8 December

Global Merger Control Conference

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Friday 8 December from 08:00 to 13:00 CET

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Maison des Polytechniciens, Hôtel de Poulpry

12 Rue de Poitiers

 75007 Paris France
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REGISTRATION & BREAKFAST

8:00

WELCOME & INTRODUCTORY REMARKS

8.30

Mélanie THILL-TAYARA | Partner, Dechert, Paris (bio)

OPENING DISCUSSION : LEGAL CERTAINTY IS OVER: CONTINENTAL CAN IS BACK AND THE NEW ART. 22 IS HERE

8.35

Paul CSISZAR | Director, DG COMP, Brussels (bio)
Stanislas MARTIN | Rapporteur général, Autorité de la concurrence, Paris (bio)

Moderator: Mélanie THILL-TAYARA | Partner, Dechert, Paris (bio)

#1 THE NEW MERGER RISKS: FDI, FSR, HSR & NSIA

09.15

Besma BOUMAZA | Group General Counsel & secretary of the Board of Directors- Member of the Group Management Board, Accor, Paris
Pierre-Marie VOEGELI | Deputy Head, Foreign Direct Investments Screening, French Treasury, Ministère de l’Économie, Paris*
Mike WALKER | Chief Economist Adviser, Competition and Markets Authority, Londres (bio)

Moderators: Laurence BARY | Partner, Dechert, Paris (bio)
Saira HENRY | Partner, Dechert, London (bio)

COFFEE BREAK

10.15

#2 REMEDIES: TOWARDS A SIMPLIFICATION IN THE EU, UK AND US?

10.30

Marion BAILLY | Deputy Head of Unit - Merger case support and policy, DG COMP, Brussels*
Dorian BEAUCHENE | Senior Consultant, Oxera, Paris (bio)
Étienne CHANTREL | Head of the Merger Department, Autorité de la concurrence, Paris (bio)
Carel MASKE | Senior Attorney, Microsoft, Brussels*
Roman REUTER | Senior Counsel for International Competition Affairs, Deutsche Telekom, Bonn (bio)

Moderators: Mike COWIE | Partner, Dechert, Washington DC (bio)
Clement YORK | Partner, Dechert, Brussels (bio)

#3 IN-HOUSE PANEL: ALL ON PRACTICING MERGERS AS NOT AN EVERY-DAY JOB

11.30

Angélique DE BROUSSE | Head of Competition Law and Policy Group EMEA, Johnson & Johnson, Brussels (bio)
Djemila MESBAH | Global Senior Antitrust Counsel, Novartis, Basel (bio)
Marie-Eleonore NEBOUT | General Counsel, IBM, Paris*
Stanislas DE GUIGNÉ | Head of Competition Law and Litigation, TotalEnergies, Paris*

Moderator: Mélanie THILL-TAYARA | Partner, Dechert, Paris (bio)

CLOSING DISCUSSION: A GLOBAL WAR STORY - WHAT CAN COUNSEL LEARN FROM THE MICROSOFT/ACTIVISION SAGA?

12.30

Laurent FLOCHEL | Vice President, CRA, Paris (bio)
Douglas LAHNBORG | Partner, Dechert, London (bio)

LUNCH

13.00

DOCUMENTATION

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Opening Discussion : Legal Certainty is Over: Continental Can
is Back and the New Art. 22 is Here

1. European Commission, The EU Commission fines two biotech companies the maximum permitted fine of 10% of their global turnover, €432M, for breaching the standstill obligation (Illumina / GRAIL), 12 July 2023

2. Valérie Lefever, The Belgian Competition Authority imposes interim measures on the incumbent telecoms operator following its acquisition of a failing rival following the jurisprudence of the EU Court of Justice in its Towercast ruling (Proximus / EDPnet), 22 June 2023

3. Katarzyna Czapracka, Jérémie Jourdan, Assimakis Komninos, Tilman Kuhn, Nina Frie, The EU Court of Justice confirms that the national authorities can review ex post below-threshold mergers under abuse of dominance rules (Towercast), 16 March 2023

