Friday, July 4, 2014
Institutional Change and Competition Authorities 11-12 JULY 2014
EU Competition Law and Policy Workshop:
Institutional Change and Competition Authorities
ORGANIZED BY PHILIP LOWE, MEL MARQUIS and GIORGIO MONTI
EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE
DEPT. LAW, 11-12 JULY 2014
Florence, Italy
Participation by invitation
Introduction
In this annual series we examine a range of subjects relevant to academic research and to administrative and judicial competition law practice. Responding to a wave of institutional reform that has re-moulded competition agencies in numerous countries, the Workshop will focus on the transformation of institutional structures across jurisdictions, particularly those in the EU but going beyond Europe as well. The discussion will trace the causes of institutional change, the character of chosen solutions (e.g., the expanding breadth of agencies’ portfolios), and their intended and unintended consequences. In the context of the EU we will examine how emerging institutional structures impact on long-standing assumptions of a system of parallel competences, and how principles of EU law (as well as non-legal factors) shape national law and institutions. We will draw on the expertise of authorities in major global jurisdictions, taking account of legal and economic and policy-making perspectives. We pursue three general objectives: to elicit principles that can be used to evaluate institutional reform in this field; to consider the institutional permutations best tailored to the enforcement needs of different jurisdictions; and to evaluate options and possible instruments relevant for institutional evolution at the level of the European Commission and as concerns the multi-tiered enforcement system that has emerged through hard and soft instruments and practice.
Discussion sessions:
Session I: Introduction. Institutional change in complex regulatory environments
Session II: Competition agencies: Institutional structure and context
Session III: Institutional structure and change across jurisdictions
Session IV: Institutional structure and change in the European Union: causes, impact and limits
Session V: The European Commission and the ECN, past and future
Session chairs:
John Fingleton, Philip Lowe, Giorgio Monti
Participants:
Rafael Allendesalazar Partner, Martínez Lage, Allendesalazar & Brokelmann, Madrid
Jochen Burrichter Partner,Hengeler Müller, Düsseldorf
Cristina Caffarra Vice-President, CRA International, Brussels and London
David Currie Chairman, UK Competition and Markets Authority, London
Dorothe Dalheimer Deputy Head of Unit, European Commission, Brussels
Kris Dekeyser Director, European Commission, Brussels
Berend Jan Drijber Partner, Pels Rijcken, The Hague
Adrian Emch Partner, Hogan Lovells and Peking University, Beijing
Allan Fels Professor, University of Melbourne School of Law; Visiting Fellow, Oxford
Cani Fernandez Partner, Cuatrecasas Gonçalves Pereira, Madrid
Ian Forrester Partner, White & Case, Brussels
Isolde Goggin Chairperson, Irish Competition Authority, Dublin
Paola Gonzalez Sanz International Dept, National Authority of Markets & Competition, Madrid
Michiyo Hamada (formerly) Japan Fair Trade Commission, Tokyo
Toshiko Igarashi Deputy Director, Japan Fair Trade Commission, Tokyo
Alexander Italianer Director General, European Commission, Brussels
Frederic Jenny Professor, ESSEC Business School; OECD, Paris
Juhani Jokinen Director General, Finnish Competition and Consumer Authority, Helsinki
Hussein Kassim Professor, University of East Anglia
Bill Kovacic Professor, GWU Law School, Washington; UK CMA, London
Andrea Lofaro Partner, RBB Economics, Brussels
Frederic Louis Partner, WilmerHale, Brussels
Paul Lugard Partner, Baker Botts, Brussels
Imelda Maher Professor, University College Dublin
Jose Maria Marin Quemada President, National Authority of Markets and Competition, Madrid
Mel Marquis Co-Director, EU Competition Law and Policy Workshop, Florence
Andreas Mundt President, Bundeskartellamt, Bonn; Chair, ICN Steering Group
Maureen Ohlhausen Commissioner, U.S. Federal Trade Commission, Washington
Mart Ots Director General, Estonian Competition Authority, Talinn
Jorge Padilla Senior Managing Director, Compass Lexecon, various cities
Sharis Pozen Partner, Skadden Arps, Washington
Mario Siragusa Partner, Cleary Gottlieb, Rome
Jim Venit Partner, Skadden Arps, Brussels
Sven Volcker Partner, Latham & Watkins, Brussels
Mark Williams Professor, University of Melbourne School of Law
Johan Ysewyn Partner, Covington & Burling, Brussels
Fabien Zivy Référendaire, European General Court, Luxembourg
http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/antitrustprof_blog/2014/07/institutional-change-and-competition-authorities-11-12-july-2014.html