Business Partners
CDC is actively developing the market for the enforcement of damage
claims based on the infringement of European and/or national antitrust
law. CDC is convinced that this market is a catalyst of private
enforcement of competition law in Europe. It will significantly
increase the number of enforced antitrust damage claims in the future.
Our competence in, and our commitment to private antitrust law
enforcement, as well as our European dimension make CDC the best-placed
partner for
Cartel victims
- CDC purchases antitrust damage claims of cartel victims, analyses their factual
background and the amount of the damages,.
- Bundling of claims of a multitude of companies creates synergies as regards the preparation and the enforcement of claims
- Centralised collection and analysis of company data and
industry-wide market data allows well-founded conclusions (evidence) on
the cartel-related overcharge price and individual damage
- CDC collectively enforces all claims in its own name and on its own account in and/or out-of court
- Evaluation of fair settlement opportunities
- Full costs and risks of the claims preparation and enforcement lie with CDC
- Enforcement of damage claims is separated from ongoing business relationships with suppliers
- Global solutions for successful recovery of damages resulting from international cartels
Trade and consumer associations
- Inform members of possibilities for effectively enforcing cartel-related damage claims
- Purchase and collectively enforce of damage claims of interested members
- Develop of tools and mechanisms to collect relevant data in cooperation with members
Law
firms and corporate legal departments
- Support in the preparation of antitrust damage claims
- Cooperation with CDC in bundling of numerous antitrust
damages claims
- Avoidance of conflicts of interests and antitrusts risks
Economic
consultancy firms
- Cooperate in relation to the economic analysis of cartel-related damage
- Provide economic expertise to CDC in view of the particularities of given markets
- Implement economic findings and studies in the context of private enforcement
Investors
- Antitrust damage claims are financially attractive and marketable assets
- General interest of cartel victims to quickly recover damages
(with interest) corresponds with the interest of private and
institutional investors in anti-cyclical and profitable investments
- The right to interest on antitrust damages is guaranteed by European and
national law, encompassing the whole period from the infringement to a
binding judgement
- Various possibilities for investing into enforcement of antitrust damage claims (such as private equity)
- Cooperation in bundling numerous damages claims, in creating economies of scale
Cartel
Members
- Involvement of cartel members in a constructive and more
efficient compensation of victims
- Reducing the risk exposure resulting from joint and
several
liability of all cartel members for the entire damage caused by the infringement (see Leniency PLUS+)
- CDC offers the possibility to settle the damages claims of a multitude of affected purchasers.