Competition Litigation: Too Much, Too Little, or the Wrong Kind? Judicial Review, Private Enforcement and System Design
Agenda:
8:30 Doors open
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
- Jolling de Pree, 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
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Merger Review: Guardrail or Growth Strategy? Rethinking Intervention and Competitiveness
Agenda:
08:30 Doors open
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:
8:30 Doors open
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 Economics
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, 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
- 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
- Aurélien Mähl, Lead Public Policy, DuckDuckGo
- Cristina Volpin, Competition Policy Expert, OECD (Chair)
13:15 Closing Remarks
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