Perspectives on Antitrust Compliance

Companies around the world are arguably at a crossroads where global compliance challenges need attention as never before. Increasingly, antitrust compliance is seen by companies not as a standalone topic, but as part of a suite of compliance efforts needed by companies to ensure that they comply with societal and shareholder expectations.

This book makes an original and timely contribution to the important debate surrounding the function and design of antitrust compliance programmes. Crowding in the immense knowledge of a selection of renowned international antitrust compliance experts including academics, in-house counsel, private practitioners, economists, consulting firms and regulators, it seeks to embrace varied perspectives rather than championing one particular vision of what good antitrust compliance should look like. The publication is designed to assist all stakeholders, while appreciating that every industry and corporate entity faces unique compliance risks and that an approach that works well for one business may be less appropriate and effective for another.

Anne Riley was Head of Shell plc’s global antitrust group until she retired at the end of February 2019. Anne was also a member of Shell’s Group Ethics and Compliance Office Leadership Team until her retirement. Anne is currently Co-Chair of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Task Force on Antitrust Compliance policy harmonisation and is a Non-Governmental Adviser (NGA) to the European Union (DG COMP) for the International Competition Network. She has been awarded several Legal and Compliance Awards, including “Women in Compliance, Innovator of the Year”, and received the Society of Compliance and Ethics Special Recognition Award in 2019 on behalf of the ICC.

Andreas Stephan is a Professor of Competition Law and Head of UEA Law School. He has a background in both Law and Economics, and has widely published articles on all aspects of cartel enforcement. His research on public attitudes to price-fixing in the UK and the design of the criminal cartel offence have been cited in the UK government’s 2011 review of its competition policy regime and in a 2009 Australian Senate Standing Committee Report on the criminalisation of cartel behaviour. His other research includes an empirical study of the EU leniency programme, and work on compliance and direct settlement. He has also sat on an academic panel advising the UK Department of Business, Innovation and Skills on economic policy. Andreas has a particular interest in the competition laws of emerging and developing economies. He is a Non-Governmental Advisor to the International Competition Network’s (ICN) Advocacy Working Group and a member of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Research Partnership Platform.

Anny Tubbs is a solicitor (England & Wales) and Advocaat (Belgium) whose legal career has spanned private practice, regulatory, teaching and in-house roles. At Unilever (2008 - 2019) she started as European Competition Counsel before taking on new global roles, first as General Counsel, Competition (and business partner to the Unilever sales team), then as Chief Business Integrity Officer. Anny is a longstanding advocate of compliance best practices and constructive dialogue with peers, notably through ICC and industry fora such as AIM, B20 and the European Chief Compliance and Integrity Officers Forum (ECCIOF, which she co-founded). Recognition for her work includes the 2015 ACC individual European Counsel award for Competition. Anny currently heads up First Move Productions, which supports innovative ESG-related initiatives.

John WH Denton AO is Secretary General of the International Chamber of Commerce, Paris. John was formerly Partner and CEO of Corrs Chambers Westgarth, the leading Australian independent law firm. John’s appointment to the ICC is the first time that an Australian has held such a position. He is a member of the Board of the global infrastructure investor - IFM Global Investors. He is a member of the Board of the UN Global Compact. He is Asia Pacific Chair of Veracity Worldwide Advisory Board. John is Co-Chair of the B20 “Financing Growth and Infrastructure” Taskforce, Chair (emeritus) of the Business Council of Australia’s Global Engagement Task Force; Chairman (emeritus) of the Experts Group on Trade and Investment in Indonesia; and a founding member of the Australia-China CEO Roundtable. A former diplomat, he was a Panel Member of the Independent Review of Aid Effectiveness and was the founding Chairman of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees Australia for more than a decade. John has a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) and a Bachelor of Law from the University of Melbourne, and is a Harvard Business School Alumnus.