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8th Annual Merger Conference
26th November 2009 The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane,
London, WC2A 1PL
Sponsored by
Programme
Time
Title
Chair
Speakers
09.00
Registration with Tea/Coffee
09.30
Merger policy in a recession and recovery – spotlight on the UK - HBOS to HMV - how has UK merger
control dealt with the recession? (counterfactual/flailing firm/failing firm).
- The Institutions - joint work, evolution of the system?
- Exceptions to the duty to refer. Is the balance right?
- De minimis: How much does it add to the cases that matter? What does the OFT's decisional practice now offer in terms of practical guidance?
- Update on Upfronts: Practical implications in a voluntary system? Should parties now consider fixing it first?
Matthew Readings,
Shearman & Sterling LLP
Diana Guy,
Competition Commission Johannes Luebking,
European Commission Alistair Lindsay,
Monckton Chambers Nick Scola,
Office of Fair Trading
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11.00
Tea & Coffee Break
11.30
How healthy is our understanding of ‘closeness of competition’? - Whole Foods/Wild Oats versus Nuts, Seeds and Fruits (Holland & Barrett/Julian Graves): - What does closeness of competition
mean? - What is the role of market definition in
mergers with differentiated products? - Is it ever appropriate to make Phase I
presumptions based on margins and diversion ratios?
- Do we give enough credit to supply side responses? Application to retail mergers: local vs national markets
Dr Philip Marsden,
Director, Competition Law Forum, British Institute of International and Comparative Law
Miguel de la Mano,
European Commission Dr Amelia Fletcher
Office of Fair Trading Simon Bishop,
RBB Economics
13.00
Lunch
14.00
Coordinated effects on the rise? Yeast mergers (ABF/GBI) - How reliably can we identify existing
coordination – and where should the burden lie?
- When do mergers strengthen or weaken existing coordination?
- To what extent can we move beyond the “collusion check-list”?
Derek Ridyard,
RBB Economics
Hans Juergen Meyer-Lindemann,
Shearman & Sterling LLP Miguel de la Mano,
European Commission Alison Oldale,
Competition Commission
15.15
Special topic: EU Merger Control Five Years After The Introduction Of The SIEC Test: What Explains the Drop in Enforcement Activity?
Kay Parplies,
European Commission
16.00
Reception
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8th Annual Merger Conference
26th November 2009 The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane,
London, WC2A 1PL
Sponsored by
Programme
Time
Title
Chair
Speakers
09.00
Registration with Tea/Coffee
09.30
Merger policy in a recession and recovery – spotlight on the UK - HBOS to HMV - how has UK merger
control dealt with the recession? (counterfactual/flailing firm/failing firm).
- The Institutions - joint work, evolution of the system?
- Exceptions to the duty to refer. Is the balance right?
- De minimis: How much does it add to the cases that matter? What does the OFT's decisional practice now offer in terms of practical guidance?
- Update on Upfronts: Practical implications in a voluntary system? Should parties now consider fixing it first?
Matthew Readings,
Shearman & Sterling LLP
Diana Guy,
Competition Commission Johannes Luebking,
European Commission Alistair Lindsay,
Monckton Chambers Nick Scola,
Office of Fair Trading
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11.00
Tea & Coffee Break
11.30
How healthy is our understanding of ‘closeness of competition’? - Whole Foods/Wild Oats versus Nuts, Seeds and Fruits (Holland & Barrett/Julian Graves): - What does closeness of competition
mean? - What is the role of market definition in
mergers with differentiated products? - Is it ever appropriate to make Phase I
presumptions based on margins and diversion ratios?
- Do we give enough credit to supply side responses? Application to retail mergers: local vs national markets
Dr Philip Marsden,
Director, Competition Law Forum, British Institute of International and Comparative Law
Miguel de la Mano,
European Commission Dr Amelia Fletcher
Office of Fair Trading Simon Bishop,
RBB Economics
13.00
Lunch
14.00
Coordinated effects on the rise? Yeast mergers (ABF/GBI) - How reliably can we identify existing
coordination – and where should the burden lie?
- When do mergers strengthen or weaken existing coordination?
- To what extent can we move beyond the “collusion check-list”?
Derek Ridyard,
RBB Economics
Hans Juergen Meyer-Lindemann,
Shearman & Sterling LLP Miguel de la Mano,
European Commission Alison Oldale,
Competition Commission
15.15
Special topic: EU Merger Control Five Years After The Introduction Of The SIEC Test: What Explains the Drop in Enforcement Activity?
Kay Parplies,
European Commission
16.00
Reception
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8th Annual Merger Conference
26th November 2009 The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane,
London, WC2A 1PL
Sponsored by
Programme
Time
Title
Chair
Speakers
09.00
Registration with Tea/Coffee
09.30
Merger policy in a recession and recovery – spotlight on the UK - HBOS to HMV - how has UK merger
control dealt with the recession? (counterfactual/flailing firm/failing firm).
- The Institutions - joint work, evolution of the system?
- Exceptions to the duty to refer. Is the balance right?
- De minimis: How much does it add to the cases that matter? What does the OFT's decisional practice now offer in terms of practical guidance?
- Update on Upfronts: Practical implications in a voluntary system? Should parties now consider fixing it first?
Matthew Readings,
Shearman & Sterling LLP
Diana Guy,
Competition Commission Johannes Luebking,
European Commission Alistair Lindsay,
Monckton Chambers Nick Scola,
Office of Fair Trading
![Page 6: 8th Annual Merger Conference - BIICL...8th Annual Merger Conference 26th November 2009 The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1PL Sponsored by Programme Time Title Chair](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0472727e708231d40e02eb/html5/thumbnails/6.jpg)
11.00
Tea & Coffee Break
11.30
How healthy is our understanding of ‘closeness of competition’? - Whole Foods/Wild Oats versus Nuts, Seeds and Fruits (Holland & Barrett/Julian Graves): - What does closeness of competition
mean? - What is the role of market definition in
mergers with differentiated products? - Is it ever appropriate to make Phase I
presumptions based on margins and diversion ratios?
- Do we give enough credit to supply side responses? Application to retail mergers: local vs national markets
Dr Philip Marsden,
Director, Competition Law Forum, British Institute of International and Comparative Law
Miguel de la Mano,
European Commission Dr Amelia Fletcher
Office of Fair Trading Simon Bishop,
RBB Economics
13.00
Lunch
14.00
Coordinated effects on the rise? Yeast mergers (ABF/GBI) - How reliably can we identify existing
coordination – and where should the burden lie?
