7th Annual Merger Conference

Thursday 13 November 2008 09:30 to 17:00

Location

The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1PL

Participants

Chairs:

  • Adrian Majumdar, RBB Economics
  • Dr Philip Marsden, Director of the Competition Law Forum, British Institute of International and Comparative Law
  • Matthew Readings, Partner, Shearman & Sterling LLP

Keynote speaker:

  • Peter Freeman, Chairman, Competition Commission

Speakers:

  • Melanie Aitken, Assistant Deputy Commissioner, Canadian Competition Bureau
  • Chris Bright, Shearman & Sterling
  • Dr Jeff Church, Professor, University of Calgary
  • Claude Rakovsky, Head of Unit, Antitrust and Merger Policy and Scrutiny, DG-Competition, European Commission
  • Dr Amelia Fletcher, Chief Economist, Office of Fair Trading
  • Dr Andrea Lofaro, RBB Economics
  • Dr Raphael de Coninck, DG-Competition, European Commission
  • David Meyer, Deputy Attorney General, Antitrust Division, US Department of Justice
  • Alastair Mordaunt, Director, Mergers, Office of Fair Trading
  • Simon Pritchard, Senior Director, Mergers, Office of Fair Trading
  • Omar Wakil, Partner, Torys LLP, Toronto

Topics include:

  • Vertical mergers
  • Working with the Chief Economist's team
  • Phase II reviews
  • Upfront remedies

For a copy of the programme, please click here.

This event is kindly sponsored by



Solicitors and barristers may claim 5.5 CPD hours through

attendance at this event.


The event will be followed by a reception.

If you have any queries on this event please contact Dr Philip Marsden, Director of the Institute's Competition Law Forum.

Institute Members receive a 40% discount on this and all British Institute of International and Comparative Law events and publications. Membership costs from £25-£110 per person.