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Spain: 11 more companies involved in consulting cartel: CNMC

By  |  August 19, 2019
Spanish regulator CNMC announced new additions to the case filed in February against 25 companies engaged in the consulting services sector, adding 11 companies and two additional executives to the original process.

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    The new companies included in the case are Everis Spain and its parent, Everis Participaciones; Factor Ideas Integral Services; Gaps Politica i Societat; The City Transformation Agency; Hidria, Ciencia, Ambiente y Desarrollo; Indra Business Consulting; KPMG Asesores and its parent KPMG; y Uliker and its parent PKF Attest Itc., while the new managers accused would be linked to the already involved Pa Consulting Services.

    The case is related to a possible violation of competition laws, involving the distribution of public tenders and manipulation of the consulting services market. The decision to expand the file occurs after a second series of dawn raids at the headquarters of several of the aforementioned companies, which occurred on July 16 and 17.

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