GCR's 2009 Competition Law Review

Posted by D. Daniel Sokol

GCR's 2009 Competition Law Review Recent developments in Competition Law and Policy Monday 16 and Tuesday 17 November 2009, The Conrad Hotel, Brussels

Excellent speakers, excellent value! Keynote speakers: Commissioner J. Thomas Rosch, Federal Trade Commission, Washington DC and Philip Lowe, Director General, DG Competition, European Commission, Brussels

Topics will include:

Competition snapshot - a year in review Latest developments in cartel enforcement - review of recent cases, level of the fines, direct settlements Information exchanges - challenges for antitrust in a recession Vertical agreements - the revised regulation and guidelines Recent developments in merger control - policy developments and trends in an economic downturn Article 82 - application of Article 82 in innovative and high-tech sectors The pharmaceutical sector inquiry - the Commission's final report Damages actions for breach of the EC antitrust rules 'Question time' - a roundtable discussion with senior competition representatives

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Confirmed speakers include:

Peter Alexiadis, Partner, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Brussels Lars-Hendrik Röller, President ESMT, Berlin Olivier Guersent, Director, DG Competition, European Commission Bruno Lasserre, President, Autorité de la Concurrence Christian Ewald, Chief Economist, Bundeskartellamt Professor Frédéric Jenny, Director for International Relations ESSEC, Judge of the Supreme Court of France Lars Kjølbye, Partner, Howrey, Brussels Tony Reeves, Partner, Clifford Chance LLP, Brussels Gerwin Van Gerven, Partner, Linklaters LLP, Brussels Gary R. Spratling, Partner, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, LLP, San Francisco Jürgen Schwarze, Director, Institute of Public Law, Department of European and Public International Law, Freiburg Wouter Wils, Legal Service, European Commission and Professor, King's College London Robbert Snelders, Partner, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, Brussels Luc Peeperkorn, Senior Administrator, DG Competition, European Commission Stephen Kinsella OBE, Partner, Sidley Austin LLP, Brussels Melanie Thill Tayara, Partner, Salans, Paris Nikos Vettas, Professor, Athens University of Economics and Business, CEPR, and EAGCP Philippe Chappatte, Partner, Slaughter and May, London Guillaume Loriot, Head of Unit, Antitrust and Merger Case Support DG, Competition, European Commission Simon Priddis, Partner, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, Brussels Matthias Pflanz, Vice President, CRA International, London James R. Lowe, Partner, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Washington DC Thomas Vinje, Partner, Clifford Chance LLP, Brussels Nick Banasavic, Deputy Head of Unit, DG Competition, European Commission James S. Venit, Partner, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP, Brussels Jorge Padilla, Managing Director, LECG, London and Brussels Petri Kuoppamäki, Vice President Corporate Legal, Nokia Corporation, Helsinki Philipp Gasparon, Deputy Head of Unit, DG Competition, European Commission Stephen Kon, Partner, SJ Berwin LLP, London and Brussels David H. Rosenberg, GlaxoSmithKline PLC, London Daniele Calisti, Private Enforcement Unit, DG Competition, European Commission Robert O'Donoghue, Brick Court Chambers, London Gunnar Niels, Director, Oxera, Oxford Tim Reher, Partner, CMS Hasche Sigle, Hamburg

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Register now to join delegates from organisations including: Allen & Overy LLP • Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato • Barcellos Tucunduva • Bugge, Arentz-Hansen & Rasmussen • CHEP International • CMS Adonnino Ascoli & Cavasola Scamoni • Copenhagen Economics • D&B David si Baias SCA • Danish Competition Authority • Frontier Economics • Gleiss Lutz • Gorrissen Federspiel • Hunton & Williams • LMR Attorneys Ltd • Morrison & Foerster LLP • The Netherlands Competition Authority • Ogilvy Renault LLP • Orange Home UK Limited • Peli Filip SCA • Roschier • Sidley Austin LLP • Swedish Competition Authority • Swedish Post and Telecom Agency • Telenor ASA • Wärtsilä Corporation • White & Case • Wolf Theiss

COST OF THE CONFERENCE

Standard registration: £950 (+ 21% TVA = £1149.50) In-house Lawyer and Government Agencies: £850 (+ 21% TVA= £1028.50)

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