Chillin'Competition

The Luxembourg Centre for European Law and the Association of European Competition Law Judges have jointly organised a seminar on self-preferencing that will take place in Luxembourg on 26th February. More information on the event and on how to register can be found here.

The speakers are Judge Octavia Spineanu-Matei (Court of Justice), Professor Walid Chaiehloudj (Université Côte d’Azur) and yours truly. If you happen to be around, it would be great to catch up – and the organisers have wisely foreseen ample time for discussion after our presentations.

On 5th March, the European Commission will be hosting a conference on the future of merger control (Shaping the Future of EU Merger Control Conference). It promises to be one of the landmarks in the process leading to the review of the Merger Guidelines.

It is a day-long event that will kick off with a panel on ‘Driving productivity and innovation in the Single Market: the role of EU Merger control‘, which I will have the honour of moderating. It features a distinguished list of officials, academics and legal advisers. One to which I very much look forward. Again, hope to see many of you on the day!