If Bidders Collude, How Can Nations Cooperate?
Join a free hourlong webinar with King’s College, London, and George Washington University Law School to discuss a key development in anti-corruption and procurement—competing strategies in Europe and the United States to combat bidder collusion. While the United States has focused on classic antitrust enforcement, the European Commission has encouraged member states to address collusion through established procurement rules, and (as Professor Alison Jones has suggested) the United Kingdom may take a different, more integrated approach to corruption and collusion as its procurement system is rebuilt after Brexit. At the same time, the European Commission has proposed sanctioning contractors that receive foreign subsidies to win major procurement contracts outside the defense sector (see Albert Sanchez-Graells’ comment). Taken together, these divergent enforcement strategies create new and complex compliance challenges for businesses working in U.S. and European procurement markets.
Panelists
- Michael Bowsher QC, Monckton Chambers & King’s College, London (Co-Moderator)
- Juliette Enser, Senior Director, Competition and Markets Authority (UK)
- UK Anti-Cartel Initiatives
- Daniel W. Glad, Director, Procurement Collusion Strike Force, U.S. Department of Justice — Antitrust Division
- U.S. Procurement Collusion Strike Force
- Dr. Wojciech Hartung, DZP Warsaw
- European Commission’s Anti-Cartel Initiative
- Professor Alison Jones, King’s College, London
- Next Steps in UK Anti-Cartel Policy
- William E. Kovacic, Global Competition Professor of Law and Policy; Professor of Law; Director, Competition Law Center, GW Law
- U.S. Anti-Cartel Policy in an International Context
- Professor Albert Sanchez-Graells, University of Bristol
- Understanding EU Bid Rigging Policy
- Jessica Tillipman, Assistant Dean for Government Procurement Law Studies; Government Contracts Advisory Council Professorial Lecturer in Government Contracts Law, Practice & Policy (Co-Moderator)
- Christopher R. Yukins, Lynn David Research Professor in Government Procurement Law; Co-Director of the Government Procurement Law Program (Program Coordinator)