Merger Review: Guardrail or Growth Strategy? Rethinking Intervention and Competitiveness
9:30 – 13:00
Thursday, 18 June
Agenda:
09:20 Welcome Remarks by Co-Chairs
- Anna Lyle-Smythe, Partner, Slaughter and May
- Kaarli Eichhorn, Partner, Jones Day
10:00 Crossing the Oceans to Get the Deal Through
11:30 Recognising Efficiencies: A Question of Economic Evidence or Legal Standard?
12:20 To Call or Not To Call: Review Under and Beyond Merger Control Regime
Speakers:
Anna Lyle Smythe
Partner, Slaughter and May
Kaarli Eichhorn
Partner, Jones Day
Daniele Calisti
Head of Unit for Merger Policy and Case Support, European Commission’s Directorate-General Competition
Hans Zenger
Head of Unit, Chief Economist Team, European Commission’s Directorate-General Competition
Tamara Mokoka
Divisional Manager: Mergers and Acquisitions, Competition Commission of South Africa
Marie Östman
Director General, Swedish Konkurrensverket
Geoffrey Gray
Member of the Irish Competition and Consumer Protection Commission






