Competition Litigation: Too Much, Too Little, or the Wrong Kind? Judicial Review, Private Enforcement and System Design
Agenda:
9:15 Welcome remarks
- Maria Jaspers, Director Policy & Strategy, European Commission
- Dirk Middelschulte, VP Global General Counsel Competition, Unilever
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 Deutsche Bahn AG; Managing Director, DB Competition Claims GmbH
- 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
- Gustavo Andrés Martin Martin, Judge, Commercial Court n.1 of Alicante
- Ulrich Egger, Presiding Judge, Düsseldorf 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
- Marceline Tournier, Global Head of Antitrust, Nestlé (Chair)
13:15 Closing Remarks
Speakers:
Lady Vivien Rose
Judge at The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
Maria Jaspers
Director - Cartels, European Commission's DG COMP
Dirk Middelschulte
VP Global General Counsel Competition, Unilever
Gustavo Andrés Martín Martin
Magistrate, Spanish Commercial Court n.1 Alicante
Marceline Tournier
Global Head of Antitrust, Nestlé
Merger Review: Guardrail or Growth Strategy? Rethinking Intervention and Competitiveness
Agenda:
09:15 Welcome Remarks by Co-Chairs
- Anna Lyle-Smythe,Partner, Slaughter and May
- Kaarli Eichhorn, Partner, Jones Day
9:30 The Era of Revised Merger Control Guidelines | In Conversation with
- Daniele Calisti, Head of Unit for Merger Policy and Case Support, European Commission’s DG Competition
- Anna Lyle-Smythe, Partner, Slaughter and May (Chair)
10:00 Crossing the Oceans to Get the Deal Through
- Mehmet Ömür Paşaoğlu, Head of the Supervision and Enforcement Department VI, Türkiye Rekabet Kurumu
- Adriana Giannini, Partner, TG&N, Brazil
- Nicola Ilgner, Director, Nortons, South Africa
- Sabra Ferhat, Counsel, Clifford Chance, the UAE
- Renata Hesse, Partner, Sullivan & Cromwell, the US (Chair)
11:00 Break
11:30 Recognising Efficiencies: A Question of Economic Evidence?
[under Chatham House Rules]
- Griet Jans,Chief Economist, Belgian Competition Authority
- Hans Zenger, Head of Unit, Chief Economist Team, European Commission’s Directorate-General Competition
- Chris Doyle, Senior Economics Director, UK Competition and Markets Authority
- Ethel Fonseca, Partner, RBB Economics (Chair)
12:20 To Call or Not to Call: Review Under and Beyond Merger Control Regime
- Marie Östman, Director General, Swedish Konkurrensverket
- Geoffrey Gray, Member of the Irish Competition and Consumer Protection Commission
- Henri Piffaut, Adviser to the Director in charge of the Foreign Subsidies Regulation, European Commission’s DG Competition
- Kaarli Eichhorn, Partner, Jones Day (Chair)
13:15 Closing Remarks
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Market Power: Problem to Police or Resource to Harness? Competition Policy in Digital and Strategic Markets
Agenda:
9:15 Co-Chair Welcome Remarks
- Mette Alfter, Executive Director, Frontier Economics
- Augustin Reyna, Director General, BEUC
09:25 Double Espresso Talk: The Long-Awaited Art. 102 TFEU Guidelines
- Massimiliano Kadar, Head of Unit, European Competition Network, European Commission’s Directorate-General for Competition
- Mette Alfter, Executive Director, Frontier EconomicsDay
09:55 Market Power, Growth and Innovation
- Rupprecht Podszun, Dean, Faculty of Law, Heinrich Heine University, Member of the German Monopolies Commission
- Jörn Eickhoff, Head of Legal Competition & Regulatory, Siemens Energy
- Matt Ersin, Senior Director, Fastned
- Sarah Mcgourty, Senior Counsel Antitrust at ABB
- Vanessa Turner, Partner, O’Melveny & Myers (Chair)
11:00 Break
11:30 The State of the Digital Markets Act | In Conversation with:
- Alberto Bacchiega, Director, Markets and Cases VI: Digital Platforms, European Commission’s Directorate-General for Competition
- Rita Wezenbeek, Director CNECT.D – Online Platforms Economy, European Commission’s Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology
- Agustin Reyna, Director General, BEUC (Chair)
12:00 Going Digital: Growth Lever or Problem to Police?
- Nicholas Banasevic, Corporate Vice President, Global Head of Competition and Market Regulation, Microsoft
- Anne-Claire Hoyng, Global Head of Competition Policy, Prosus
- Philip Marsden, Deputy Chair of the Bank of England’s Enforcement Decision Making Committee; College of Europe, Bruges
- Eirini Zafeiratou, Vice President, Global Public Policy and Regulation, Bolt
- Cristina Volpin, Competition Policy Expert, OECD (Chair)
13:15 Closing Remarks
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