A Short Guide to Cartel Risk

Helen Bignall advises clients on all areas of EC and UK competition law. This includes advice relating to contentious matters, behavioural issues, and merger control. Helen has particular experience regarding UK cartel investigations, and on proceedings before the UK High Court and European Courts. She has also advised clients involved in arbitration proceedings where competition law issues have been raised. Helen has extensive experience of drafting and responding to complaints to UK and EU competition law authorities. Helen regularly advises clients on competition law issues arising in the context of commercial agreements including distribution arrangements and IP licenses. She also frequently provides compliance advice, including through client seminars. Prior to joining Hogan & Hartson, Helen practiced in the antitrust and competition team of a leading international law firm in London. John Pheasant has 30 years of experience in European Community and United Kingdom antitrust/ competition law, including 25 years of practice in Brussels. John advises on all aspects of antitrust and merger control law. John is a solicitor-advocate who represents clients in the General Court and the Court of Justice of the European Union, the English courts, as well as in arbitration proceedings, and has represented clients in a number of landmark cases before the EC and UK antitrust authorities and courts. John has particular experience in handling antitrust law investigations and proceedings affecting the whole or a significant sector of an entire industry, for example in the motor vehicle, liner shipping, telecoms, and video games industries. He has extensive experience in handling cartel proceedings involving multiple international companies. John has also established a practice advising on the interface between antitrust and intellectual property law, including in the computer, IT, and Internet industries, notably in cases involving companies with market power. John is also a council member of the Regulatory Policy Institute. John is credited in the latest edition of UK Legal 500 as a 'highly experienced' and 'knowledgeable' individual, whose clients recognize the "regulatory and specific industry expertise" of the EU and competition practice. Prior to joining Hogan & Hartson as co-head of its European antitrust practice, John was the head of the competition, EU, and international trade law practice of another leading international law firm and previously the head of its Brussels practice.

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