Co-chaired by partner, Gerwin Van Gerven, Linklaters LLP and Mark Williams, NERA Economic Consulting.

Speakers include:

• Simon Baxter, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
• Jean-Francois Bellis, Van Bael & Bellis
• Cristina Caffarra, Charles River Associates
• Lorenzo Coppi, Compass Lexecon
• Fiona Carlin, Baker & McKenzie LLP
• Maurits Dolmans, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
• Mark Friend, Allen & Overy
• Axel Gutermuth, Arnold & Porter LLP
• Stephen Kinsella OBE, Sidley Austin LLP
• Nick Levy, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
• Martin Low, McMillan
• Johannes Luebking, DG Comp, European Commission
• Jacquelyn MacLennan, White & Case LLP
• Miguel de la Mano, Competition Commission
• Alastair Mordaunt, Clifford Chance LLP
• Eric Morgan de Rivery, Jones Day
• Edurne Navarro, Uria Menendez
• Paolo Palmigiano, Lloyd's Banking Group
• Alex Potter, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
• Tony Reeves, Clifford Chance LLP
• Amadeu Ribeiro, Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marrey Jr e Quiroga
• Derek Ridyard, RBB Economics
• Howard Rosenblatt, Latham & Watkins LLP
• Trevor Soames, Shearman & Sterling LLP
• Sébastien Soriano, Autorite de la Concurrence
• Jacques Steenbergen, Belgian Competition Authority
• Deirdre Trapp, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
• Gerwin Van Gerven, Linklaters LLP
• Jim Venit, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
• Mark Williams, NERA Economic Consulting
• David Wood, Gibson Dunn
• Hoil Yoon, Yoon & Yang LLC

Day one

08.30 Registration and coffee

09.00 Chairman’s opening remarks

Mark Williams, NERA Economic Consulting

09.10 Competition law snapshot

• Update and overview of the last year in EU competition law

Tony Reeves, Clifford Chance LLP

10.10 Cartels I – Latest developments in cartel enforcement

• Coordinating leniency applications
• Anticipating private damages
• Interaction with criminal provisions
• International perspective

Amadeu Ribeiro,
Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marrey Jr e Quiroga
Hoil Yoon, Yoon & Yang LLC
Martin Low, McMillan
David Wood, Gibson Dunn

11.30 Coffee

11.50 Key note speech
Miguel de la Mano, Competition Commission

Merger control

• Key developments in EU merger control
• Emerging themes in substantive analysis
• Comparison with other regimes

Mark Williams, NERA Economic Consulting
Mark Friend, Allen & Overy
Simon Baxter,
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Deirdre Trapp, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
Miguel de la Mano, Competition Commission

13.15 Lunch

14.15 Article 102

• Abuse-of-dominance: review of recent cases
• To what extent do decisions really rely on effects-based analysis?
• Comparison with other regimes

Axel Gutermuth, Arnold & Porter LLP
Derek Ridyard, RBB Economics
Trevor Soames, Shearman & Sterling LLP

16.00 Tea break

16.20 Special focus: competition in financial markets

• Market power, market failures, and regulatory failures
• Competition and systemic risk
• Lessons for other sectors

Lorenzo Coppi, Compass Lexecon
Nick Levy, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
Alastair Mordaunt, Clifford Chance LLP
Paolo Palmigiano, Lloyd's Banking Group

18.00 Drinks reception sponsored by Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr. e Quiroga Advogados

Day two

09.00 Chairman’s opening remarks

Gerwin Van Gerven, Linklaters LLP

09.10 Cartel focus II

• Are the European courts taking a closer look at cartels and cartel fines?
• Where are we heading with parental liability?
• How much guidance do the commission’s fining guidelines provide?
• Are settlements taking off?

Ross Denton, Baker McKenzie
Jean-Francois Bellis, Van Bael & Bellis
Eric Morgan de Rivery, Jones Day

11.20 Coffee

11.40 Referrals between the Commission and NCAs in merger cases

• Fewer than 30 Article 22 cases made since 1990
• SC Johnson/Sara Lee
• Latest trends in referral decisions
• Cooperation between the Commission and NCAs
• Advising clients on the risk of referrals

Alex Potter, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
Edurne Navarro, Uria Menendez
Johannes Luebking, DG Comp, European Commission
Jacques Steenbergen, Belgian Competition Authority

13.00 Lunch

14.15 Role of the hearing officer – is more in store?

• First impressions of the expanded hearing officer mandate
• What role can the hearing officer play in procedural fairness reforms?
• Hearing officer vs the ombudsman – which way do I go?

Howard Rosenblatt, Latham & Watkins LLP
Jim Venit, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Jacquelyn MacLennan, White & Case LLP

15.30 Tea

15.50 Special focus: competition in high-tech markets

• Early intervention by the Commission in developing technology markets

Stephen Kinsella, Sidley Austin LLP
Cristina Caffarra, Charles River Associates
Sébastien Soriano, Autorite de la Concurrence

17.00 Close

Sponsored by NERA Economic Consulting

Drinks reception sponsored by Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr. e Quiroga Advogados

Additional information:

A limited number of Classic King Bedrooms at the Conrad Hotel have been reserved for GCR delegates at the reduced rate of EURO212 (including tax). Please fill out the reservation form to the right.