- When do mergers strengthen or weaken existing coordination?
- To what extent can we move beyond the “collusion check-list”?
Derek Ridyard,
RBB Economics
Hans Juergen Meyer-Lindemann,
Shearman & Sterling LLP Miguel de la Mano,
European Commission Alison Oldale,
Competition Commission
15.15
Special topic: EU Merger Control Five Years After The Introduction Of The SIEC Test: What Explains the Drop in Enforcement Activity?
Kay Parplies,
European Commission
16.00
Reception
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8th Annual Merger Conference
26th November 2009 The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane,
London, WC2A 1PL
Sponsored by
Programme
Time
Title
Chair
Speakers
09.00
Registration with Tea/Coffee
09.30
Merger policy in a recession and recovery – spotlight on the UK - HBOS to HMV - how has UK merger
control dealt with the recession? (counterfactual/flailing firm/failing firm).
- The Institutions - joint work, evolution of the system?
- Exceptions to the duty to refer. Is the balance right?
- De minimis: How much does it add to the cases that matter? What does the OFT's decisional practice now offer in terms of practical guidance?
- Update on Upfronts: Practical implications in a voluntary system? Should parties now consider fixing it first?
Matthew Readings,
Shearman & Sterling LLP
Diana Guy,
Competition Commission Johannes Luebking,
European Commission Alistair Lindsay,
Monckton Chambers Nick Scola,
Office of Fair Trading
![Page 8: 8th Annual Merger Conference - BIICL...8th Annual Merger Conference 26th November 2009 The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1PL Sponsored by Programme Time Title Chair](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0472727e708231d40e02eb/html5/thumbnails/8.jpg)
11.00
Tea & Coffee Break
11.30
How healthy is our understanding of ‘closeness of competition’? - Whole Foods/Wild Oats versus Nuts, Seeds and Fruits (Holland & Barrett/Julian Graves): - What does closeness of competition
mean? - What is the role of market definition in
mergers with differentiated products? - Is it ever appropriate to make Phase I
presumptions based on margins and diversion ratios?
- Do we give enough credit to supply side responses? Application to retail mergers: local vs national markets
Dr Philip Marsden,
Director, Competition Law Forum, British Institute of International and Comparative Law
Miguel de la Mano,
European Commission Dr Amelia Fletcher
Office of Fair Trading Simon Bishop,
RBB Economics
13.00
Lunch
14.00
Coordinated effects on the rise? Yeast mergers (ABF/GBI) - How reliably can we identify existing
coordination – and where should the burden lie?
- When do mergers strengthen or weaken existing coordination?
- To what extent can we move beyond the “collusion check-list”?
Derek Ridyard,
RBB Economics
Hans Juergen Meyer-Lindemann,
Shearman & Sterling LLP Miguel de la Mano,
European Commission Alison Oldale,
Competition Commission
15.15
Special topic: EU Merger Control Five Years After The Introduction Of The SIEC Test: What Explains the Drop in Enforcement Activity?
Kay Parplies,
European Commission
16.00
Reception
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8th Annual Merger Conference
26th November 2009 The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane,
London, WC2A 1PL
Sponsored by
Programme
Time
Title
Chair
Speakers
09.00
Registration with Tea/Coffee
09.30
Merger policy in a recession and recovery – spotlight on the UK - HBOS to HMV - how has UK merger
control dealt with the recession? (counterfactual/flailing firm/failing firm).
- The Institutions - joint work, evolution of the system?
- Exceptions to the duty to refer. Is the balance right?
- De minimis: How much does it add to the cases that matter? What does the OFT's decisional practice now offer in terms of practical guidance?
- Update on Upfronts: Practical implications in a voluntary system? Should parties now consider fixing it first?
Matthew Readings,
Shearman & Sterling LLP
Diana Guy,
Competition Commission Johannes Luebking,
European Commission Alistair Lindsay,
Monckton Chambers Nick Scola,
Office of Fair Trading
![Page 10: 8th Annual Merger Conference - BIICL...8th Annual Merger Conference 26th November 2009 The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1PL Sponsored by Programme Time Title Chair](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0472727e708231d40e02eb/html5/thumbnails/10.jpg)
11.00
Tea & Coffee Break
11.30
How healthy is our understanding of ‘closeness of competition’? - Whole Foods/Wild Oats versus Nuts, Seeds and Fruits (Holland & Barrett/Julian Graves): - What does closeness of competition
mean? - What is the role of market definition in
mergers with differentiated products? - Is it ever appropriate to make Phase I
presumptions based on margins and diversion ratios?
- Do we give enough credit to supply side responses? Application to retail mergers: local vs national markets
Dr Philip Marsden,
Director, Competition Law Forum, British Institute of International and Comparative Law
Miguel de la Mano,
European Commission Dr Amelia Fletcher
Office of Fair Trading Simon Bishop,
RBB Economics
13.00
Lunch
14.00
Coordinated effects on the rise? Yeast mergers (ABF/GBI) - How reliably can we identify existing
coordination – and where should the burden lie?
- When do mergers strengthen or weaken existing coordination?
- To what extent can we move beyond the “collusion check-list”?
Derek Ridyard,
RBB Economics
Hans Juergen Meyer-Lindemann,
Shearman & Sterling LLP Miguel de la Mano,
European Commission Alison Oldale,
Competition Commission
15.15
Special topic: EU Merger Control Five Years After The Introduction Of The SIEC Test: What Explains the Drop in Enforcement Activity?
Kay Parplies,
European Commission
16.00
Reception
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8th Annual Merger Conference
26th November 2009 The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane,
London, WC2A 1PL
Sponsored by
Programme
Time
Title
Chair
Speakers
09.00
Registration with Tea/Coffee
09.30
Merger policy in a recession and recovery – spotlight on the UK - HBOS to HMV - how has UK merger
control dealt with the recession? (counterfactual/flailing firm/failing firm).
- The Institutions - joint work, evolution of the system?
- Exceptions to the duty to refer. Is the balance right?
- De minimis: How much does it add to the cases that matter? What does the OFT's decisional practice now offer in terms of practical guidance?
- Update on Upfronts: Practical implications in a voluntary system? Should parties now consider fixing it first?
