Archive for July 5th, 2010
Competition Law Event of the Year
See programme below and link hereafter.
GCLC – Sixth Annual Conference – 7 & 8 October 2010 – Programme and Registration Form.
DAY ONE
9:00 Welcome Words
Paul Demaret, Rector of the College of Europe
9:10 Presentation of the Conference
Bernard van de Walle de Ghelcke, President of the GCLC, College of Europe and Linklaters
9:20 Keynote Speech – The European Union Courts Experience and Role In Dealing With Competition Law Cases
Sir David Edward, KCMG, QC, former judge at the Court of First Instance and at the Court of Justice, em. prof. University of Edinburgh
I. Morning Session – General Issues
Chair: Jacques Bourgeois, Former-President of the GCLC, College of Europe, WilmerHale
09:40 Judicial Review, the Rule of Law, Regulatory Accountability and the courts’ ability to promote policy changes
Damien Géradin, University of Tilburg (UvT) and Howrey, and Nicolas Petit, University of Liège (ULg)
10:05 Discussant: Takis Tridimas, College of Europe
10:15 Coffee Break
10:35 Judicial Review in EU Economic Regulation Cases
Jacques Derenne, University of Liège (ULg) and Hogan Lovells
11:00 Discussant: Ben Smulders, Legal Service of the European Commission
11:10 Reflections on the EU Courts’ Involvement in Competition Proceedings: Status Quaestionis and Main Trends
Marc van der Woude, Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) [TBC]
11 :35 Discussant: Eric Barbier de la Serre, Latham & Watkins
11:45 Q&A Session
12:30 Lunch
II. Afternoon Session – The EU Courts’ Scrutiny over the Commission in Competition Law Cases
Chair: Carles Esteva Mosso, Director, DG Competition
13:30 Annulment Proceedings in Antitrust Cases (Article 101 and 102 TFUE) – Standard of Judicial Review over Substantive Issues
David Bailey, Senior Référendaire at the U.K. Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) and King’s College London (KCL)
13:55 Discussants: Theofanis Christoforou, Legal Service of the European Commission and Mario Siragusa, College of Europe and Cleary Gottlieb
14:15 The General Court’s Full-Jurisdiction over Fines in Competition Cases
Bo Vesterdorf, Herbert Smith and Plesner, Former President of the Court of First Instance
14:40 Discussants: Wouter Wils, Legal Service of the European Commission and KCL, and Ian Forrester, White & Case
15:00 Annulment Proceedings in Merger Cases
Philippe Chappatte, Slaughter and May
15:25 Discussants: Marleen Van Kerckhove, Arnold & Porter and Marc Pittie, Bredin Prat
15:45 Coffee Break
16:05 Annulment Proceedings in State Aid Cases
Massimo Merola, College of Europe and Bonelli Erede Pappalardo
16:30 Discussants: Vittorio Di Bucci, Legal Service of the European Commission and Leigh Hancher, University of Tilburg and Allen & Overy
16:50 Locus Standi before EU Courts, with Special Focus on State Aid
Josef Azizi, Judge at the General Court
17:15 Discussants: Leo Flynn, Legal Service of the European Commission and Thomas Jestaedt, Jones Day
17:35 Q&A Session
18:00 End of Day One
DAY TWO
Institutional and Procedural Challenges Faced by the EU Courts in Competition Law Cases
Chair: Sir Christopher Bellamy, Linklaters, former Judge at the Court of First Instance and at the CAT
9:00 The Role of the Court of Justice in Ensuring Compliance with Fundamental Rights in Competition Cases since the Lisbon Treaty
Nils Wahl, Judge at the General Court
9:25 Discussants: Dean Spielmann, Judge at the European Court of Human Rights and Denis Waelbroeck, Free University of Brussels (ULB) and Ashurst
9:45 Expert Economic Evidence in Competition Law Cases
Hans van Houtte, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KUL)
10:10 Discussants: Simon Bishop, RBB Economics and Luis Ortiz Blanco, Garrigues, University of Madrid and College of Europe
10:30 Q&A Session
11:00 Coffee Break
11:20 The Pros and Cons of Specialized Competition Courts, Chambers and Judges
Roundtable Discussion moderated by Sir Francis Jacobs, KCMG QC, Fountain Court, former Advocate General at the Court of Justice
Discussants: Charles Dhanowa, OBE Registrar of the CAT, Jacqueline Riffault Silk, Court of Appeal of Paris, and Ingeborg Simonsson, Stockholm City Court
12:30 Close of Conference
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