23 rd St.Gallen International Competiton Law Forum

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1 St.Gallen, May 19 th and 20 th rd St.Gallen International Competiton Law Forum

2 Program Thursday - 19 May 2016 Morning 09:00-09:05 Welcome Carl Baudenbacher President, EFTA Court; Chair, St.Gallen ICF 09:05-10:00 The EU competition law system: Where lies its center of gravity? Presider: Franz Hoffet Homburger Marc van der Woude Judge, General Court of the European Union; Professor, Erasmus University Rotterdam 10:00-10:30 Coffee break 10:30-12:15 Commitments and settlements benefits and risks Presider: Heike Schweitzer Professor, Institute for German and European Economic Law and Competition Law, Freie Universität Berlin Matteo Bay Latham & Watkins Céline Gauer Director Energy and Environment, DG Competition, European Commission Catriona Munro Maclay Murray & Spens 12:15-13:45 Lunch (Pfalzkeller)

3 Program Thursday - 19 May 2016 Afternoon 13:45-15:30 The future of competition law is politics taking over? Presider: Peter Freeman Chairman, Competition Appeal Tribunal; Former Chairman, UK Competition Commission Thomas Cheng Professor, University of Hong Kong Alexei Ispolinov Professor and Head of International Law Department, Moscow State University Ulrich Soltész Gleiss Lutz 15:30-16:00 Coffee break 16:00-17:30 Competition economics today Presider: Kai-Uwe Kühn Professor of Economics and Deputy Director of the Center for Competition Policy, University of East Anglia Thomas Hoehn Senior Advisor, Mazars; London Andrea Lofaro Partner, RBB Economics Frank P. Maier-Rigaud Director and Head of European Competition Economics, NERA 18:30-22:30 Conference dinner with special event at Hotel Einstein

4 Program Friday - 20 May 2016 Morning 09:00-10:45 Presidents Breakfast: Competition among enforcers desirable or detrimental? Presider: Romina Polley Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton Presider: Hanno Wollmann Schoenherr Bruno Lasserre President, French Competition Authority Vincent Martenet President, Swiss Competition Commission Andreas Mundt President, German Federal Cartel Office Dan Sjoblom Director General, Swedish Competition Authority 10:45-11:15 Coffee break 11:15-12:30 Restriction of competition by object or effect Presider: Frank Montag Freshfields Wolfgang Kirchhoff Judge, German Federal Court Marcel Meinhardt Lenz & Staehelin Ingeborg Simonsson Judge, Stockholm City Court; Associate Professor, Stockholm University 12:30-14:00 Lunch (Pfalzkeller)

5 Program Friday - 20 May 2016 Afternoon 14:00-14:45 Keynote by the Director-General DG Competition Presider: Hans Jürgen Meyer-Lindemann Dechert Johannes Laitenberger Director-General, DG Competition, European Commission 14:45-16:00 In-house counsel s tea-time mergers and more Presider: Patrick Sommer CMS von Erlach Poncet Christof von Dryander General Counsel, Deutsche Bank Susan Jones Head Antitrust Legal, Novartis Marc Pfeffer Group General Counsel, Kuehne+Nagel 16:00-16:15 Coffee break 16:15-17:15 Finale: Quo vadis Swiss cartel law? Presider: Marino Baldi Senior Counsel, Prager Dreifuss Nicolas Birkhäuser Niederer Kraft & Frey Andreas Heinemann Professor of Commercial, Economic and European Law, University of Zurich UZH; Vice-President, Swiss Competition Commission Reto Jacobs Walder Wyss 17:15 Farewell Carl Baudenbacher President, EFTA Court; Chair, St.Gallen ICF

6 Speakers & Presiders Marino Baldi Carl Baudenbacher Matteo Bay Senior Counsel, Prager Dreifuss President, EFTA Court; Chair, St.Gallen ICF Latham & Watkins Berne Luxembourg/ St.Gallen Brussels/ Milan Nicolas Birkhäuser Thomas Cheng Niederer Kraft & Frey Professor, University of Hong Kong Zurich Hong Kong Christof von Dryander General Counsel, Deutsche Bank Peter Freeman Chairman, Competition Appeal Tribunal; Former Chairman, UK Competition Commission Céline Gauer Director Energy and Environment, DG Competition, European Commission Frankfurt London Brussels

7 Speakers & Presiders Andreas Heinemann Professor of Commercial, Economic and European Law, University of Zurich UZH; Vice-President, Swiss Competition Commission Thomas Hoehn Senior Advisor, Mazars Franz Hoffet Homburger Zurich London Zurich Alexei Ispolinov Reto Jacobs Professor and Head of International Law Department, Moscow State University Walder Wyss Moscow Zurich Susan Jones Head Antitrust Legal, Novartis Wolfgang Kirchhoff Judge, German Federal Court Kai-Uwe Kühn Professor of Economics and Deputy Director of the Center for Competition Policy, University of East Anglia Basel Karlsruhe Norwich

8 Speakers & Presiders Johannes Laitenberger Bruno Lasserre Director-General, DG Competition, European Commission President, French Competition Authority Brussels Paris Andrea Lofaro Partner, RBB Economics London Frank P. Maier-Rigaud Director and Head of Europea n Competition Economics, NERA; Professor, IESEG, LEM-CNRS (Paris/ Lille) Berlin Vincent Martenet Marcel Meinhardt President, Swiss Competition Commission Lenz & Staehelin Berne Zurich