Matthew Readings,
Shearman & Sterling LLP
Diana Guy,
Competition Commission Johannes Luebking,
European Commission Alistair Lindsay,
Monckton Chambers Nick Scola,
Office of Fair Trading
![Page 12: 8th Annual Merger Conference - BIICL...8th Annual Merger Conference 26th November 2009 The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1PL Sponsored by Programme Time Title Chair](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0472727e708231d40e02eb/html5/thumbnails/12.jpg)
11.00
Tea & Coffee Break
11.30
How healthy is our understanding of ‘closeness of competition’? - Whole Foods/Wild Oats versus Nuts, Seeds and Fruits (Holland & Barrett/Julian Graves): - What does closeness of competition
mean? - What is the role of market definition in
mergers with differentiated products? - Is it ever appropriate to make Phase I
presumptions based on margins and diversion ratios?
- Do we give enough credit to supply side responses? Application to retail mergers: local vs national markets
Dr Philip Marsden,
Director, Competition Law Forum, British Institute of International and Comparative Law
Miguel de la Mano,
European Commission Dr Amelia Fletcher
Office of Fair Trading Simon Bishop,
RBB Economics
13.00
Lunch
14.00
Coordinated effects on the rise? Yeast mergers (ABF/GBI) - How reliably can we identify existing
coordination – and where should the burden lie?
- When do mergers strengthen or weaken existing coordination?
- To what extent can we move beyond the “collusion check-list”?
Derek Ridyard,
RBB Economics
Hans Juergen Meyer-Lindemann,
Shearman & Sterling LLP Miguel de la Mano,
European Commission Alison Oldale,
Competition Commission
15.15
Special topic: EU Merger Control Five Years After The Introduction Of The SIEC Test: What Explains the Drop in Enforcement Activity?
Kay Parplies,
European Commission
16.00
Reception
![Page 13: 8th Annual Merger Conference - BIICL...8th Annual Merger Conference 26th November 2009 The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1PL Sponsored by Programme Time Title Chair](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0472727e708231d40e02eb/html5/thumbnails/13.jpg)
8th Annual Merger Conference
26th November 2009 The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane,
London, WC2A 1PL
Sponsored by
Programme
Time
Title
Chair
Speakers
09.00
Registration with Tea/Coffee
09.30
Merger policy in a recession and recovery – spotlight on the UK - HBOS to HMV - how has UK merger
control dealt with the recession? (counterfactual/flailing firm/failing firm).
- The Institutions - joint work, evolution of the system?
- Exceptions to the duty to refer. Is the balance right?
- De minimis: How much does it add to the cases that matter? What does the OFT's decisional practice now offer in terms of practical guidance?
- Update on Upfronts: Practical implications in a voluntary system? Should parties now consider fixing it first?
Matthew Readings,
Shearman & Sterling LLP
Diana Guy,
Competition Commission Johannes Luebking,
European Commission Alistair Lindsay,
Monckton Chambers Nick Scola,
Office of Fair Trading
![Page 14: 8th Annual Merger Conference - BIICL...8th Annual Merger Conference 26th November 2009 The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1PL Sponsored by Programme Time Title Chair](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0472727e708231d40e02eb/html5/thumbnails/14.jpg)
11.00
Tea & Coffee Break
11.30
How healthy is our understanding of ‘closeness of competition’? - Whole Foods/Wild Oats versus Nuts, Seeds and Fruits (Holland & Barrett/Julian Graves): - What does closeness of competition
mean? - What is the role of market definition in
mergers with differentiated products? - Is it ever appropriate to make Phase I
presumptions based on margins and diversion ratios?
- Do we give enough credit to supply side responses? Application to retail mergers: local vs national markets
Dr Philip Marsden,
Director, Competition Law Forum, British Institute of International and Comparative Law
Miguel de la Mano,
European Commission Dr Amelia Fletcher
Office of Fair Trading Simon Bishop,
RBB Economics
13.00
Lunch
14.00
Coordinated effects on the rise? Yeast mergers (ABF/GBI) - How reliably can we identify existing
coordination – and where should the burden lie?
- When do mergers strengthen or weaken existing coordination?
- To what extent can we move beyond the “collusion check-list”?
Derek Ridyard,
RBB Economics
Hans Juergen Meyer-Lindemann,
Shearman & Sterling LLP Miguel de la Mano,
European Commission Alison Oldale,
Competition Commission
15.15
Special topic: EU Merger Control Five Years After The Introduction Of The SIEC Test: What Explains the Drop in Enforcement Activity?
Kay Parplies,
European Commission
16.00
Reception
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8th Annual Merger Conference
26th November 2009 The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane,
London, WC2A 1PL
Sponsored by
Programme
Time
Title
Chair
Speakers
09.00
Registration with Tea/Coffee
09.30
Merger policy in a recession and recovery – spotlight on the UK - HBOS to HMV - how has UK merger
control dealt with the recession? (counterfactual/flailing firm/failing firm).
- The Institutions - joint work, evolution of the system?
- Exceptions to the duty to refer. Is the balance right?
- De minimis: How much does it add to the cases that matter? What does the OFT's decisional practice now offer in terms of practical guidance?
- Update on Upfronts: Practical implications in a voluntary system? Should parties now consider fixing it first?
Matthew Readings,
Shearman & Sterling LLP
Diana Guy,
Competition Commission Johannes Luebking,
European Commission Alistair Lindsay,
Monckton Chambers Nick Scola,
Office of Fair Trading
![Page 16: 8th Annual Merger Conference - BIICL...8th Annual Merger Conference 26th November 2009 The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1PL Sponsored by Programme Time Title Chair](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0472727e708231d40e02eb/html5/thumbnails/16.jpg)
11.00
Tea & Coffee Break
11.30
How healthy is our understanding of ‘closeness of competition’? - Whole Foods/Wild Oats versus Nuts, Seeds and Fruits (Holland & Barrett/Julian Graves): - What does closeness of competition
mean? - What is the role of market definition in
mergers with differentiated products? - Is it ever appropriate to make Phase I
presumptions based on margins and diversion ratios?
- Do we give enough credit to supply side responses? Application to retail mergers: local vs national markets
Dr Philip Marsden,
Director, Competition Law Forum, British Institute of International and Comparative Law
Miguel de la Mano,
European Commission Dr Amelia Fletcher
Office of Fair Trading Simon Bishop,
RBB Economics
13.00
Lunch
14.00
Coordinated effects on the rise? Yeast mergers (ABF/GBI) - How reliably can we identify existing
coordination – and where should the burden lie?
