Antitrust Law and Policies From Brussels to Washington, DC: The Atlantic Divide?

21/10/16

8:00 – 8:30 Breakfast and Registration

8:30 – 9:00 Keynote Speech Sir Philip Lowe / Senior Advisor, FTI Consulting / Former Director General of DG Competition

9:00 – 10:15 Recent Developments in Merger Control Review Cristina Caffarra / Vice President, Head of European Competition Practice, Charles River Associates (CRA) Ronan Flanagan / Legal Director, Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) Michele Piergiovanni / Head of Unit, European Commission Tara Reinhart / Partner, Skadden, Washington, D.C. / Former Senior Trial Counsel, Federal Trade Commission Patrick Schriber / General Counsel EMEA, DuPont de Nemours International S.A. Moderator: Frederic Depoortere / Partner, Skadden, Brussels

10:30 – 11:15 Geoblocking and the Boundaries of Competition Law Thomas Kramler / Head of the Digital Single Market Task Force, DG Competition Patrick Rey / Professor of Economics, University of Toulouse Moderator: Ingrid Vandenborre / Partner, Skadden, Brussels

11:15 – 12:30 Brexit – Challenges and Opportunities Maya Lester QC / Brick Court Chambers Ludovic Bernardeau / Référendaire, General Court of the EU (Luxembourg) Michal Berkner / Partner, Skadden, London Moderator: Pranav Trivedi / Partner, Skadden, London

12:30 – 13:00 Closing Remarks James Keyte / Partner, Skadden, New York / Adjunct Professor and Director, Fordham Competition Law Institute

13:00 Buffet Lunch by Atelier Yves Mattagne

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