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CompLaw: Advanced EU, Brussels
November 2024
Venue TBCBrussels, Belgium
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Last Year's Main Conference Day One - CET (Central European Time, GMT+1)

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08:30 - 09:00
Networking: Welcome & Registration
09:00 - 09:10
Chair’s Welcome
  • James Killick - Partner, White and Case LLP
Showing 1 of 1 Streams
09:10 - 09:50
A View from the European Commission
  • Alberto Bacchiega - Director “Digital Platforms”, DG Competition, European Commission
09:50 - 11:00
Major Events and Policy Issues in EU Competition Law 2022-2023
  • Legislation – adopted and proposed, including:
    • Revised EU Horizontal Block Exemptions and Guidelines
    • Article 102 TFEU: amendments to the EC’s guidance paper and prospects for Guidelines
    • Digital Markets Act implementation
  • ECJ/GC cases, including cases on:
    • Legal professional privilege (Flemish Bar)
    • Article 101 TFEU and RPM (Super Bock Bebidas), and copyright licensing (Valve)
    • Evidentiary requirements for onsite inspections (French supermarkets)
    • Article 102 TFEU and exclusivity rebates (Unilever Italia), M&A outside merger control thresholds (Towercast), and the
    • GDPR (Meta Platforms v. BKA)
    • EC Information requests and sensitive personal data (Meta Platforms v. EC)
    • Cartel appeals
    • Damages actions
  • EC Decisions
  • Policy initiatives
  • John Ratliff - Avocat, Brussels & Barrister, Henderson Chambers, London
11:00 - 11:25
Morning Networking Break
Showing 1 of 1 Streams
11:25 - 12:15
Horizontal Restraints: Practical Review of the Guidelines
  • Review of horizontal restraints guidelines, including provisions on:
    • Information exchange
    • Buyer groups and retailer alliances
  • Practical implications for corporates
  • A look outside EU
  • Michael Bauer - Global Head of Competition & EU Group, CMS
  • Bitten Thorgaard Sørensen - Head of Competition Law & Policy, A.P. Moller – Maersk
  • Gönenç Gürkaynak - Founding Partner, ELIG Gürkaynak Attorneys-at-Law
  • Niccolo Ciulli - Adviser, Competitiveness and Commercial Relations, EuroCommerce
12:15 - 13:00
Sustainability & Competition Policy
  • What can competition law do to ensure a better world and where do we stand today?
  • Sustainability guidance in the new horizontal guidelines
  • ACM’s approach and lessons based on their experience so far
  • When and how can economists help account for externalities in the assessment of sustainability agreements
  • Practical approaches by corporates
13:00 - 14:00
Networking Extended Lunch
Focus Stream Sessions
Showing 2 of 2 Streams
14:00 - 14:45
VBER in Practice
  • VBER a year after its implementation
  • Review of any enforcement actions
  • E-Commerce and online platforms
  • Dual distribution including data sharing and information exchange
  • Dual pricing, RPM and minimum advertised pricing
  • How are businesses working with the new RPM
14:45 - 15:25
Private Enforcement & Follow-on Damages
  • Review of developments in key jurisdictions
  • Update on collective actions including implementation of European Collective Redress Directive
  • Practical strategies for trial management
  • Quantification of damages
  • Litigation funding: how should it be encouraged?


14:00 - 14:45
Labour Markets: New Horizon for Competition Law?
  • Review of issues at stake
  • A look to US
  • EU developments: France, Portugal and Eastern European cases
  • HR benchmarking: what are the concerns?
  • Implications for corporate compliance
  • Elisée Chazal - Senior Legal Counsel, International Contracts & Antitrust, The Adecco Group
  • Jorge Ferreira - Head of the Anti-Cartel Unit, Portuguese Competition Authority (AdC)
  • Mari Scimemi - Director, Global Competition Team, Barclays
  • Cristina Volpin - Competition Expert, OECD
14:45 - 15:25
Motor Vehicle Block Exemption
  • Update on the new guidelines
  • Practical implications
15:25 - 15:45
Networking: Afternoon Refreshments
Showing 1 of 1 Streams
15:45 - 16:35
The Future of Article 102 & Current Developments
  • Amendment to guidance on enforcement priorities
  • Call for feedback on the adoption of new guidelines
  • Review of significant recent cases including Unilever Italia v AGCM
  • Defining markets
  • Update on exclusionary conduct and rebates
  • Excessive pricing in the pharma sector cases
  • Economics of Article 102 and showing anti-competitive effects
16:35 - 17:00
Article 102: The Economist's Perspective
  • Showing anti-competitive effects
  • Defining markets
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17:00 - 17:50
Digital Markets: Regulation & Competition Law Enforcement
  • Update on implementation of the Digital Markets Act
  • Who are the designated gatekeepers?
  • Review of substantive obligations and their implications for compliance
  • DMA’s interaction with national developments
  • The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill in the UK
  • Where does regulation leave competition law?
  • Update on cloud market studies
  • AI and Chat GPT: the new frontier of competition law?
  • Nelson Jung - Partner, Clifford Chance
  • Dina Lurje - Head of Legal, Nord Security
  • Anselm Rodenhausen, Lawyer
  • Konrad Ost - Vice-President, Bundeskartellamt
  • Denis Sparas - Deputy Head of Unit, Digital Markets, DG Connect, European Commission
17:50 - 17:55
Chair’s Closing Commentary and Close of Main Conference Day One
17:55 - 19:30
Networking Drinks Reception
19:30 - 22:00
Dinner at La Fabbrica (for attendees who have pre-booked dinner tickets only)
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