- When do mergers strengthen or weaken existing coordination?
- To what extent can we move beyond the “collusion check-list”?
Derek Ridyard,
RBB Economics
Hans Juergen Meyer-Lindemann,
Shearman & Sterling LLP Miguel de la Mano,
European Commission Alison Oldale,
Competition Commission
15.15
Special topic: EU Merger Control Five Years After The Introduction Of The SIEC Test: What Explains the Drop in Enforcement Activity?
Kay Parplies,
European Commission
16.00
Reception
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8th Annual Merger Conference
26th November 2009 The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane,
London, WC2A 1PL
Sponsored by
Programme
Time
Title
Chair
Speakers
09.00
Registration with Tea/Coffee
09.30
Merger policy in a recession and recovery – spotlight on the UK - HBOS to HMV - how has UK merger
control dealt with the recession? (counterfactual/flailing firm/failing firm).
- The Institutions - joint work, evolution of the system?
- Exceptions to the duty to refer. Is the balance right?
- De minimis: How much does it add to the cases that matter? What does the OFT's decisional practice now offer in terms of practical guidance?
- Update on Upfronts: Practical implications in a voluntary system? Should parties now consider fixing it first?
Matthew Readings,
Shearman & Sterling LLP
Diana Guy,
Competition Commission Johannes Luebking,
European Commission Alistair Lindsay,
Monckton Chambers Nick Scola,
Office of Fair Trading
![Page 18: 8th Annual Merger Conference - BIICL...8th Annual Merger Conference 26th November 2009 The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1PL Sponsored by Programme Time Title Chair](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0472727e708231d40e02eb/html5/thumbnails/18.jpg)
11.00
Tea & Coffee Break
11.30
How healthy is our understanding of ‘closeness of competition’? - Whole Foods/Wild Oats versus Nuts, Seeds and Fruits (Holland & Barrett/Julian Graves): - What does closeness of competition
mean? - What is the role of market definition in
mergers with differentiated products? - Is it ever appropriate to make Phase I
presumptions based on margins and diversion ratios?
- Do we give enough credit to supply side responses? Application to retail mergers: local vs national markets
Dr Philip Marsden,
Director, Competition Law Forum, British Institute of International and Comparative Law
Miguel de la Mano,
European Commission Dr Amelia Fletcher
Office of Fair Trading Simon Bishop,
RBB Economics
13.00
Lunch
14.00
Coordinated effects on the rise? Yeast mergers (ABF/GBI) - How reliably can we identify existing
coordination – and where should the burden lie?
- When do mergers strengthen or weaken existing coordination?
- To what extent can we move beyond the “collusion check-list”?
Derek Ridyard,
RBB Economics
Hans Juergen Meyer-Lindemann,
Shearman & Sterling LLP Miguel de la Mano,
European Commission Alison Oldale,
Competition Commission
15.15
Special topic: EU Merger Control Five Years After The Introduction Of The SIEC Test: What Explains the Drop in Enforcement Activity?
Kay Parplies,
European Commission
16.00
Reception
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8th Annual Merger Conference
26th November 2009 The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane,
London, WC2A 1PL
Sponsored by
Programme
Time
Title
Chair
Speakers
09.00
Registration with Tea/Coffee
09.30
Merger policy in a recession and recovery – spotlight on the UK - HBOS to HMV - how has UK merger
control dealt with the recession? (counterfactual/flailing firm/failing firm).
- The Institutions - joint work, evolution of the system?
- Exceptions to the duty to refer. Is the balance right?
- De minimis: How much does it add to the cases that matter? What does the OFT's decisional practice now offer in terms of practical guidance?
- Update on Upfronts: Practical implications in a voluntary system? Should parties now consider fixing it first?
Matthew Readings,
Shearman & Sterling LLP
Diana Guy,
Competition Commission Johannes Luebking,
European Commission Alistair Lindsay,
Monckton Chambers Nick Scola,
Office of Fair Trading
![Page 20: 8th Annual Merger Conference - BIICL...8th Annual Merger Conference 26th November 2009 The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1PL Sponsored by Programme Time Title Chair](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0472727e708231d40e02eb/html5/thumbnails/20.jpg)
11.00
Tea & Coffee Break
11.30
How healthy is our understanding of ‘closeness of competition’? - Whole Foods/Wild Oats versus Nuts, Seeds and Fruits (Holland & Barrett/Julian Graves): - What does closeness of competition
mean? - What is the role of market definition in
mergers with differentiated products? - Is it ever appropriate to make Phase I
presumptions based on margins and diversion ratios?
- Do we give enough credit to supply side responses? Application to retail mergers: local vs national markets
Dr Philip Marsden,
Director, Competition Law Forum, British Institute of International and Comparative Law
Miguel de la Mano,
European Commission Dr Amelia Fletcher
Office of Fair Trading Simon Bishop,
RBB Economics
13.00
Lunch
14.00
Coordinated effects on the rise? Yeast mergers (ABF/GBI) - How reliably can we identify existing
coordination – and where should the burden lie?
- When do mergers strengthen or weaken existing coordination?
- To what extent can we move beyond the “collusion check-list”?
Derek Ridyard,
RBB Economics
Hans Juergen Meyer-Lindemann,
Shearman & Sterling LLP Miguel de la Mano,
European Commission Alison Oldale,
Competition Commission
15.15
Special topic: EU Merger Control Five Years After The Introduction Of The SIEC Test: What Explains the Drop in Enforcement Activity?
Kay Parplies,
European Commission
16.00
Reception
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8th Annual Merger Conference
26th November 2009 The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane,
London, WC2A 1PL
Sponsored by
Programme
Time
Title
Chair
Speakers
09.00
Registration with Tea/Coffee
09.30
Merger policy in a recession and recovery – spotlight on the UK - HBOS to HMV - how has UK merger
control dealt with the recession? (counterfactual/flailing firm/failing firm).
- The Institutions - joint work, evolution of the system?
- Exceptions to the duty to refer. Is the balance right?
- De minimis: How much does it add to the cases that matter? What does the OFT's decisional practice now offer in terms of practical guidance?
- Update on Upfronts: Practical implications in a voluntary system? Should parties now consider fixing it first?
