Chillin'Competition

With every new academic year comes a new edition of the mardis du droit de la concurrence, This series has been around pretty muchsince the dawn of European competition law. It continues to be a unique venue to get a sense of the evolution and direction of travel of our field, more recently under the expert leadership of Denis Waelbroeck and Jean-François Bellis (now joined by the great Nathan Cambien).

The programme for the new academic year is now out (see here). It includes talks that have become classic fixtures, such as Fernando Castillo de la Torre‘s overview of the case law in the area of cartels and provides a complete tour d’horizon of all areas of enforcement, featuring both Commission officials and private practitioners.

Advocate General Laila Medina will be closing this year’s series with a *lundi du droit* (11th May 2026) with a speech on ‘EU competition law and the Court of Justice‘.

I am honoured (and grateful) to have been invited to open this year’s series on Tuesday 4th November (7pm Brussels time) with a discussion on the recent developments on abuse of dominance. More info on can be found on the flyer above. I really look forward to seeing many of you there!