9 Speakers & Presiders Hans-Jürgen Meyer-Lindemann Dechert Frank Montag Freshfields Brussels/ Frankfurt Brussels Andreas Mundt Catriona Munro President, German Federal Cartel Office Maclay Murray & Spens Bonn Glasgow Marc Pfeffer Romina Polley Group General Counsel, Kuehne+Nagel Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton Glattbrugg Cologne

10 Speakers & Presiders Heike Schweitzer Professor, Institute for German and European Economic Law and Competition Law, Freie Universität Berlin Ingeborg Simonsson Judge, Stockholm City Court; Associate Professor, Stockholm University Dan Sjoblom Director General, Swedish Competition Authority Berlin Stockholm Stockholm Ulrich Soltész Patrick Sommer Hanno Wollmann Gleiss Lutz CMS von Erlach Poncet Schoenherr Brussels Zurich Vienna Marc van der Woude Judge, General Court of the European Union; Professor, Erasmus University Rotterdam Luxembourg/ Rotterdam

11 Advisory Board Romina Polley Advisory Board Chair Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton Cologne Joachim Bornkamm Former President of Chamber, German Federal Supreme Court; Honorary Professor, University of Freiburg Karlsruhe/ Freiburg Carles Esteva Mosso Deputy Director-General Mergers, DG Competition, EU Commission Brussels Peter Freeman Vincent Martenet Chairman, Competition Appeal Tribunal; Former Chairman, UK Competition Commission President, Swiss Competition Commission London Berne Eric Morgan de Rivery Of Counsel and Attorney-at-Law, Jones Day Sven Norberg Senior Adviser, Kreab; Former Director, DG Competition, EU Commission Patrick Sommer CMS von Erlach Poncet Paris Brussels Zurich

12 Chair & Conference Team Carl Baudenbacher Chair St.Gallen ICF President, EFTA Court Luxembourg/ St.Gallen Alexander Göbel Lisa Schwarz Executive Director St.Gallen ICF Visiting Researcher, Harvard Law School; Research and Teaching Fellow, CC EIL, University of St.Gallen HSG Research Fellow, CC EIL, University of St.Gallen HSG Cambridge, MA/ St.Gallen Vienna / St.Gallen Franziska Moll Tirza Amacker Academic Coordinator, E.M.B.L.- HSG, University of St.Gallen HSG; Research Fellow, CC EIL, University of St.Gallen HSG Administrative Coordinator, E.M.B.L.-HSG, University of St.Gallen HSG St.Gallen St.Gallen

13 Information Participation Fee The participation fee is CHF 1 500,- (CHF 900,- for one day) per person including electronic documentation, refreshments during conference breaks, lunches on Thursday and Friday as well as the conference dinner on Thursday. Please note that the registration is binding and that the participation fee is payable within ten days upon confirmation of registration. However, the participation fee is refunded in full, if a written cancellation is received till up to three weeks before the conference date (at the latest by April 28 th 2016). For cancellations received after this date, no refund can be made, however, a replacement participant can be named. Early registration is recommended, as the conference sold out in recent years. Companies sending several participants (two and more) can benefit from a discount of ten percent on the participation fees. This discount cannot be combined with other offers. Special discounts are also available for Ph.D. students, academics and members of the media. Please inquire with us. Hotel Reservations The conference team will gladly assist with hotel reservations and several hotel options are available during the online registration. Venue The St.Gallen International Competition Law Forum will take place in the St.Gallen Kantonsratssaal (Parliament of the Canton of St.Gallen). Lunches are served at the Pfalzkeller and the conference dinner will be held at the Einsteinsaal of Hotel Einstein. For more information, visit the conference webpage at

14 Map & Directions (A) Kantonsratssaal (B) Einsteinsaal Dinner Thursday (C) Pfalzkeller Lunches Kantonsratssaal Klosterhof St.Gallen Pfalzkeller Lunches Klosterhof St.Gallen Hotel Dom Webergasse St.Gallen +41 / 71 / Hotel Einstein Berneggstrasse St.Gallen +41 / 71 / Hotel Radisson St. Jakob Strasse St.Gallen +41 / 71 / Hotel Walhalla Poststrasse St.Gallen +41 / 71 / Einsteinsaal Dinner Thursday Hotel Einstein Berneggstrasse St.Gallen Nokia & Microsoft St.Gallen Zurich Frankfurt a.m. Luxembourg Brussels Geneva New York Harvard Shanghai Tokyo Austin One of the most innovative law programs for mid-career legals and business professionals Financial Times Executive Master of European and International Business Law E.M.B.L.-HSG 18-month part-time program Transfer of solid generalist knowledge and skills in European and international business law For lawyers & non-lawyers Teaching language: English 9 modules, 9 different program locations in Europe, the U.S. and Asia Academic title Executive Master of European and International Business Law E.M.B.L.-HSG Program start: 13 June 2016 Application deadline: 15 May (0) mblhsg@unisg.ch

15 Impressions

16 We would like to thank our strategic and knowledge partners: Do not hesitate to contact us for further information! Registration is available online at University of St.Gallen HSG Competence Center for European and International Law CC-EIL Tigerbergstrasse 9 CH-9000 St.Gallen Phone: +41 / 71 / contact@sg-icf.ch