Matthew Readings,
Shearman & Sterling LLP
Diana Guy,
Competition Commission Johannes Luebking,
European Commission Alistair Lindsay,
Monckton Chambers Nick Scola,
Office of Fair Trading
![Page 22: 8th Annual Merger Conference - BIICL...8th Annual Merger Conference 26th November 2009 The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1PL Sponsored by Programme Time Title Chair](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0472727e708231d40e02eb/html5/thumbnails/22.jpg)
11.00
Tea & Coffee Break
11.30
How healthy is our understanding of ‘closeness of competition’? - Whole Foods/Wild Oats versus Nuts, Seeds and Fruits (Holland & Barrett/Julian Graves): - What does closeness of competition
mean? - What is the role of market definition in
mergers with differentiated products? - Is it ever appropriate to make Phase I
presumptions based on margins and diversion ratios?
- Do we give enough credit to supply side responses? Application to retail mergers: local vs national markets
Dr Philip Marsden,
Director, Competition Law Forum, British Institute of International and Comparative Law
Miguel de la Mano,
European Commission Dr Amelia Fletcher
Office of Fair Trading Simon Bishop,
RBB Economics
13.00
Lunch
14.00
Coordinated effects on the rise? Yeast mergers (ABF/GBI) - How reliably can we identify existing
coordination – and where should the burden lie?
- When do mergers strengthen or weaken existing coordination?
- To what extent can we move beyond the “collusion check-list”?
Derek Ridyard,
RBB Economics
Hans Juergen Meyer-Lindemann,
Shearman & Sterling LLP Miguel de la Mano,
European Commission Alison Oldale,
Competition Commission
15.15
Special topic: EU Merger Control Five Years After The Introduction Of The SIEC Test: What Explains the Drop in Enforcement Activity?
Kay Parplies,
European Commission
16.00
Reception
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8th Annual Merger Conference
26th November 2009 The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane,
London, WC2A 1PL
Sponsored by
Programme
Time
Title
Chair
Speakers
09.00
Registration with Tea/Coffee
09.30
Merger policy in a recession and recovery – spotlight on the UK - HBOS to HMV - how has UK merger
control dealt with the recession? (counterfactual/flailing firm/failing firm).
- The Institutions - joint work, evolution of the system?
- Exceptions to the duty to refer. Is the balance right?
- De minimis: How much does it add to the cases that matter? What does the OFT's decisional practice now offer in terms of practical guidance?
- Update on Upfronts: Practical implications in a voluntary system? Should parties now consider fixing it first?
Matthew Readings,
Shearman & Sterling LLP
Diana Guy,
Competition Commission Johannes Luebking,
European Commission Alistair Lindsay,
Monckton Chambers Nick Scola,
Office of Fair Trading
![Page 24: 8th Annual Merger Conference - BIICL...8th Annual Merger Conference 26th November 2009 The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1PL Sponsored by Programme Time Title Chair](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0472727e708231d40e02eb/html5/thumbnails/24.jpg)
11.00
Tea & Coffee Break
11.30
How healthy is our understanding of ‘closeness of competition’? - Whole Foods/Wild Oats versus Nuts, Seeds and Fruits (Holland & Barrett/Julian Graves): - What does closeness of competition
mean? - What is the role of market definition in
mergers with differentiated products? - Is it ever appropriate to make Phase I
presumptions based on margins and diversion ratios?
- Do we give enough credit to supply side responses? Application to retail mergers: local vs national markets
Dr Philip Marsden,
Director, Competition Law Forum, British Institute of International and Comparative Law
Miguel de la Mano,
European Commission Dr Amelia Fletcher
Office of Fair Trading Simon Bishop,
RBB Economics
13.00
Lunch
14.00
Coordinated effects on the rise? Yeast mergers (ABF/GBI) - How reliably can we identify existing
coordination – and where should the burden lie?
- When do mergers strengthen or weaken existing coordination?
- To what extent can we move beyond the “collusion check-list”?
Derek Ridyard,
RBB Economics
Hans Juergen Meyer-Lindemann,
Shearman & Sterling LLP Miguel de la Mano,
European Commission Alison Oldale,
Competition Commission
15.15
Special topic: EU Merger Control Five Years After The Introduction Of The SIEC Test: What Explains the Drop in Enforcement Activity?
Kay Parplies,
European Commission
16.00
Reception
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8th Annual Merger Conference
26th November 2009 The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane,
London, WC2A 1PL
Sponsored by
Programme
Time
Title
Chair
Speakers
09.00
Registration with Tea/Coffee
09.30
Merger policy in a recession and recovery – spotlight on the UK - HBOS to HMV - how has UK merger
control dealt with the recession? (counterfactual/flailing firm/failing firm).
- The Institutions - joint work, evolution of the system?
- Exceptions to the duty to refer. Is the balance right?
- De minimis: How much does it add to the cases that matter? What does the OFT's decisional practice now offer in terms of practical guidance?
- Update on Upfronts: Practical implications in a voluntary system? Should parties now consider fixing it first?
Matthew Readings,
Shearman & Sterling LLP
Diana Guy,
Competition Commission Johannes Luebking,
European Commission Alistair Lindsay,
Monckton Chambers Nick Scola,
Office of Fair Trading
![Page 26: 8th Annual Merger Conference - BIICL...8th Annual Merger Conference 26th November 2009 The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1PL Sponsored by Programme Time Title Chair](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0472727e708231d40e02eb/html5/thumbnails/26.jpg)
11.00
Tea & Coffee Break
11.30
How healthy is our understanding of ‘closeness of competition’? - Whole Foods/Wild Oats versus Nuts, Seeds and Fruits (Holland & Barrett/Julian Graves): - What does closeness of competition
mean? - What is the role of market definition in
mergers with differentiated products? - Is it ever appropriate to make Phase I
presumptions based on margins and diversion ratios?
- Do we give enough credit to supply side responses? Application to retail mergers: local vs national markets
Dr Philip Marsden,
Director, Competition Law Forum, British Institute of International and Comparative Law
Miguel de la Mano,
European Commission Dr Amelia Fletcher
Office of Fair Trading Simon Bishop,
RBB Economics
13.00
Lunch
14.00
Coordinated effects on the rise? Yeast mergers (ABF/GBI) - How reliably can we identify existing
coordination – and where should the burden lie?
- When do mergers strengthen or weaken existing coordination?
- To what extent can we move beyond the “collusion check-list”?
