GLOBAL ANTITRUST HOT TOPICS:

EU, US AND GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES

7 September 2017 - 12:00 pm - 6:00 pm

12.00

Registration and lunch

12.45 - 13.15

Opening Keynote Speech

Maria Eugenia MARTINS DE RIBEIRO | Former Judge, General Court of the EU, Luxembourg

13.15 - 14.15

Hot Topics in Innovation Markets

Cyril RITTER | Case officer, DG COMP, Brussels

Ariel EZRACHI | Professor, Oxford

Theon VAN DIJK | Director, E.CA Economics, Brussels

Chair: Paul LUGARD | Partner, Baker Botts, Brussels

Coffee Break

14.45 - 15.45

EU/US/Asia Merger Developments in 2017

Hanna ANTTILAINEN | Head of Unit Mergers, Energy and Environment, DG COMP, Brussels

Philipp von HUELSEN | Head of Legal and Compliance, European Regional Operating Unit, Boehringer Ingelheim, Amsterdam

Raphaël DE CONINCK | Vice President, CRA, Brussels

Steve WEISSMAN | Partner, Baker Botts, Washington D.C.

Chair: Catriona HATTON | Partner, Baker Botts, Brussels

15.45 – 16.45

Investigations and Rights of Defense

Nicholas KHAN | Legal adviser, Legal service Competition, European Commission, Brussels

Hanns Peter NEHL | Référendaire, General Court of the EU, Luxembourg

John TALADAY | Partner, Baker Botts Washington D.C.

Chair: Georg BERRISCH | Partner, Baker Botts, Brussels

Drinks