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 at the Centre for Competition Policy (CCP) and School of Law, University of East Anglia (UEA) in Norwich, UK. He has a background in both law and economics and has published widely on competition law, with a particular focus on cartel enforcement. He is best known for his survey work on public perceptions of cartel laws and empirical studies of the EU's cartel enforcement regime. Andreas has also engaged extensively with antitrust compliance officers and in-house counsel more generally, on the particular challenges of competition compliance. He is a UK non-governmental adviser to the International Competition Network (ICN) and a member of the 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. Her most recent corporate role (2008-2019) was at Unilever: she started out 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 relevant ICC platforms and other industry fora such as AIM and B20. Anny is also co-founder of First Move Productions which supports innovative ESG-related initiatives.