Competition Law: the risks, the rules and the red flags

£1,695.00* Price is per group unless stated

Description

With competition regulators increasingly active, compliance is key to any business’ corporate governance agenda. However a breach comes to light, its consequences can be significant, with fines potentially reaching 10% of global turnover.

This course will help you to:-

• raise awareness of competition law issues throughout your business and to promote compliance;
• avoid rendering agreements invalid;
• mitigate against the consequences of any breach;
• avoid adverse publicity;
• avoid potential private actions from third parties who may suffer damage as a result of breach;
• avoid potential personal liability (criminal and civil, including imprisonment and director disqualification);
• reduce the risk of carelessness in communications leading to investigations of suspected anti-competitive behaviour;
• avoid additional risks such as the costs of handling an investigation and the likelihood of associated reputational harm; and
• assist your business to identify situations where it may wish to take action against anti-competitive behaviour by others.

Programme:

• The rules, the key risks and how to spot them
• How Competition Law impacts your role
• How to respond to potentially risky communications
• Understand why focus on Competition Law
• Tools to help you understand and apply Competition rules
• Practice applying your learnings in a tailored case study

Who should attend?

This course is aimed at anyone who interacts with supply chain or competitor organisations. Delegates may include:-

• Directors, senior managers and supervisors
• Sales teams
• Bidding teams
• Finance teams
• In-house lawyers
• In-house compliance