GCR’s 2010 Competition Law Review provides a unique opportunity to hear some of the most influential speakers debate and analyse the key developments in competition law over the past year. Leading figures in the field, from Europe and the US, including members of the European Commission, the Federal Trade Commission and competition enforcement agencies, in-house counsel, lawyers in private practice and consultant economists will address the most recent developments in a detailed and practical way.

CHAIRED BY: Richard Whish, Professor of Law, King’s College London and Lars Hendrik Röller, President, European School of Management and Technology (ESMT)

CONFIRMED SPEAKERS INCLUDE:

• Tony Reeves, Partner, Clifford Chance LLP
• Kris Dekeyser, Head of Unit, DG Competition, European Commission
• Gerwin van Gerven, Partner, Linklaters LLP
• Jackie Holland, Director, Policy and Strategy, Office of Fair Trading
• Gary Spratling, Partner, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP
• Martin Low, Parner, McMillan LLP
• Kylie Sturtz, Legal Director of Compliance and Competition, AB Inbev
• Ian Forrester QC, Partner, White & Case LLP
• Fernando Castillo de la Torre, Legal Service, European Commission
• James S. Venit, Partner, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP
• Laurent Geelhand de Merxem, General Counsel Europe, Michelin
• Andrzej Kmiecik, Partner, Van Bael & Bellis
• James Killick, Partner, White & Case LLP
• Stephen Kon, Partner, SJ Berwin LLP
• Dr John Temple Lang, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
• Frank Wijckmans, Partner, Contrast Law
• Adrian Majumdar, Partner, RBB Economics
• Johannes Luebking, Head of Merger Unit, DG Competition, European Commission
• Simon Pritchard, Partner, Allen & Overy LLP
• William Baer, Partner, Arnold & Porter LLP
• Howard Shelanski, Deputy Director for Antitrust for the Bureau of Economics, Federal Trade Commission
• Matthias Pflanz, Vice President, Charles River Associates
• Thomas Vinje, Partner, Clifford Chance LLP
• Christian Duvernoy, Partner, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
• Jonas Koponen, Partner, Linklaters LLP
• Andrea Lofaro, Director, RBB Economics
• Petri Kuoppamaki, Vice President Corporate Legal, Nokia
• Simon Baxter, Partner, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP
• Barbara Rosenberg, Partner, Head of Competition,
  Barbosa, Müssnich & Aragão, Advogados
• Torsten Syrbe, Partner, Clifford Chance LLP
• Derek Lotter, Partner, Bowman Gilfillan
• Feng Yao, Partner, Broad & Bright

DAY ONE

Chairman: Richard Whish, Professor of Law, King’s College London

08.30 Registration and coffee

09.00 Chairman’s Opening Remarks

09.10 Competition Law Snapshot

• Almunia: initial reactions?

• The first cartel settlements

• Inability to pay: a pragmatic solution in difficult times?

• The new vertical restraints regime: a done deal

• Proposed new horizontal guidelines: room for improvements?

• Astrazeneca: where next?

• Oracle/Sun Microsystems: the saga isn’t over yet

• Best practice guidelines: as good as they get?

Tony Reeves, Partner, Clifford Chance LLP

10.20 Coffee

10.40 Trends and Developments in Cartel Enforcement – EU and US

• Review of recent cases

• Direct settlements – how the system is working

• Expansion of criminal sanctions and proliferation of leniency programmes

• The impact on cartel proceedings in these and other jurisdictions

• Shareholder liability

• Payment terms

Kris DeKeyser, Head of Unit, DG Competition, European Commission

Gerwin van Gerven, Partner, Linklaters LLP

Jackie Holland, Director, Policy and Strategy, Office of Fair Trading

Gary Spratling, Partner, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP

Martin Low QC, Partner, McMillan LLP

Kylie Sturtz, Legal Director of Compliance and Competition, AB Inbev

12.20 Lunch

13.30 Competition Law Procedure Post-Lisbon

• Setting of fines – due process and quality of decisionmaking

• Compliance with human rights and CFR requirements

• Best practices – procedures

• Best practices – economic evidence

• Hearing Office guidance

• Lessons from the Member States

Ian Forrester QC, Partner, White & Case LLP

Fernando Castillo de la Torre, Legal Service, European Commission

James S. Venit, Partner, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP

Laurent Geelhand de Merxem, General Counsel Europe, Michelin

14.50 Revised Rules on Horizontal Cooperation Agreements: Recent Developments

• Cooperation between competitors in R&D, production and selling

• Main changes to the BERs and Guidelines in the pipeline

• Are the rules sufficiently clear in practice for major investment projects?

• Should companies have the right to obtain formal guidance from the Commission?

• New approach to the intra-group concept: will the formation of a JV entity remove restrictions on the parents’ conduct from Art 101?

• Standardisation – what the new guidelines may have to say about standard setting

• Information exchange – object of exercise infringement: changes introduced by the Horizontal Guidelines

Andrzej Kmiecik, Partner, Van Bael & Bellis

James Killick, Partner, White & Case LLP

Stephen Kon, Partner, SJ Berwin LLP

Dr John Temple Lang, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP

Comment: Jackie Holland, Director, Policy & Strategy, Office of Fair Trading

16.30 Tea

16.45 Vertical Restraints – Practical Analysis of the Main Changes

• Vertical agreements covered by Regulation 330/2010: a framework of analysis for practitioners

• Overview of the economics covering self-assessment of vertical agreements falling outside the block exemption

– Practical tips on self-assessment

– What sort of evidence would be important to gather and why?

Frank Wijckmans, Partner, Contrast Law

Adrian Majumdar, Director, RBB Economics

18.00 Drinks reception

DAY TWO

Chairman: Lars-Hendrik Röller, President, ESMT

08.30 Welcome coffee

09.00 Chairman’s Opening Remarks

09.10 Recent Developments in EU & US Merger Control

• A review of recent cases

• Horizontal mergers – the new US Merger Guidelines

• The latest on remedies and settlements

• An economist’s perspective

Johannes Luebking, Head of Mergers Unit, DG Competition, European Commission

Simon Pritchard, Partner, Allen & Overy LLP

Howard Shelanski, Deputy Director for Antitrust, Bureau of Economics, Federal Trade Commission

William Baer, Partner, Arnold & Porter LLP

Matthias Pflanz, Vice President, Charles River Associates

11.00 Coffee

11.20 Recent Developments in Antitrust Enforcement and Merger Control in the BRIC countries

Moderator: Simon Baxter, Partner, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP

Brazil: Barbara Rosenberg, Partner, Head of Competition, Barbosa, Müssnich & Aragão, Advogados

Russia: Torsten Syrbe, Partner, Clifford Chance LLP

South Africa: Derek Lotter, Partner, Bowman Gilfillan

China: Feng Yao, Partner, Broad & Bright

13.00 Lunch

 14.15 Special Focus: Dominance, Antitrust and the Internet

• Market definition for internet services: free services and two-sided markets

• Dominance: how to assess it (market ‘shares’, access to alternatives, entry barriers, durability, etc)

• Abuses: where to draw the line, and how to enforce it?

• What’s different about internet-related competition issues?

• Internet sales: when are they active and when are they passive?

Moderator: Thomas Vinje, Partner, Clifford Chance LLP

Christian Duvernoy, Partner, WilmerHale LLP

Jonas Koponen, Partner, Linklaters LLP

Petri Kuoppamaki, Vice President, Corporate Legal, Nokia

Andrea Lofaro, Director, RBB Economics

15.45 Discussion and questions

16.00 Tea and close of conference

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In association with European School of Management and Technology (ESMT)