Competition Litigation: Too Much, Too Little, or the Wrong Kind? Judicial Review, Private Enforcement and System Design
9:15 – 13:30
Thursday, 18 June
Agenda:
9:15 Welcome remarks
- Maria Jaspers, Director Policy & Strategy, European Commission
- Dirk Middelschulte
9:25 Adjudicating Competition (1): Insights from the EU Courts | In Conversation with:
- Irmantas Jarukaitis, President of Chamber, Court of Justice of the European Union
- Johannes Laitenberger, Judge, General Court of the European Union
- Claire Simpson, Barrister, Van Bael & Bellis (Chair)
10:05 The Winning Strategy in Private Enforcement Cases
- Sylvia Sokol, Partner, Scott & Scott
- Anneli Howard KC, Barrister, Monckton Chambers
- Marieke Bredenoord-Spoek, Partner, De Brauw
- Tilman Makatsch, Head of Competition Litigation & Antitrust Economics DB AG
- Dirk Middelschulte, VP Global General Counsel Competition, Unilever (Chair)
11:00 Break
11:30 Adjudicating Competition (2): Shaping private enforcement and judicial review across Europe
- Dame Vivien Rose, Justice at the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
- Mieke Dudok van Heel, Senior Judge, District Court of Amsterdam (invited)
- Gustavo Andrés Martin Martin, Judge, Commercial Court n.1 of Alicante
- Ulrich Egger, Presiding Judge, Duesseldorf Higher Regional Court
- Fernando Castillo de la Torre, Legal Service, European Commission (Chair)
12:30 Leading the Charge: The Evolving Cartel Playbook | In Conversation with:
- Maria Jaspers, Director Policy & Strategy, European Commission
- Umberto Berkani, Rapporteur General, French L’Autorité de la concurrence
- Daniel Glad, Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Criminal Enforcement, US Department of Justice
- Marceline Tournier, Global Head of Antitrust, Nestlé (Chair)
13:15 Closing remarks
Speakers:
Irmantas Jarukaitis
President of Chamber, Court of Justice of the European Union
Umberto Berkani
Rapporteur General, French L'Autorité de la concurrence
Lady Vivien Rose
Judge at The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
Johannes Laitenberger
Judge, General Court of the European Union
Fernando Castillo de la Torre
Legal Service, European Commission
Maria Jaspers
Director - Cartels, European Commission's DG COMP
Dirk Middelschulte
VP Global General Counsel Competition, Unilever






