Leniency Will Remain an Essential Part of The EU’s Cartel Enforcement Toolkit

By Alexandros Papanikolaou – 

This contribution offers thoughts on the evolving debate in antitrust circles on a perceived decline in the numbers of leniency applications for cartel infringements in major jurisdictions, and in particular the EU. Leniency has obvious benefits for companies and leniency programs in Europe have produced many examples of successful enforcement, but there is increasing attention on whether certain factors are affecting how companies and their lawyers weigh inc