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Cases of corruption and antitrust law violations cause large financial damages in German companies every year and, in extreme cases, can endanger livelihoods. In addition, there is the threat of
Corruption can be defined as the abuse of a position of power for one's own private benefit. Such a position of power may be, for example, the result of
Abuse of such a position of power manifests itself, for example, through bribery or venality, corruptibility with regard to certain (also political) decisions motivated by a quid pro quo, or the attempt to gain (personal) advantages through bribes.
In (corporate) practice, corruption often manifests itself in international business transactions in business areas that are sensitive to bribery, favors to public officials or personal benefits that do not have to be directly related to the actual business. Bribery and corruption lawyers can help prevent violations of relevant German laws and acts.
By definition, German antitrust law ensures fair competition and serves to ensure the standards of the free market economy. In addition, antitrust law should protect consumers by preventing collusion and agreements to their detriment. The core content is the prevention of agreements on prices, price changes and calculations as well as agreements among competitors on bidder and offer behaviour with tenders.
The development and integration of appropriate preventive measures in a functioning compliance management system are crucial in the context of antitrust compliance in the company.
The company management is obliged to take appropriate supervisory and organizational measures that are suitable, necessary and reasonable regarding the prevention of criminal offences and compliance-relevant incidents such as antitrust violations. Monitoring and organizational systems must be in place to identify any developments at an early stage that could impair or jeopardize the continued existence of the company in order to prevent any compliance-relevant incidents and thus liability. Here, not only the liability of the companies themselves plays a decisive role but also the personal, unlimited liability of the managing directors.
Our antitrust experts are at your disposal for topics relating to corruption and antitrust law in Germany with our comprehensive and practice-oriented concepts:
Core elements of corruption prevention:
Prevention against antitrust violations:
Our anti corruption lawyers and antitrust experts will gladly advise you on the concrete design of such effective organizational structures - depending on the individual risk situation, the scope, the content and the necessary resources - and will accompany you from the composition to the implementation and the further testing of existing systems and any adjustments.
Would you like to prevent corruption in your company? Do you want to avoid antitrust law violations in order to prevent damage to your company? We will gladly provide you with advice and support regarding German antitrust law. Your contact persons are
The best way to reach us is by e-mail (info@winheller.com) or by telephone (+49 69 76 75 77 80). Please feel free to contact us with your questions.