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EU Merger Control
09:00 - 09:30
Registration & Networking
09:30 - 09:40
Chair’s Welcome and Introduction
09:40 - 10:20
A View from the Commission
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Approaches to Below-Threshold Mergers
10:20 - 11:05
Article 22 and Illumina/Grail Revisited
- AG’ opinion in Illumina/ Grail
- How will the European Commission react if the General Court confirms AG’s opinion?
- Will the Commission need a new way to catch these types of cases?
- If the approach is upheld, how should notifications be approached?
- Implications for NCAs approaches to below threshold mergers
11:05 - 11:25
Morning Networking Break
11:25 - 12:10
The Use of Article 102 in Merger Control after TowerCast
- Practical implications of TowerCast
- Will ex-post reviews of below-threshold mergers under Article 102 be used more widely?
- Ability of national regulators to call in below-threshold deals e.g. Italy, Ireland, calls for new powers in the Netherlands etc
- Dealing with the new level of uncertainty introduced by the judgment
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Merger Control in Digital Markets
12:10 - 13:00
Digital Markets, Innovation & Ecosystem Theories of Harm
- DMA’s interplay with merger control
- How does Article 22 interact with DMA in relation to nascent acquisition?
- CMA’s approach to the tech sector after Microsoft/ Activision
- Ecosystem theory of harm in Booking / Etraveli
- Scepticism for non-structural remedies
- Evolution of practices on innovation and vertical integration
- Is the Commission departing from non-horizontal merger guidelines?
- AI and merger control: Microsoft and Open AI
13:00 - 14:00
Networking Lunch Break
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Managing Multijurisdictional Mergers
14:00 - 14:25
Foreign Subsidies Regulation: A Year On
- How is the Commission approaching FSR? What cases are being assessed? What legal standard is being applied?
- How are corporates approaching FSR notifications?
14:25 - 14:50
Foreign Direct Investment Regimes: Implications for Transactions
14:50 - 15:30
A Look to US
15:30 - 15:50
Afternoon Coffee Break
15:50 - 16:40
Uncertainty in Multijurisdictional Mergers & Its Implications for M&A Activity
- Proliferation of rules: is the burden unsurmountable? Are they an impediment to new transactions?
- What does the wave of new regulation mean for EU’s competitiveness in the current geopolitical climate?
- The future of consolidation
- Does EU Merger Control need to be reformed?
- How should corporates handle the interplay between FDI, FSR and merger control
- Dealing with timeline unpredictability
- Strategies & tips on getting an authority to accept remedy packages: Is it possible to craft global remedy solutions
- Angélique de Brousse - Head of Competition Law and Policy Group EMEA, Johnson & Johnson
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Procedural Developments
16:40 - 17:20
Review of Procedural Developments
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EU Merger Control
17:20 - 17:25
Chair’s Closing Remarks & Close of Conference
17:25 - 18:15
Networking Drinks Reception
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