incentives to move beyond the old approaches of dusty manuals and legal lectures, into steps that make programs work – things like empowering compliance officers, dealing with incentives, evaluating what program steps actually are working.

Congratulations to Concurrences for its leadership in promoting competition law compliance efforts.
Martijn Snoep
Netherlands Authority for Consumers & Markets (ACM) (The Hague)

Netherlands 15 contributions 45307 visits

Compliance should be in focus for competition authorities. Prevention is always better than cure. Therefore, the Antitrust Compliance Summit & Awards initiative is to be lauded.
Isolde Goggin
Irish Competition Authority (Dublin)

Ireland

I am delighted to join the jury panel for the 2021 Antitrust Compliance Global Summit & Awards. The Summit creates an important platform to acknowledge the challenges faced in the last year whilst the Awards allow us to recognize the achievements of those who have overcome such challenges and are producing great work despite the odds. Events such as the Antitrust Compliance Global Summit & Awards are an excellent opportunity for agencies across the world, particularly the smaller ones, to inspire each other by sharing their innovative ideas, discussing best practice and highlighting their successes. I look forward to seeing you in January!
Cani Fernández
Spanish Competition Authority (CNMC) (Madrid)

Spain 13 contributions 11455 visits

I believe the Antitrust Compliance Summit & Awards is an excellent opportunity to discuss about compliance programs (specifics, criteria, success and failure stories) and to acknowledge the role they may undertake on wide spreading a true culture of competition on stakeholders and society as a whole. This event, structured in panel discussions and formal awards recognitions, will allow us all to share thorough assessment of effectiveness of compliance programs thus far. I am very much looking forward to participate in this program and to my role as member of the Enforcer Steering Committee.

Best Agencies initiatives

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