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CompLaw: Advanced EU, Brussels
Main Conference: 18 & 19 November 2025
Digital Economy Focus Day: 17 November 2025
DoubleTree by Hilton Brussels City
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2024: Main Conference Day Two - CET (Central European Time, GMT+01:00)
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08:30 - 09:00
Registration & Refreshments
09:00 - 09:10
Chair’s Welcome
  • Andrea Coscelli CBE - Partner, Head of Keystone Europe, Keystone
09:10 - 10:10
Judges’ Roundtable
Showing 1 of 1 Streams
10:10 - 10:50
Merger Control: Policy & Case Law Developments
  • Jurisdictional issues, including
    • the wider landscape after Illumina / Grail, and
    • the approach towards acqui-hires, partnerships, and smaller investments.
  • Substantive issues, including
    • ecosystem theories of harm and other novel substantive theories in digital markets,
    • issues on innovation/dynamic competition and non-price competition, and
    • lessons from most recent cases
10:50 - 11:20
Morning Coffee Break
11:20 - 12:05
Managing Multi-Jurisdictional Mergers: Practical Perspectives
  • How should corporates handle divergent approaches to mergers e.g. Microsoft/ Activision Blizzard
  • Expansion of the EC’s/NCAs’ merger control toolkit
  • What is next for Article 22 after Illumina/ Grail?
  • Is there a need to reform EUMR to address “killer acquisitions”?
  • Practical tips for managing multi-jurisdictional mergers
  • What data is expected by the authorities? How best to manage it
  • Axel Schulz - Partner, McDermott Will & Emery
  • Craig Earnshaw - Senior Managing Director, FTI Consulting
  • Christine Nowak - Senior Legal Counsel Competition & Antitrust Law, Deutsche Lufthansa AG
  • Stephan Purps - Director Legal – Corporate, BASF SE
  • Jeremy de Douhet - Global Head of Competition, TotalEnergies
12:05 - 12:30
Revised Market Definition, Ecosystem Theories of Harm & Other Developments in Economics of Mergers
  • Approaches to non-price parameters
  • Ecosystem theory of harm in Booking / Etraveli
  • Approaches to “killer acquisitions” and dynamic markets
  • Burden and standard of proof
  • Norbert Maier - Principal, Cornerstone Research
  • Gregor Langus - Vice President, Cornerstone Research
Showing 1 of 1 Streams
12:30 - 13:15
Digital Markets: DMA, Enforcement & AI Concerns
13:15 - 14:15
Extended Lunch Break
Concurrent Sessions - choose 1 of 2:
Showing 2 of 2 Streams
14:15 - 14:55
Foreign Subsidies Regulation: Experiences to Date
  • Review of first cases
  • How is the Commission approaching FSR?
  • What notifications are expected and how best to produce them?
  • Implications for public procurement
  • Implications for investment
  • Impact on private equity
  • How are companies approaching compliance?







14:15 - 14:55
Horizontal Block Exemption Regulation: Practical Considerations
  • Review of horizontal block exemption regulation provisions on:
  • Information exchange
  • Buyer groups and retailer alliances
  • Joint ventures
  • Update on recent investigations
  • Practical implications for corporates
Showing 1 of 1 Streams
14:55 - 15:40
Update on Dawn Raids & Compliance

  • Lessons learnt from recent ECJ dawn raids, including dawn raids on private homes

  • Preparing a company for a dawn raid

  • Practical tips for dealing with dawn raids

  • Handling requests for information

  • How to deal with technical e-discovery issues

  • Best practice in implementing, maintaining, and updating compliance programmes

  • The use of AI and new technology in compliance programmes

  • Jonas Koponen - Partner, Cooley
  • Mathieu van Ravenstein - Partner, FORCYD
  • Martyn Chu - Global Antitrust Director, Danone
  • Simina-Alexandra Suciu - Regulatory Compliance Officer, Trans Adriatic Pipeline AG
  • Tobias Kruis - Head of Corporate Compliance, Giesecke+Devrient
15:40 - 15:50
Afternoon Coffee Break
Showing 1 of 1 Streams
15:50 - 16:30
The Future of Article 102 & Current Developments
16:30 - 16:50
Article 102: Economist's Perspective
Showing 1 of 1 Streams
16:50 - 17:30
Foreign Direct Investment: Implications for Transactions
  • EU Regulation & EU Cooperation Mechanism on FDI Screening
  • Impact on inward investment
  • Proposals for outbound investment screening mechanism
  • Practical implications for transactions, including tips for filings
  • How best to navigate the uncertainty surrounding FDI rules
  • Compliance implications for corporates



  • Kai Neuhaus - Partner, CMS
  • Aiste Slezeviciute - Head of Sector, FDI Screening, DG Trade, European Commission
  • Mohd Aidil Tupari - Custodian (Competition & Trade), Group Legal, Petronas
  • Alysson Havard - Screening Expert, Belgian FDI Screening Committee
17:30 - 17:35
Chair’s Closing Remarks & Close of Conference
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