#1 The New Merger Risks: FDI, FSR, HSR & NSIA

1. Jürgen Beninca, Nicolas Brice, Serge Clerckx, Stefano Crosio, Laurent De Muyter, Raimundo Ortega, Rick van ’t Hullenaar, The EU Court of Justice clarifies the conditions under which member states can block FDI and rules that FDI screening mechanisms does not apply to EU-based purchasers (Xella Magyarország) , 13 July 2023

2. European Commission, The EU Commission adopts new rules for implementing the Foreign Subsidies Regulation, 10 July 2023

3. US Federal Trade Commission, The US FTC and DOJ propose amendments to the premerger notification form to request more information on subjects including transaction rationale, previous acquisitions, details surrounding investment and market conditions, 27 June 2023

4. Géraldine Amiel, Alexis Galataud-Coskun, The French Treasury publishes its annual report on FDI control and screening of foreign investments, 9 May 2023

5. Jennifer Storey, Aniko Adam, The UK Government publishes updated market guidance , 27 April 2023

6. Catherine Gordley, The EU Commission adopts a new merger control review rules and procedures, 20 April 2023

#2 Remedies: Towards a Simplification in the EU, UK and US?

1. European Commission, The EU Commission clears the acquisition of a visualisation software provider by a hardware company subject to conditions regarding interoperability and source code access (VMware / Broadcom), 12 July 2023

2. European Commission, The EU Commission sends a Statement of Objection to a Big Tech company over abusive practices in online advertising technology (Google ad tech), 14 June 2023

3. UK Competition Authority, The UK Competition Authority publishes a notice of possible remedies based on its finding that a merger between two vehicle companies is likely to worsen vehicle salvage service options for car insurers (Copart / Hills Motors), 5 May 2023

#3 In-house Panel: All on Practicing Mergers as NOT an Every-Day Job

1. Maria Raptis, Kenneth Schwartz, David Wales, The US FTC and DOJ release a draft of proposed new merger guidelines which aims to change the merger enforcement landscape in US, 19 July 2023

2. Lode Van Den Hende, Kyriakos Fountoukakos, Morris Schonberg, The EU Commission adopts the Implementation Regulation and Notification Forms for reporting transactions and public bids under the Foreign Subsidies Regulation, 10 July 2023

3. Stephen Wisking, Susan Black, Veronica Roberts, Kristien Geeurickx, Alexander Rickets, The UK Government introduces a Bill before Parliament which would hand new powers to the Competition Authority to regulate digital markets, 25 April 2023

4. Kyriakos Fountoukakos, Daniel Vowden, Peter Rowland, Kristien Geeurickx, The EU Commission publishes a package of measures aimed at simplifying its merger control procedures in order to reduce the workload and costs of mergers, 20 April 2023

5. Nicholas Levy, Mergers & Judicial review: An overview of EU and national case law, 16 March 2023

Closing Discussion: A Global War Story - What Can Counsel Learn From the Microsoft/Activision Saga?

1. Ronan Scanlan, The UK Competition Appeal Tribunal announces the receipt of an application to review the Competition Authority’s decision to prohibit the acquisition of a leading video game publisher (Microsoft / Activision Blizzard), 26 May 2023

2. European Commission, The EU Commission conditionally approves the acquisition of a leading video game publisher by a Big Tech company (Microsoft / Activision Blizzard), 15 May 2023, e-Competitions May 2023

3. UK Competition Authority, The UK Competition Authority rejects the proposed commitments of a Big Tech company and blocks its proposed acquisition of a leading video game publisher (Microsoft / Activision Blizzard), 26 April 2023

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This is the 11th edition of this joint conference organized by Concurrences and Dechert, in partnership with sponsors. The attendee list will be communicated to the speakers. By registering for this conference, you are submitting your information to the event organisers who will use it to communicate with you regarding this event and their other services. This event will be recorded. If your question is selected for the Q&A session, you are consenting to be recorded. The official hashtag of this event on our social media is #GlobalMergerControl. Use it to get updated and add your input to the discussions. You can check the news of this event on our Twitter, Linkedin Company page, Linkedin Group or Instagram.
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Maison des Polytechniciens, Hôtel de Poulpry

12 Rue de Poitiers

 75007 Paris France