EU Competition Law - Current Issues in a Global Context

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Panels

• Mergers: Recent EU and US developments
• Unilateral conduct: Law and economics post-Intel
• Antitrust in Grey Areas: Price signaling, after-markets, digital collusion
• National Enforcement: Procedural harmonization: ECN+, Brexit, etc.

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Participants
Session 1

• Professor William E. Kovacic, George Washington University Law School and King's College London 
• Juan Arteaga, Partner, Crowell & Moring LLP, former US Deputy Assistant Attorney General (DoJ)
• Michele Piergiovanni, Head of Unit (Mergers), European Commission 
• Cerry Darbon, VP Legal - Competition, Regulatory and Disputes, Liberty Global 

Session 2

• Professor Richard Whish QC (Hon), King's College London 
• Giulio Federico, Head of Unit (Chief Economist's Unit), European Commission
• Bojana Ignjatovic, Partner, RBB Economics
• Sean-Paul Brankin, Partner, Crowell & Moring LLP

Session 3

• Professor Renato Nazzini, King's College London 
• Kevin Coates, Partner, Covington & Burling LLP 
• Matthew Levitt, Partner, Hogan Lovells International LLP 
• Christoph Leibenath, Senior Antitrust Counsel, Nestlé

Session 4

• Wouter Wils, King's College London 
• Professor Jacques Steenbergen, President, Belgian Competition Authority
• Anneleen Straetemans, Global Legal Director, Competition, Anheuser-Busch InBev
• Simon Constantine, Director, Policy & International, UK CMA