8th Annual Merger Conference

Thursday 26 November 2009 09:30 to 16:00

Location

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

Participants

Speakers:
Simon Bishop, RBB Economics
Derek Ridyard, RBB Economics
Amelia Fletcher, Office of Fair Trading
Diana Guy, Competition Commission
Antonia Horrocks , Shearman & Sterling LLP
Alistair Lindsay, Monckton Chambers
Johannes Luebking, DG-Competition, European Commission
Frank Maier-Rigaud, European Commission
Miguel de la Mano, Chief Economist's Office, DG-Competition, European Commission
Philip Marsden, British Institute of International and Comparative Law
Alison Oldale, Competition Commission
Kay Parplies, DG Trade, European Commission
Matthew Readings, Shearman & Sterling LLP
Nick Scola, Office of Fair Trading

Topics:

  • Merger policy in a recession and recovery -spotlight on the UK
  • How healthy is our understanding of 'closeness of competition'? - Whole Foods/Wild Oats versus Nuts, Seeds and Fruits (Holland & Barrett/Julian Graves)
  • Coordinated effects on the rise? Yeast mergers (ABF/GBI)

Please click here for a copy of the programme


CPD hours may be claimed by both solicitors and barristers through attendance at this event.

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