Baker & Mckenzie Global Cartels Handbook Leniency, Policies and Procedure, 2nd Edition

• The only country-by-country work to focus on leniency programmes
• Accessible and comprehensive information enabling a practitioner to rapidly assess the requirements for submitting a leniency application in any of the 55 jurisdictions covered
• Extensive comparative introduction helps users begin to assess which countries provide the most appropriate forum for leniency application
• Unique geographic reach and depth of review of leniency programmes covered
• Includes a quick reference table to the leniency programmes in place around the world

New to this edition

• New extended introduction increases the comparative and strategic assessment of different leniency policies
• Coverage of additional jurisdictions Bosnia, Colombia, Croatia, Jersey and Jordan
• Coverage of recent case law including the collapse of the OFT's BA case which was the authority's first attempt to pursue prosecution under the Enterprise Act 2002 and consideration of the LPG decision which took place in 2010.

In recent years cartel regulation has become a key priority for competition authorities around the globe resulting in a proliferation of immunity and leniency programmes. Competition authorities are constantly developing and revising their approaches to cartel regulation and introducing new mechanisms for businesses to report cartels, seek immunity and gain leniency. The need for businesses and their advisers to be able to identify and manage their global risk exposure is more pressing than ever before.

The Global Cartels Handbookaddresses this pressing need by providing a comparative analysis of immunity and leniency programmes for legal practitioners and corporate counsel. It consists of a comparative introduction which identifies some of the key features of the main jurisdictions and provides some of the strategic pointers to the most appropriate forums in which to seek leniency. A quick reference guide gives a tabular country-by-country overview of the leniency programmes in place around the world. This is followed by a detailed point-by-point description of each leniency programme, with reference to all key case law throughout, under a set of headings which are templated across each country chapter. This template format allows for ease of reference and consistency of information and provides essential practical information for filing a leniency application.

Readership: Cross-border competition practitioners and in-house legal counsel.