Derek Ridyard,
RBB Economics
Hans Juergen Meyer-Lindemann,
Shearman & Sterling LLP Miguel de la Mano,
European Commission Alison Oldale,
Competition Commission
15.15
Special topic: EU Merger Control Five Years After The Introduction Of The SIEC Test: What Explains the Drop in Enforcement Activity?
Kay Parplies,
European Commission
16.00
Reception
![Page 27: 8th Annual Merger Conference - BIICL...8th Annual Merger Conference 26th November 2009 The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1PL Sponsored by Programme Time Title Chair](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0472727e708231d40e02eb/html5/thumbnails/27.jpg)
8th Annual Merger Conference
26th November 2009 The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane,
London, WC2A 1PL
Sponsored by
Programme
Time
Title
Chair
Speakers
09.00
Registration with Tea/Coffee
09.30
Merger policy in a recession and recovery – spotlight on the UK - HBOS to HMV - how has UK merger
control dealt with the recession? (counterfactual/flailing firm/failing firm).
- The Institutions - joint work, evolution of the system?
- Exceptions to the duty to refer. Is the balance right?
- De minimis: How much does it add to the cases that matter? What does the OFT's decisional practice now offer in terms of practical guidance?
- Update on Upfronts: Practical implications in a voluntary system? Should parties now consider fixing it first?
Matthew Readings,
Shearman & Sterling LLP
Diana Guy,
Competition Commission Johannes Luebking,
European Commission Alistair Lindsay,
Monckton Chambers Nick Scola,
Office of Fair Trading
![Page 28: 8th Annual Merger Conference - BIICL...8th Annual Merger Conference 26th November 2009 The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1PL Sponsored by Programme Time Title Chair](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0472727e708231d40e02eb/html5/thumbnails/28.jpg)
11.00
Tea & Coffee Break
11.30
How healthy is our understanding of ‘closeness of competition’? - Whole Foods/Wild Oats versus Nuts, Seeds and Fruits (Holland & Barrett/Julian Graves): - What does closeness of competition
mean? - What is the role of market definition in
mergers with differentiated products? - Is it ever appropriate to make Phase I
presumptions based on margins and diversion ratios?
- Do we give enough credit to supply side responses? Application to retail mergers: local vs national markets
Dr Philip Marsden,
Director, Competition Law Forum, British Institute of International and Comparative Law
Miguel de la Mano,
European Commission Dr Amelia Fletcher
Office of Fair Trading Simon Bishop,
RBB Economics
13.00
Lunch
14.00
Coordinated effects on the rise? Yeast mergers (ABF/GBI) - How reliably can we identify existing
coordination – and where should the burden lie?
- When do mergers strengthen or weaken existing coordination?
- To what extent can we move beyond the “collusion check-list”?
Derek Ridyard,
RBB Economics
Hans Juergen Meyer-Lindemann,
Shearman & Sterling LLP Miguel de la Mano,
European Commission Alison Oldale,
Competition Commission
15.15
Special topic: EU Merger Control Five Years After The Introduction Of The SIEC Test: What Explains the Drop in Enforcement Activity?
Kay Parplies,
European Commission
16.00
Reception
![Page 29: 8th Annual Merger Conference - BIICL...8th Annual Merger Conference 26th November 2009 The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1PL Sponsored by Programme Time Title Chair](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0472727e708231d40e02eb/html5/thumbnails/29.jpg)
8th Annual Merger Conference
26th November 2009 The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane,
London, WC2A 1PL
Sponsored by
Programme
Time
Title
Chair
Speakers
09.00
Registration with Tea/Coffee
09.30
Merger policy in a recession and recovery – spotlight on the UK - HBOS to HMV - how has UK merger
control dealt with the recession? (counterfactual/flailing firm/failing firm).
- The Institutions - joint work, evolution of the system?
- Exceptions to the duty to refer. Is the balance right?
- De minimis: How much does it add to the cases that matter? What does the OFT's decisional practice now offer in terms of practical guidance?
- Update on Upfronts: Practical implications in a voluntary system? Should parties now consider fixing it first?
Matthew Readings,
Shearman & Sterling LLP
Diana Guy,
Competition Commission Johannes Luebking,
European Commission Alistair Lindsay,
Monckton Chambers Nick Scola,
Office of Fair Trading
![Page 30: 8th Annual Merger Conference - BIICL...8th Annual Merger Conference 26th November 2009 The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1PL Sponsored by Programme Time Title Chair](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0472727e708231d40e02eb/html5/thumbnails/30.jpg)
11.00
Tea & Coffee Break
11.30
How healthy is our understanding of ‘closeness of competition’? - Whole Foods/Wild Oats versus Nuts, Seeds and Fruits (Holland & Barrett/Julian Graves): - What does closeness of competition
mean? - What is the role of market definition in
mergers with differentiated products? - Is it ever appropriate to make Phase I
presumptions based on margins and diversion ratios?
- Do we give enough credit to supply side responses? Application to retail mergers: local vs national markets
Dr Philip Marsden,
Director, Competition Law Forum, British Institute of International and Comparative Law
Miguel de la Mano,
European Commission Dr Amelia Fletcher
Office of Fair Trading Simon Bishop,
RBB Economics
13.00
Lunch
14.00
Coordinated effects on the rise? Yeast mergers (ABF/GBI) - How reliably can we identify existing
coordination – and where should the burden lie?
- When do mergers strengthen or weaken existing coordination?
- To what extent can we move beyond the “collusion check-list”?
Derek Ridyard,
RBB Economics
Hans Juergen Meyer-Lindemann,
Shearman & Sterling LLP Miguel de la Mano,
European Commission Alison Oldale,
Competition Commission
15.15
Special topic: EU Merger Control Five Years After The Introduction Of The SIEC Test: What Explains the Drop in Enforcement Activity?
Kay Parplies,
European Commission
16.00
Reception
![Page 31: 8th Annual Merger Conference - BIICL...8th Annual Merger Conference 26th November 2009 The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1PL Sponsored by Programme Time Title Chair](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0472727e708231d40e02eb/html5/thumbnails/31.jpg)
8th Annual Merger Conference
26th November 2009 The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane,
London, WC2A 1PL
Sponsored by
Programme
Time
Title
Chair
Speakers
09.00
Registration with Tea/Coffee
09.30
Merger policy in a recession and recovery – spotlight on the UK - HBOS to HMV - how has UK merger
control dealt with the recession? (counterfactual/flailing firm/failing firm).
