IIR Law and Compliance

IBC’s 18th highly acclaimed annual conference Advanced EC Competition Law in Brussels provides participants with a unique in-depth update on the major developments in competition law and policy over the past twelve months.

This 2009 competition law review will cover a wide range of topics. The final report on the pharmaceutical sector inquiry, the ongoing review of vertical; restraints as well as recent and expected developments in cartels, mergers and Article 82 will be debated lively by officials from the Commission, practitioners, in-house counsel and economists.

Chairman of day one:
Richard Whish, Professor of Law, King's College London, Lodnon 

Chairman of day two:
Jean-François Bellis, Partner, Van Bael & Bellis, Brussels

Key speakers include:
- Alastair Mordaunt, Director, Mergers, Office of Fair Trading (OFT), London
- Ewoud Sakkers, Head of Unit, Cartel Directorate, DG Competition, European
Commission, Brussels
- Dominik Schnichels, Head of Tasks Force, Pharmaceutical Sector Inquiry
DG Competition, European Commission, Brussels
- Karl Soukup, State Aids - Task Force Financial Crisis, DG Competition, European
Commission, Brussels
- Kristian Wellige, State Aid and Competition Attaché, Permanent Representation
of Germany to the European Union, Brussels
- Dennis Heidschmidt, Legal Counsel, Commerzbank AG, Frankfurt am Main
- Anne Riley, Associate General Counsel Antitrust, Shell International Limited,
London
- Regula Walter, Head of Legal Antitrust and E-commerce, Richemont
International SA, Geneva
- Cristina Caffarra, Vice President, CRA International, London & Brussels
- Simon Baxter, Partner, Clifford Chance LLP, Brussels
- Sarah Cardell, Partner, Slaughter and May, London
- Ian Forrester QC, Partner, White & Case LLP, Brussels
- John Kallaugher, Partner, Latham & Watkins, London
- Frank Montag, Partner, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, Brussels
- John Ratliff, Partner, WilmerHale, Brussels
- Romano Subiotto QC, Partner, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, Brussels
- Johan Ysewyn, Partner, Linklaters LLP, Brussels
- Bo Vesterdorf, Consultant, Herbert Smith LLP, Luxembourg, and Plesner, Copenhagen

Through provocative, relevant and timely information sharing, this conference will provide you with a thorough update and practical tools to master legal policies and complexities.

Make sure that you don’t miss out on IBC's market-leading event.

Please download the programme for more details and the list of speakers.