International Mergers Conference

This fourth edition of the International Mergers Conference will take place in University College London on Tuesday 23 May 2023. The conference is organised by Concurrences in partnership with University College London with the support of panel and media sponsors.

Topics to be covered include

• Developments of New Theories of Harm in Merger Reviews
  Discussion surrounding new theories of harm in sectors that are now in the spotlight such as the pharmaceutical, technology and environmental sectors.
• Sustainability in Merger Control
  Hot topics in sustainability will include green efficiencies that can lead to reduced environmental harm in merger control cases, the interconnection between competition policy and the Green Deal, theories of harm in innovation, and green killer acquisitions.
• Mergers in the Pharmaceutical Industry
  The pharmaceutical industry is impacted by numerous reforms in the US, the EU, but also within member states, such as pricing reforms and an inflation reduction law. It is also a sector in which the phenomenon of killer acquisitions can be discussed or the concept of potential competition.
• Merger Control and Private Equity
  Private equity is under discussion in the US, but also in the EU and the UK. For example, in the US, the FTC and the DOJ have suggested that the private equity investment model is in conflict with antitrust laws. Many competition authorities in the EU have also taken a position on this issue and numerous decisions have been issued.

Speakers

• Gönenç GÜRKAYNAK | Partner, ELIG Gürkaynak Attorneys-at-Law, Istanbul
• Pedro HINOJO | Head of Information Society, Competition Directorate, Spanish National Markets and Competition Commission, Madrid
• Ioannis KOKKORIS | Director of the Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary University, London
• Elisabetta LANZA | Investigative Officer, Italian Competition Authority, Rome
• Julian NOWAG | Associate Professor in EU Law, Lund University
• Alexandru POTLOG | Legal Director, AbbVie, London
• Colin RAFTERY | Senior Director of Mergers, CMA, London
• Ana SOFIA RODRIGUES | Chief economist, Portuguese Competition Authority, Lisbon (TBC)
• Anna TZANAKI | Senior lecturer, Lund University
• Teresa VECCHI | Deputy Head of Unit Merger DG COMP, Brussels

Moderators

• Simon HOLMES | Visiting Professor, University of Oxford, Member, UK Competition Appeal Tribunal, London
• Ioannis LIANOS | President, Hellenic Competition Commission | Professor of Global Competition Law and Public Policy, Faculty of Laws, University College London
• Deni MANTZARI | Associate Professor - Competition Law and Policy, Co-Director - Centre for Law, Economics and Society, Faculty of Laws, University College London
• Florence THEPOT | Lecturer in Law, University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg

See further details on the Concurrences website and book your place