- The Institutions - joint work, evolution of the system?
- Exceptions to the duty to refer. Is the balance right?
- De minimis: How much does it add to the cases that matter? What does the OFT's decisional practice now offer in terms of practical guidance?
- Update on Upfronts: Practical implications in a voluntary system? Should parties now consider fixing it first?
Matthew Readings,
Shearman & Sterling LLP
Diana Guy,
Competition Commission Johannes Luebking,
European Commission Alistair Lindsay,
Monckton Chambers Nick Scola,
Office of Fair Trading
![Page 32: 8th Annual Merger Conference - BIICL...8th Annual Merger Conference 26th November 2009 The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1PL Sponsored by Programme Time Title Chair](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0472727e708231d40e02eb/html5/thumbnails/32.jpg)
11.00
Tea & Coffee Break
11.30
How healthy is our understanding of ‘closeness of competition’? - Whole Foods/Wild Oats versus Nuts, Seeds and Fruits (Holland & Barrett/Julian Graves): - What does closeness of competition
mean? - What is the role of market definition in
mergers with differentiated products? - Is it ever appropriate to make Phase I
presumptions based on margins and diversion ratios?
- Do we give enough credit to supply side responses? Application to retail mergers: local vs national markets
Dr Philip Marsden,
Director, Competition Law Forum, British Institute of International and Comparative Law
Miguel de la Mano,
European Commission Dr Amelia Fletcher
Office of Fair Trading Simon Bishop,
RBB Economics
13.00
Lunch
14.00
Coordinated effects on the rise? Yeast mergers (ABF/GBI) - How reliably can we identify existing
coordination – and where should the burden lie?
- When do mergers strengthen or weaken existing coordination?
- To what extent can we move beyond the “collusion check-list”?
Derek Ridyard,
RBB Economics
Hans Juergen Meyer-Lindemann,
Shearman & Sterling LLP Miguel de la Mano,
European Commission Alison Oldale,
Competition Commission
15.15
Special topic: EU Merger Control Five Years After The Introduction Of The SIEC Test: What Explains the Drop in Enforcement Activity?
Kay Parplies,
European Commission
16.00
Reception
![Page 33: 8th Annual Merger Conference - BIICL...8th Annual Merger Conference 26th November 2009 The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1PL Sponsored by Programme Time Title Chair](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0472727e708231d40e02eb/html5/thumbnails/33.jpg)
8th Annual Merger Conference
26th November 2009 The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane,
London, WC2A 1PL
Sponsored by
Programme
Time
Title
Chair
Speakers
09.00
Registration with Tea/Coffee
09.30
Merger policy in a recession and recovery – spotlight on the UK - HBOS to HMV - how has UK merger
control dealt with the recession? (counterfactual/flailing firm/failing firm).
- The Institutions - joint work, evolution of the system?
- Exceptions to the duty to refer. Is the balance right?
- De minimis: How much does it add to the cases that matter? What does the OFT's decisional practice now offer in terms of practical guidance?
- Update on Upfronts: Practical implications in a voluntary system? Should parties now consider fixing it first?
Matthew Readings,
Shearman & Sterling LLP
Diana Guy,
Competition Commission Johannes Luebking,
European Commission Alistair Lindsay,
Monckton Chambers Nick Scola,
Office of Fair Trading
![Page 34: 8th Annual Merger Conference - BIICL...8th Annual Merger Conference 26th November 2009 The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1PL Sponsored by Programme Time Title Chair](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0472727e708231d40e02eb/html5/thumbnails/34.jpg)
11.00
Tea & Coffee Break
11.30
How healthy is our understanding of ‘closeness of competition’? - Whole Foods/Wild Oats versus Nuts, Seeds and Fruits (Holland & Barrett/Julian Graves): - What does closeness of competition
mean? - What is the role of market definition in
mergers with differentiated products? - Is it ever appropriate to make Phase I
presumptions based on margins and diversion ratios?
- Do we give enough credit to supply side responses? Application to retail mergers: local vs national markets
Dr Philip Marsden,
Director, Competition Law Forum, British Institute of International and Comparative Law
Miguel de la Mano,
European Commission Dr Amelia Fletcher
Office of Fair Trading Simon Bishop,
RBB Economics
13.00
Lunch
14.00
Coordinated effects on the rise? Yeast mergers (ABF/GBI) - How reliably can we identify existing
coordination – and where should the burden lie?
- When do mergers strengthen or weaken existing coordination?
- To what extent can we move beyond the “collusion check-list”?
Derek Ridyard,
RBB Economics
Hans Juergen Meyer-Lindemann,
Shearman & Sterling LLP Miguel de la Mano,
European Commission Alison Oldale,
Competition Commission
15.15
Special topic: EU Merger Control Five Years After The Introduction Of The SIEC Test: What Explains the Drop in Enforcement Activity?
Kay Parplies,
European Commission
16.00
Reception
![Page 35: 8th Annual Merger Conference - BIICL...8th Annual Merger Conference 26th November 2009 The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1PL Sponsored by Programme Time Title Chair](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0472727e708231d40e02eb/html5/thumbnails/35.jpg)
8th Annual Merger Conference
26th November 2009 The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane,
London, WC2A 1PL
Sponsored by
Programme
Time
Title
Chair
Speakers
09.00
Registration with Tea/Coffee
09.30
Merger policy in a recession and recovery – spotlight on the UK - HBOS to HMV - how has UK merger
control dealt with the recession? (counterfactual/flailing firm/failing firm).
- The Institutions - joint work, evolution of the system?
- Exceptions to the duty to refer. Is the balance right?
- De minimis: How much does it add to the cases that matter? What does the OFT's decisional practice now offer in terms of practical guidance?
- Update on Upfronts: Practical implications in a voluntary system? Should parties now consider fixing it first?
Matthew Readings,
Shearman & Sterling LLP
Diana Guy,
Competition Commission Johannes Luebking,
European Commission Alistair Lindsay,
Monckton Chambers Nick Scola,
Office of Fair Trading
![Page 36: 8th Annual Merger Conference - BIICL...8th Annual Merger Conference 26th November 2009 The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1PL Sponsored by Programme Time Title Chair](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0472727e708231d40e02eb/html5/thumbnails/36.jpg)
11.00
Tea & Coffee Break
11.30
How healthy is our understanding of ‘closeness of competition’? - Whole Foods/Wild Oats versus Nuts, Seeds and Fruits (Holland & Barrett/Julian Graves): - What does closeness of competition
mean? - What is the role of market definition in
mergers with differentiated products? - Is it ever appropriate to make Phase I
presumptions based on margins and diversion ratios?
