The Ninth Annual Trans-Atlantic Antitrust Dialogue

Thursday 30 April 2009 09:30 to
Friday 1 May 2009 12:30

Participants

Chairs:

Rod Carlton, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
Mark Clough QC, Addleshaw Goddard
Michael Hutchings OBE, Competition Law Forum
Dr Philip Marsden, Competition Law Forum, British Institute of International and Comparative Law
Dr Gunnar Niels, Oxera

Keynote Speaker:

Philip Collins, Chairman, Office of Fair Trading

Speakers:

Melanie Aitken, Canadian Competition Bureau
Dr Alexander Birnstiel, Noerr Stiefenhofer
William Blumenthal, Clifford Chance LLP
Dr Lorenzo Coppi, CRA International
Lowri Evans, DG Competition, European Commission
Dr Amelia Fletcher, Office of Fair Trading
Dr John Fingleton, Office of Fair Trading
Bill Kovacic, US Federal Trade Commission
Johannes Luebking, DG Competition, European Commission
Paul Lugard, Philips International B.V.
Ali Nikpay, Office of Fair Trading
Michel Petite, Clifford Chance LLP
Brian Sher, Nabarro LLP
Professor Erika Szyszczak, University of Leicester, Littleton Chambers
Deirdre Trapp, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
Debra Valentine, Rio Tinto

Please click here for a copy of the programme

Topics:

Collaboration in a Crisis

- how far can firms react to the recession without transgressing competition law?
- voluntary agreements induced by government
- settlements and fines

Mergers and Restructuring: The relevancy of merger control in challenging times

- failing firm analysis
- guidance on remedies

State support in a changing climate

- Evolving economic analysis
- Trans-Atlantic approaches
- International review/WTO?

Unilateral conduct/abuse of dominance: where next?

- European guidance
- The position in the US
- intellectual property issues
- remedies in the energy sector

Agencies Roundtable

- an informal discussion with senior competition officials about their challenges and priorities


This event is sponsored by

Oxera is hosting the event 'The economics of European competition law-Advanced topics' on the 29th April 2009. BIICL members can bring along a colleague at half price. Please click here to find out more and to book your place.