Guest Lecture Programme

The Competition Law & Policy Guest Lecture Programme brings together leading practitioners and academics to discuss recent developments in competition law and policy. Lectures cover both the law and economics of competition law. The majority of lectures take place in Hilary Term at the St Cross building. Lectures are open to Oxford students and university members. Other persons interested in attending are welcome to do so, but are kindly asked to inform the Centre in advance so to ensure availability of places.

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Year 2012/13

	Subject	Speaker	Time and Venue
Friday 19 October 2012	Antitrust Economics	Mark Williams NERA	13h00 Centre for Competition Law & Policy
Friday 1 February 2013	Dawn Raids and Cartel Investigations	Peter Citron Hogan Lovells International LLP	13h00 Centre for Competition Law & Policy Seminar Room J (Lecture Room 1) (with lunch from 12.30 in the Foyer of the Institute of European and Comparative Law)
Friday 8 February 2013	Workshop on Vertical Restraints   Additional information	Molly Herron and Nick Root Herbert Smith LLP	13h00 Centre for Competition Law & Policy The Cube, St Cross Building (with lunch from 12.30 in the Foyer of the Institute of European and Comparative Law)
Friday 15 February 2013	US Antitrust Law - Vertical Restraints and Resale Price Maintenance   Additional information	Laurence Popofsky Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP	13h00 Centre for Competition Law & Policy The Cube, St Cross Building (with lunch from 12.30 in the Foyer of the Institute of European and Comparative Law)
Friday 22 February 2013	Unilateral Effects and the European Merger Regulation	Michele Piergiovanni European Commission	13h00 Centre for Competition Law & Policy The Cube, St Cross Building (with lunch from 12.30 in the Foyer of the Institute of European and Comparative Law)
Friday 26 April 2013	Article 102 TFEU	John Temple Lang Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP	13h00 Centre for Competition Law & Policy
Friday 2 May 2014	US Antitrust Law – A Comparative Perspective	Laurence Popofsky Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP	13h00 Centre for Competition Law & Policy

