The opening months of 2023 have seen competition authorities
across EMEA continue the trend of cracking down on cartel conduct,
with dawn raids carried out by competition authorities across
Europe.
Authorities are increasingly seeking to coordinate enforcement
action with their peers in other jurisdictions: for example, the
European Commission recently announced that it has carried out dawn
raids in consultation with authorities in the UK, Switzerland and
the USA; similarly, the head of Germany's Bundeskartellamt has
called for rules to be introduced to make it easier for EU and UK
authorities to coordinate cartel enforcement action.
Our first bulletin of 2023 includes updates from across our
network of expert practitioners located in the EMEA region, with
contributions from our offices in Germany, Italy, South Africa,
Spain and the United Kingdom. Our Brussels team also provides an
update on the key points arising from recent changes to the
EU's leniency regime.
