Cartels and company investigations

Corker Binning is a specialist fraud, regulatory and criminal law firm, with in-depth experience of advising witnesses and suspects in high profile cartel investigations. We defend individual employees, usually working closely with lawyers acting for their employers, and advise on the regime for leniency for individuals.

We also have a proven track record in carrying out internal investigations on behalf of companies. These investigations may arise in relation to internal or external allegations that have been made against a director or employee and that have affected
the company.

Our lawyers include former prosecutors and a former policeman - a breadth of experience which is highly effective in company investigations.

Cartel and company investigation work includes advising a UK client in the US criminal cartel case involving Ian Norris, still the subject of extradition proceedings. In a plea-bargain in Philadelphia, our client agreed to serve a short four month prison sentence and returned to the UK rather than fighting extradition. We also advised two Virgin employees who were witnesses in the British Airways/Virgin Atlantic investigation after being caught up in alleged cartelist behaviour at Heathrow Airport in relation to cargo pricing. In the failed SFO prosecution of pharmaceutical companies and executives concerning alleged price-fixing we represented three suspects for whom we negotiated immunity deals in lieu of their prosecution.