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EU Merger Control Conference
September 2024
Brussels, Belgium
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EU Merger Control 2023 Agenda - CET (Central European Time, GMT+1)

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EU Merger Control 2023 Agenda 08:30 - 09:00
Registration & Networking
EU Merger Control 2023 Agenda 09:00 - 09:15
Chair’s Welcome and Introduction
  • Strati Sakellariou-Witt - Partner, White & Case
EU Merger Control 2023 Agenda 09:15 - 09:55
A View from the Commission
  • Guillaume Loriot - Deputy Director General, Mergers, DG Comp, European Commission
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EU Merger Control 2023 Agenda 09:55 - 10:50
CK Telecoms & ‘Gap Cases’: Implications for the EU Merger Control Review
  • ECJ Judgment in CK Telecoms
  • Update on ‘Gap cases’
  • The concept of significant impediment to effective competition (SIEC)
  • Practical implications for EU merger control
  • Katarzyna Czapracka - Partner, White & Case
  • Marc Zedler - Deputy Head of Unit, DG Competition, European Commission
  • Beatriz Sanz Fernández-Vega - Director of Competition, Telefónica S.A.
  • Lars Wiethaus - Vice President, Charles River Associates
  • Grania Holzwarth - Legal Counsel, Deutsche Telekom
EU Merger Control 2023 Agenda 10:50 - 11:15
Morning Networking Break
EU Merger Control 2023 Agenda 11:15 - 12:05
Towercast ECJ Decision: Implications for National Level Enforcement
  • Review of TowerCast decision
  • Belgium NCA investigation
  • How to remedy a merger abuse?
  • Will other NCAs use ex post reviews routinely going forward?
  • Aleksander Tombinski - Counsel, Clifford Chance
  • Alexis Walckiers - Director, E.CA Economics
  • Damien Gerard - Prosecutor General, Belgium Competition Authority
EU Merger Control 2023 Agenda 12:05 - 12:55
Non-Horizontal Mergers: Theories of Harm & Remedies
  • Review of significant recent mergers:
    • Microsoft/Activision Blizzard merger
    • Broadcom/Vmware merger
    • Amazon/iRobot
    • Illumina/Grail saga (recent developments in EU and US)
  • Developing theories of harm
  • Eco system competition
  • How will the authorities look at future cases?
  • Tilman Kuhn - Partner, White & Case
  • Paulo Abecasis - Managing Economist, Copenhagen Economics
  • Angeline Woods - Legal Director - Antitrust & EU Affairs, Uber
  • Isabel Álvarez - Case Handler, Information Society Unit, Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (CNMC)
EU Merger Control 2023 Agenda 12:55 - 14:00
Networking Lunch Break
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EU Merger Control 2023 Agenda 14:00 - 14:45
Merger Control in Digital Markets: Interplay of DMA, DSA & UK DMU with Merger Control
  • DMA’s and DSA’s interplay with merger control
  • UK’s Digital Markets, Competition and Consumer Bill and implications for Big Tech
  • How will mergers involving undertakings subject to the DMA and DSA regulations be assessed?
  • How does Article 22 interact with DMA?
  • Approaches to "go to market" of innovation
  • Evolution of practices on innovation and vertical integration
  • Theories of harm in digital markets
  • Divergences in US, UK and EU approaches
  • Davina Garrod - Partner, Akin Gump
  • Étienne Chantrel - Rapporteur général adjoint, Head of mergers, Autorite de la Concurrence
  • Grania Holzwarth - Legal Counsel, Deutsche Telekom
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EU Merger Control 2023 Agenda 14:45 - 15:40
Managing Multijurisdictional Mergers: Is there Greater Divergence of Approaches by the Regulators?
  • UK, EU & US approaches
  • Update on US developments including forthcoming mergers guidelines
  • Expansion of the EC’s/NCAs’ merger control toolkit with respect to non-reportable transactions
  • Article 22: how much has it been used so far?
  • Interplay between NCA’s and the Commission
  • Different approaches to remedies
  • How does the General Court and CAT approach merger assessments?
  • The what extent do regulators talk to each other?
  • Practical tips for managing multi-jurisdictional mergers
  • William Leslie - Partner, Linklaters
  • Gönenç Gürkaynak - Founding Partner, ELIG Gürkaynak Attorneys-at-Law
  • Naomi Burgoyne - Director of Mergers, Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)
  • Catherine Higgs - Legal Director UK & Ireland and Global Competition Law Head, GSK
EU Merger Control 2023 Agenda 15:40 - 16:00
Afternoon Coffee Break
EU Merger Control 2023 Agenda 16:00 - 16:50
The Interplay of Foreign Direct Investment and Foreign Subsidies Regulation with Merger Control
  • Interaction of FDI and merger control regimes
  • Review of FDI prohibition decisions
  • Update on Foreign Subsidies Regulation and implications for mergers
  • Procedural issues including timelines
  • How best to structure transactions to navigate the new complexity
  • Neil Hoolihan - Partner, Linklaters
  • Melina Pappa - Director Competition Policy, Liberty Global
  • Benedikt Ecker - Compliance Officer, Thyssenkrupp
  • Martin Farley - Legal Services, European Commission
EU Merger Control 2023 Agenda 16:50 - 17:30
Review of Procedural Developments
EU Merger Control 2023 Agenda 17:30 - 17:35
Chair’s Closing Remarks & Close of Conference
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