6 April 2021

Antitrust in the Financial Sector - 5th Annual Conference

Date & place

From 6 to 20 April 2021

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Program

6 Apr.

WEBINAR #1
Webinar held on Tuesday, 6 April 2021 - 11:00 EDT / 17:00 CEST.
See below for the documentation of this webinar.

FIRESIDE CHAT WITH BRIAN BROOKS

Brian BROOKS | Former Acting Comptroller of the Currency | Member of the Board, Spring Labs, Marina del Rey [bio]
Chair: Richard TAFFET | Partner, Morgan Lewis, New York [bio]

13 Apr.

WEBINAR #2
Webinar held on Tuesday, 13 April 2021 - 11:00 EDT / 17:00 CEST.
See below for the documentation of this webinar.

CURRENT INTERNATIONAL ISSUES IN THE FINANCIAL SECTOR:
PAYMENTS COMPETITION, MASS ACTIONS, ENFORCEMENT PRIORITIES

Dennis DAVIS | Former President, Competition Appeal Court of South Africa, Pretoria [bio]
Maria VELENTZA | Director Financial Services, DG Competition, European Commission, Brussels [bio]
Graciela MIRALLES | Senior Economist - Markets and Competition Global Team, The World Bank, Washington D.C. [bio]
Oliver LATHAM | Vice President, Charles River Associates, London [bio]
Vivek MANI | Principal, Cornerstone Research, London [bio]
Ademir Antonio PEREIRA JUNIOR | Partner, Advocacia José Del Chiaro, Sao Paulo [bio]
Moderators:
Linda CENEDELLA | Partner, Morgan Lewis, New York [bio]
Jon ROELLKE | Partner, Morgan Lewis, Washington D.C. [bio]

20 Apr.

WEBINAR #3
Webinar held on Tuesday, 20 April 2021 - 11:00 EDT / 17:00 CEST.
See below for the documentation of this webinar.

FINANCIAL SECTOR CONSORTIA AND COLLABORATIONS

Irene DE ANGELIS | Head of Antitrust Affairs, Intesa Sanpaolo, Milan [bio]
Mark GIDLEY | Partner, White & Case, Washington D.C. [bio]
Rosa M. ABRANTES-METZ | Principal, The Brattle Group, New York [bio]
Moderator: Jon ROELLKE | Partner, Morgan Lewis, Washington D.C. [bio]

Past webinars, interviews, and related articles

If you would like to read about this event’s topic, you can access the following Concurrences documents. If you do not have an access, please inquire for Subscription here.

Webinar #1 - Fireside Chat with Brian Brooks

Full video, podcast and other materials

Available here

Related articles

1. US Department of Justice Antitrust Division, The US DoJ announces that two financial services companies have abandoned their planned merger (Visa / Plaid), 12 January 2021, e-Competitions January 2021, Art. N° 98684

2. US Department of Justice Antitrust Division, The US DoJ requires divestiture of digital do-it-yourself tax preparation business for the merger of financial software companies to proceed (Intuit / Credit Karma), 25 November 2020, e-Competitions November 2020, Art. N° 98253

3. Elvira Aliende Rodriguez, Sujin Chan-Allen, Barnabas Reynolds, The EU Commission launches proposals for a regime regulating crypto-assets and distributed ledger technology in the financial sector through a digital finance package, 24 September 2020, e-Competitions September 2020, Art. N° 98022

4. Webinar Concurrences, Consumer Data Protection & Competition in Banking, 15 September 2020

5. Webinar Concurrences, Fireside Chat: Antitrust Issues for the Financial Sector, 9 September 2020

6. UK Competition Authority, The UK Competition Authority clears takeover of fintech start-up by global leader in electronic payments (Visa / Plaid), 24 August 2020, e-Competitions August 2020, Art. N° 96542

7. Fabio Falconi, Caroline Janssens, Adam Land, Stuart D. Levi, Sheldon Mills, Jorge Padilla, Bill Roberts, Stefano Trento, Ingrid Vandenborre, Marianne Verdier, Banking and big data, November 2019, Concurrences N° 4-2019, Art. N° 92003, pp. 22-47

8. Karthik Balisagar, Thomas P. Brown, Guillaume Duquesne, Miguel de la Mano, Renato Nazzini, The implications of bitcoin for competition, antitrust, and regulation in the banking industry, February 2019, Concurrences N° 1-2019, Art. N° 88667, pp. 26-43

Webinar #2 - Current International Issues in the Financial Sector: Payments Competition, Mass Actions, Enforcement Priorities

Full video, podcast and other materials

Available here

Related articles

1. Interview with Maria Velentza (Director Financial Services, DG Competition, European Commission), by Linda Cenedella (Partner, Morgan Lewis)

2. German Competition Authority, The German Competition Authority does not oppose two undertakings’ joint payment system, 17 December 2020, e-Competitions December 2020, Art. N° 98409

3. Mexican Competition Authority, The Mexican Competition Authority establishes that there are not effective competition conditions in the card payment system, 16 December 2020, e-Competitions December 2020, Art. N° 98501

4. Marc Israel, Kate Kelliher, The UK Supreme Court dismisses the appeal of a financial services company by upholding the decision of the Court of Appeal and makes a significant impact on the national collective proceedings for the future (Merricks / Mastercard), 11 December 2020, e-Competitions December 2020, Art. N° 98364

5. Chris Collins, Elvira Aliende Rodriguez, Jonathan Swil, Ozlem Fidanboylu, The UK Supreme Court gives guidance on collective proceedings in competition appeal tribunal in the financial services sector (Merricks / Mastercard), 11 December 2020, e-Competitions December 2020, Art. N° 98395

6. Webinar Concurrences, Financial Services and Antitrust: A live update with DG COMP and UK FCA, 13 October 2020

Webinar #3 - Financial Sector Consortia and Collaborations

Full video, podcast and other materials

Available here

Related articles

1. Interview with Irene de Angelis (Head of Antitrust Affairs, Intesa Sanpaolo), by Jon Roellke (Partner, Morgan Lewis)

2. Webinar Concurrences, Financial Services and Antitrust: A live update with DG COMP and UK FCA, 13 October 2020

3. US Department of Justice Antitrust Division, Letter to Abram Ellis, Re: International Swaps and Derivatives Association Business Review Request, 1 October 2020

4. Jon Roellke, Antitrust Considerations For Collaboration During COVID-19, Law360, 20 March 2020 [shared with author’s permission]

5. US Department of Justice Antitrust Division, Letter to Richard Taffet, Re: The Clearing House Payments Company LLC Business Review Request, 21 September 2017

6. Nicole Kar, Josh Buckland, Antitrust risk in financial services: Lessons from recent regulatory developments in the EU, UK and beyond, November 2019, Concurrences N° 4-2019, Art. N° 91844

Organizers

This is the 5th edition of this joint conference co-organized by Concurrences and Morgan Lewis, in partnership with the sponsors. Due to the ongoing public health measures for COVID-19, the Antitrust in the Financial Sector Conference will be held via a series of 3 webinars from April 6th to 20th, 2021.

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