Agencies and general counsel: what’s on their radar? - 9th Annual Global Merger Control Conference 2021

January 10, 2022

Dechert’s global antitrust/competition team co-hosted with Concurrences Review the hybrid edition of the 9th Global Merger Conference. The conference addressed considerations and practical responses to the recent challenges facing competition authorities and in-house counsel on the topic of mergers:

Panel 1: Mergers & FDI Screening: Politics and Policy Interplay
Panel 2: Recent Merger Control Initiatives: What to Expect?
Panel 3: In-House Counsel Showcase Session: Recent Challenges

Featured key speakers included notably Isabelle de Silva, former President of the FCA, Guillaume Loriot, Deputy-Director for Mergers, DG COMP and Marie-Anne Lavergne, Head - Foreign Investments Control, French Treasury.

If you have any questions over one of these topics, please feel free to reach out to one of our Dechert team members listed below.

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Opening Discussion

Speakers:
Guillaume Loriot | Deputy Director General, European Commission - DG Competition, Brussels
Laurent Flochel | Vice President, CRA, Paris
Mélanie Thill-Tayara | Partner, Dechert, Paris

Mergers & FDI Screening: Politics and Policy Interplay

Moderators:
Sophie Pelé | National Partner, Dechert, Paris
Marjolein De Backer | Associate, Dechert, Brussels

Speakers:
Céline Darrigade | Head of Antitrust, Thales, Paris
Fernando Jiménez | Director, NERA Economic Consulting, Madrid
Marie-Anne Lavergne | Head - Foreign Investments Control, French Treasury (DG Trésor), Paris
Christof Schoser | Head of Task Force Third-Country Subsidies, DG COMP, Brussels

Recent Merger Control Initiatives: What to Expect?

Moderators:
Clemens York | Partner, Dechert, Francfort / Brussels
Mike Cowie | Partner, Dechert, Washington D.C.

Speakers:
Etienne Chantrel | Deputy Rapporteur général, Autorité de la concurrence, Paris
Simon Genevaz | Deputy Head of Unit - Mergers Case Support and Policy, DG COMP, Brussels
Molly Herron | Lead Group Antitrust Counsel - ex-Americas, Novartis, Basel
Dr. Nicola Tosini | Director, NERA Economic Consulting, Berlin/ Brussels / Milan

In-House Counsel Showcase Session: Recent Challenges

Moderators:
Laurence Bary | Partner, Dechert, Paris

Speakers:
Belinda Bagge | Legal Director, Competition and Regulatory Law, BT, London
Esther Bitton | Head of Antitrust and Head of Legal & HR for the Procurement Business Unit, Casino, Paris
Kelig Bloret-Dupuis | Head of Competition Legal Department, Essilor, Paris
Grania Holzwarth | Competition Policy Legal Counsel, Deutsche Telekom, Brussels
Caroline Medina | Global Competition Law Legal Director, Alstom, Paris
Nick Woodrow | Head of competition Law, Vodafone, London