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GCR Guide to Data & Antitrust – Competition law and data
Miranda Cole and Francesco Salis from our Brussels office are the authors of a chapter on the evolving view of data in the application of competition law.
United Kingdom | Publication | June 2020
Many companies have made significant donations of funds, goods and services as part of international relief efforts.
These efforts are, of course, to be applauded, but it is important to be mindful of the bribery and corruption risks presented by charitable donations, particularly in emerging markets, and to take proactive steps to manage legal and reputational risks.
As well as putting donation requests through an appropriate due diligence and approval process (and carefully recording all analysis and due diligence), it is prudent for companies to ask fundamental questions about the substance of the donation request. Doing so will help to assess the risk better, and to flush out any further red flags in relation to the donation request; for example, insistence on either money or particular goods being donated, on donations being structured in a certain way or a lack of willingness to allow the company oversight or control of the process.
We have set out below some key questions to ask about the substance of the donation requests, as well as a high level summary of points to consider around process.
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Miranda Cole and Francesco Salis from our Brussels office are the authors of a chapter on the evolving view of data in the application of competition law.
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Miranda Cole, Lara White and Christoph Ritzer from our Brussels, London and Frankfurt offices are the authors of a chapter on how the interplay between competition and privacy law is affecting online advertising.
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Unannounced inspections by competition authorities, usually called “dawn raids”, are undoubtably one of the most efficient tools for collecting evidence and enforcing competition rules. They are also an area where investigators test (and sometimes exceed) the boundaries of companies’ procedural rights.
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