Dawn Raids

In a time of ever increasing scrutiny and regulation, Government and other investigative bodies are now armed with greater powers than ever before. Their ability to pursue both companies and individuals makes non-compliance a serious issue and means that inspections by any regulator must be taken very seriously.

It is therefore crucial for your company to stay compliant with competition and other regulatory law and for your key personnel to be fully prepared and ready to survive a Dawn Raid inspection. When faced with these raids help is at hand from someone you can trust who has been there before.

Freeths’ Competition and Regulatory teams are recognised for delivering specialist legal and strategic advice. Together we have trained every member of our dedicated Dawn Raid response team to uphold this reputation. Operating nationally and with established relationships with law firms internationally, we are able to offer the reassurance of a ‘complete’ Dawn Raid solution, whatever the circumstances, with specialised experts on call to mobilise and rapidly deploy to your offices within minutes of your call.

Why choose our dawn raids team?

• We offer a dedicated 24-hour Dawn Raid hotline to reach the entire Freeths response team in the event of a Dawn Raid inspection by a competition authority – or any other regulator
• Operating in 12 cities nationwide, we provide rapid on-site assistance during a Dawn Raid
• Having established relationships with local law firms internationally, each of whom we work regularly with and trust, we are well placed to provide a coordinated global response to clients facing multi-country inspections
• We work with clients to e sure that they are fully prepared for an inspection by providing tailored training and carrying out mock Dawn Raids to test procedures in practice

As your trusted legal advisers, we provide rapid first line support in the event of a Dawn Raid, drawing on dedicated on-call Dawn Raid response from our 12 offices across the country.

Call us now to see how our Compliance & Regulatory team can assist you.