Walking tour – Imperial Fora

Social Event Tuesday 23rd September h. 18:15 (CET) Sponsored by Step back in time with our expertly guided walking tour through the awe-inspiring Imperial Fora—the monumental heart of ancient Roman power and architecture. We will begin at the Colosseum, the world-renowned symbol of the Eternal City, reached via a comfortable bus from our meeting point. […]

State aid and competitiveness of European companies

Parallel Session State aid and competitiveness of European companies Tuesday 23rd September h. 17:30 – 18:15 (CET) Managed by Labour markets have become a topic of debate and special interest among competition authorities, policymakers and businesses in numerous jurisdictions. Cases involving anticompetitive agreements in labour markets have made the headlines in various jurisdictions, including Türkiye. […]

Walking tour – Campus Martius

Social Event Wednesday 24th September h. 18:15 (CET) Sponsored by Embark on a captivating evening tour through the most enchanting corners of ancient and baroque Rome. Starting with a comfortable bus ride from our meeting point, we’ll explore a rich blend of sacred temples, monumental columns, and iconic fountains—a journey through centuries of Roman art, […]

New trends in merger control: efficiency, sustainability and industrial policy objectives

Parallel Session Thursday 26th September h. 15:00-15:45 (CET) Managed by Competition authorities attracted significant attention for their intervention in M&A-deals. The merger control environment is becoming ever more complex with lengthier reviews, novel theories of harm, increased intervention and the need to navigate multiple competition authorities around the world. This session will focus on recent […]

Networking aperitif

Social Event Tuesday 23rd September h. 19:30 (CET) Sponsored by The Aperitif, sponsored by our Platinum Partner ACTECON, will take place in a truly special location: the Casa dei Cavalieri di Rodi, a hidden gem in the heart of Rome, at Piazza del Grillo 1. Perched above the Imperial Forums, this medieval palace offers a […]

Joseph Harrington

Joe Harrington is the Patrick T. Harker Professor in the Department of Business Economics & Public Policy at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He has published more than 100 articles in leading journals such as the American Economic Review, Econometrica, and the Antirust Law Journal. His research focuses on collusion and cartels with […]

Matteo Beretta

Matteo Beretta is a partner based in the Milan office. Mr. Beretta’s practice primarily focuses on European law and antitrust law, a practice area in which he advises numerous major international companies in regard to merger control procedures, and cartel and abuse of dominant position matters. Mr. Beretta is distinguished as a leading Competition/European Law […]

Patrick Hubert

Patrick Hubert, a Paris-based partner in the Antitrust & Competition group, brings decades of legal experience and innovation in both private practice and government, with experience ranging from acting as chief of staff to the French Minister of Justice, to being general counsel and chief investigator with the French competition authority, and from acting as […]

Alessandro Di Giò

Alessandro Di Giò is counsel in our ‘Antitrust, Competition and Trade’ group in Rome. His practice covers all areas of EU and Italian competition law, as well as regulatory and antitrust litigation, audits, integration planning and compliance programs, foreign investments and foreign subsidies control. He has experience across a wide range of sectors, and particularly […]

Fabienne Siredey-Garnier

Fabienne Siredey-Garnier has been appointed Vice President of the French Competition Authority in 2018. Vice-President of the Autorité de la concurrence having previously served as Rapporteur in 2007-2009. Appointed magistrate in 2003, she was deputy prosecutor and then presided over several criminal chambers in the Bobigny, Nanterre and Paris High Courts. In 1992, was appointed […]

Bahadir Balki

Bahadir Balki is a Managing Partner at ACTECON and the co-head of the firm’s competition practice. He has extensive experience in all sorts of TCA proceedings and investigations, with a particular focus on abuse of dominance investigations, global merger cases, especially in Phase II procedures, as well as leniency enforcement. He contributed to the creation […]

Valeria Veneziano

Valeria Veneziano is a Senior Associate in Osborne Clarke’s Competition, Antitrust and Trade service line since 2014 and has worked in the competition field since 1999, covering the entire spectrum of antitrust activities: proceedings before the Italian Antitrust Authority and the European Commission for cartels, abuse of dominance and other restrictive practices; merger control filings […]

Nuno Cunha Rodrigues

With an academic career at the University of Lisbon School of Law (FDUL), where he graduated, obtained a master’s degree in Legal and Business Sciences and a PhD in Legal and Economic Sciences, Nuno Cunha Rodrigues is president of the AdC since March 13, 2023. As an associate professor at the mentioned Law School, he […]

Richard Whish

Emeritus Richard Whish was made an Honorary Queen’s Counsel in February 2014. In 2011 he was recipient of the Global Competition Review Award for Academic Excellence. A legal academic and author, he was Professor of Law at King’s College London from 1991 to 2013; prior to that he taught at the University of Bristol and […]

Tommaso Valletti

Tommaso Valletti is Professor of Economics at the Imperial College Business School, and Professor of Economics at the University of Rome “Tor Vergata” (on leave). He has previously taught at the London School of Economics, Telecom ParisTech/Ecole Polytechnique, and Turin. Valletti is currently the Head of the Department of Economics & Public Policy at Imperial College Business […]

William E. Kovacic

William E. Kovacic is currently a professor of Global Competition Law and Policy and director of the Competition Law Center at George Washington University. Since 2013, Professor Kovacic has served as a Non-executive Director of the United Kingdom’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). He was a Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission from January 2006 […]

Michele Carpagnano

Michele Carpagnano is a partner in Dentons’ Rome office and the head of the Italian Competition & Antitrust practice, PhD, he holds a teaching position in EU Competition Law at University of Trento. Founder and Co-Director of the Trento Summer School in Advanced EU Competition Law & Economics, he is also the Founder and Co-Director […]

Pinar Akman

Pinar Akman is a Professor of Law at the School of Law, University of Leeds. Outside of academia, she is an Ordinary Member (judge) at the UK’s Competition Appeal Tribunal and a member of the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) Innovation Advisory Group. Previously, she was a Director at the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence in Digital […]