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Previous lectures

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• Claes Bengtsson, European Commission, on Buyer Power - An Enforcer Perspective
• Laura Phaff, Office of Fair Trading, on Purchasing Agreements
• Peter Carstensen, University of Wisconsin Law School, on Controlling the Abuse of Unilateral Buyer Power
• Ariel Ezrachi, Oxford CCLP, on Buying Alliances and Input Price Fixing
• Lars Henriksson, Stockholm School of Economics, on Countervailing Buyer Power
• Matthew Johnson, OXERA, on Buyer Power and Retail Competition
• Jack Kirckwood, Seattle University School of Law, on Powerful Buyers and Merger Enforcement
• Birgit Krueger, Bundeskartellamt, on Buying Alliances in the Food Retail Sector
• Andrew McCarthy, British Brands, on Buying Power and the Retail Sector
• Michael Rowe, Slaughter and May, on FMCG Mergers
• Howard Smith, Oxford University, on Buyer Power in the Brick Manufacturing Market
• Maurice E. Stucke, University of Tennessee, on Buyer Power and Behavioural Economics
• Bob Young, Europe Economics, on Market Trends and Buyer Power
• John Temple Lang, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, on The Concept of Exclusionary Abuse under Article 102 TFEU 
• Spencer Waller, Loyola University of Chicago, on Brands: appropriate analysis in competition and IP law?
• Nicola Mazzarotto, Competition Economics, KPMG, on Brands in competition economic analysis
• Olav Kolstad, Advokatfirmaet Schjødt AS, on Unfair practices: analysis and remedies across Europe
• Tony Durham, Shopper Based Design, P&G, on Shopper behaviour and brands: how choices are made
• Tony Clayton, Chief Economist, UK Intellectual Property Office, on Similar packaging: assessing consumer detriment and business harm
• Hugh M. Hollman, Attorney Advisor, US FTC, on The International Competition Network – Past Achievements and Future Challenges
• Robert L. Steiner on Vertical Competition
• Henning Leupold, European Commission, DG Competition, on The Assessment of Horizontal Cooperation Agreements
• Terry Calvan, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, on US antitrust law in comparative perspective
• Molly Herron and Alex Long, Herbert Smith LLP, on Vertical Agreements
• John Temple Lang, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, on Article 102 TFEU (ex Art 82 EC) - Prices and Rebates
• Carl Shapiro, US Department of Justice and Hass School of Business, Berkeley, on Mergers and Acquisitions
• Wouter Wils, European Commission, on Cartel Enforcement and Criminalisation
• Julian Joshua, Partner, Howrey LLP Brussels, on Does Cartel Criminalisation Have a Future Outside of the United States? Insights from the United Kingdom Experience
• Micael O'Kane, Partner, Head of Fraud/Regulatory Group, Peters & Peters, on Practical Issues Arising from Concurrent Criminal Prosecutions in the UK and Overseas
• Caron Beaton-Wells,  Associate Professor, Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne, on Milestone or Roadblock? The Role of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission in Criminalising Cartels
• Christine Parker,  Associate Professor and Reader, Melbourne Law School, on Criminalisation and Compliance: The Gap Between Rhetoric and Reality 
• Christopher Harding, Professor of Law, University of Wales, Aberystwyth, on Recidivism, Criminalisation and the Growth of the Anti-Cartel Enforcement Industry
• Stephen Wilks, Professor of Politics, University of Exeter, on Criminalisation in the Context of Britain?s Traditions of Negotiated Regulation 
• Andreas Stephan,  Lecturer, Norwich Law School & ESRC Centre for Competition Policy, University of East Anglia, on Cartel Criminalisation: The Role of the Media in the 'Battle for Hearts and Minds'
• Michael A. Carrier, Rutgers Law School – Camden, on Antitrust concerns and the pharmaceutical sector - Pharmaceutical agreements and generics companies
• Alden Abbott, US FTC, on Standard Setting Under Section 5 of the FTC Act 
• Cecilio Madero Villarejo, DG Competition, on Intellectual property rights and competition rules, a complex but indispensable coexistence? 
• Philippe Chappatte, Slaughter and May, on FRAND commitments- The case for antitrust intervention
• Damien Geradin, Tilburg University, Howrey, on FRAND commitments- The case against antitrust intervention
• Pat Treacy, Bristows, on Competition law and Intellectual Property Rights
• Edward L. Flippen, McGuireWoods LLP, on US Antitrust law
• Michael D. Whinston, Northwestern University, on Vertical Contracting and Antitrust
• John Temple Lang, Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton LLP, on the Commission Guidance on Article 82 EC
• Sir Jeremy lever QC, Monckton Chambers, All-Souls College, on the Commission Guidance on Article 82 EC
• Prof. Mario Monti, formerly the European Commissioner for Competition, on European competition law and economics
• Simon Bishop, RBB Economics, on The law and economics of loyalty rebates
• John Davies, UK Competition Commission, on What if people make mistakes? The assumption of 'rationality' in competition economics
• John Temple Lang, Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton LLP, on Article 82 EC – Recent Developments'
• Dennis Carlton, Chief Economist at the Antitrust Division of the US Justice Department, on the law and economics of tying
• Philippe Chappatte, Slaughter & May, on The Impala judgment (Sony/BMG merger)
• Ali Nikpay, OFT, on Article 82 reform
• Mark Williams, NERA Economic Consulting, on Antitrust Economics
• Iestyn Williams, RBB Economics, on Article 82 reform: an economic perspective
• Simon Priddis, OFT, on the Law and Economics of Conglomerate Mergers
• Philippe Chappatte, Slaughter and May, on International Cartels and leniency Procedures
• Terry Calvani, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, on US Antitrust law and Private Enforcement
• Terry Calvani, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, on criminal sanctions for competition offences
• Don Baker, Baker & Miller PLLC, on Network Effects and Essential Facilities
• Edward Flippen, McGuireWoods LLP, on US Electric Deregulation
• Peter Willis, Taylor Wessing, on the privilege against self-incrimination in competition investigations
• Sir John Vickers, Chairman, OFT, on The abuse of market power
• Carles Esteva Mosso, DG Competition, on EU merger control: the current state of play
• Chris Bright, Shearman & Sterling, on Dispute resolution and competition law
• John Temple Lang, CGSH, on Problems and issues of decentralising European competition law
• Mark Williams, NERA, on Antitrust Economics
• Alden Abbott, US FTC, on US Antitrust Law
• Robert O'Donoghue, CGSH, on IP rights & Competition law
• Simon Evenett, SBS, on Globalisation & competition law
• Phil Evans on Competition enforcement and the consumer interest
• Sir Jeremy Lever on Modernisation
• John Temple Lang on Article 82 (Abuse)
• Prof. Stephen Weatherill on Competition Law and Sport
• Dr Mark Williams, NERA, on Antitrust Economics
• Malcolm Nicholson, Slaughter and May, on Airtours (MyTravel)
• Philip Marsden, BIICL, on Comparative Aspects of US and EU Competition Laws.
• Chris Bright, Shearman & Sterling, on the Competition Appeals Tribunal
• Michael Rowe, Slaughter and May, on Vertical Agreements – Freezer Exclusivity
• Timothy J. Muris, Chairman US FTC, on Current issues in competition and consumer policy
• Bernardine Adkins, Wragge & Co, on enforcement
• Dr David Gilo, Tel Aviv University, on Passive Investments
• Andrew Chin, University of North Carolina, on Microsoft
• Jeff Schmidt, Director, Bureau of Competition, United States Federal Trade Commission, on United States competition law policy – the private label experience.
• Prof. Steve Anderman, University of Essex, on the essential facilities reasoning in Article 82 and IPRs 
• Andres Font Galarza, Mayer Brown, on buying alliances: what parameters are set by competition law?
• Guiseppe Abbamonte, DG Sanco, European Commission, on the Member States' approach to the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive and the impact on misleading packaging
• Helen Jenkins, Oxera Consulting Ltd, on the economics of Article 82 reform
• Dr Ioannis Lianos, University College London, on the classification of abuses in Article 82 EC
• Bob Young, Europe Economics, on the UK Competition Commission's groceries investigation and the implications for competition between branded and private label products
• Dr Ariel Ezrachi, CCLP, on private enforcement and Article 82 EC
• Dr Gunnar Niels, OXERA Consulting Ltd, on economic effects-based tests and legal (un)certainty under Article 82
• Prof Ulf Bernitz, IECL, on the sanction of voidness under Article 82 EC and possible contractual consequences
• Dr Dan Eklöf, Stockholm University, on the Microsoft judgment

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