- Do we give enough credit to supply side responses? Application to retail mergers: local vs national markets
Dr Philip Marsden,
Director, Competition Law Forum, British Institute of International and Comparative Law
Miguel de la Mano,
European Commission Dr Amelia Fletcher
Office of Fair Trading Simon Bishop,
RBB Economics
13.00
Lunch
14.00
Coordinated effects on the rise? Yeast mergers (ABF/GBI) - How reliably can we identify existing
coordination – and where should the burden lie?
- When do mergers strengthen or weaken existing coordination?
- To what extent can we move beyond the “collusion check-list”?
Derek Ridyard,
RBB Economics
Hans Juergen Meyer-Lindemann,
Shearman & Sterling LLP Miguel de la Mano,
European Commission Alison Oldale,
Competition Commission
15.15
Special topic: EU Merger Control Five Years After The Introduction Of The SIEC Test: What Explains the Drop in Enforcement Activity?
Kay Parplies,
European Commission
16.00
Reception
![Page 37: 8th Annual Merger Conference - BIICL...8th Annual Merger Conference 26th November 2009 The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1PL Sponsored by Programme Time Title Chair](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0472727e708231d40e02eb/html5/thumbnails/37.jpg)
8th Annual Merger Conference
26th November 2009 The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane,
London, WC2A 1PL
Sponsored by
Programme
Time
Title
Chair
Speakers
09.00
Registration with Tea/Coffee
09.30
Merger policy in a recession and recovery – spotlight on the UK - HBOS to HMV - how has UK merger
control dealt with the recession? (counterfactual/flailing firm/failing firm).
- The Institutions - joint work, evolution of the system?
- Exceptions to the duty to refer. Is the balance right?
- De minimis: How much does it add to the cases that matter? What does the OFT's decisional practice now offer in terms of practical guidance?
- Update on Upfronts: Practical implications in a voluntary system? Should parties now consider fixing it first?
Matthew Readings,
Shearman & Sterling LLP
Diana Guy,
Competition Commission Johannes Luebking,
European Commission Alistair Lindsay,
Monckton Chambers Nick Scola,
Office of Fair Trading
![Page 38: 8th Annual Merger Conference - BIICL...8th Annual Merger Conference 26th November 2009 The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1PL Sponsored by Programme Time Title Chair](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0472727e708231d40e02eb/html5/thumbnails/38.jpg)
11.00
Tea & Coffee Break
11.30
How healthy is our understanding of ‘closeness of competition’? - Whole Foods/Wild Oats versus Nuts, Seeds and Fruits (Holland & Barrett/Julian Graves): - What does closeness of competition
mean? - What is the role of market definition in
mergers with differentiated products? - Is it ever appropriate to make Phase I
presumptions based on margins and diversion ratios?
- Do we give enough credit to supply side responses? Application to retail mergers: local vs national markets
Dr Philip Marsden,
Director, Competition Law Forum, British Institute of International and Comparative Law
Miguel de la Mano,
European Commission Dr Amelia Fletcher
Office of Fair Trading Simon Bishop,
RBB Economics
13.00
Lunch
14.00
Coordinated effects on the rise? Yeast mergers (ABF/GBI) - How reliably can we identify existing
coordination – and where should the burden lie?
- When do mergers strengthen or weaken existing coordination?
- To what extent can we move beyond the “collusion check-list”?
Derek Ridyard,
RBB Economics
Hans Juergen Meyer-Lindemann,
Shearman & Sterling LLP Miguel de la Mano,
European Commission Alison Oldale,
Competition Commission
15.15
Special topic: EU Merger Control Five Years After The Introduction Of The SIEC Test: What Explains the Drop in Enforcement Activity?
Kay Parplies,
European Commission
16.00
Reception
![Page 39: 8th Annual Merger Conference - BIICL...8th Annual Merger Conference 26th November 2009 The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1PL Sponsored by Programme Time Title Chair](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0472727e708231d40e02eb/html5/thumbnails/39.jpg)
8th Annual Merger Conference
26th November 2009 The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane,
London, WC2A 1PL
Sponsored by
Programme
Time
Title
Chair
Speakers
09.00
Registration with Tea/Coffee
09.30
Merger policy in a recession and recovery – spotlight on the UK - HBOS to HMV - how has UK merger
control dealt with the recession? (counterfactual/flailing firm/failing firm).
- The Institutions - joint work, evolution of the system?
- Exceptions to the duty to refer. Is the balance right?
- De minimis: How much does it add to the cases that matter? What does the OFT's decisional practice now offer in terms of practical guidance?
- Update on Upfronts: Practical implications in a voluntary system? Should parties now consider fixing it first?
Matthew Readings,
Shearman & Sterling LLP
Diana Guy,
Competition Commission Johannes Luebking,
European Commission Alistair Lindsay,
Monckton Chambers Nick Scola,
Office of Fair Trading
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11.00
Tea & Coffee Break
11.30
How healthy is our understanding of ‘closeness of competition’? - Whole Foods/Wild Oats versus Nuts, Seeds and Fruits (Holland & Barrett/Julian Graves): - What does closeness of competition
mean? - What is the role of market definition in
mergers with differentiated products? - Is it ever appropriate to make Phase I
presumptions based on margins and diversion ratios?
- Do we give enough credit to supply side responses? Application to retail mergers: local vs national markets
Dr Philip Marsden,
Director, Competition Law Forum, British Institute of International and Comparative Law
Miguel de la Mano,
European Commission Dr Amelia Fletcher
Office of Fair Trading Simon Bishop,
RBB Economics
13.00
Lunch
14.00
Coordinated effects on the rise? Yeast mergers (ABF/GBI) - How reliably can we identify existing
coordination – and where should the burden lie?
- When do mergers strengthen or weaken existing coordination?
- To what extent can we move beyond the “collusion check-list”?
Derek Ridyard,
RBB Economics
Hans Juergen Meyer-Lindemann,
Shearman & Sterling LLP Miguel de la Mano,
European Commission Alison Oldale,
Competition Commission
15.15
Special topic: EU Merger Control Five Years After The Introduction Of The SIEC Test: What Explains the Drop in Enforcement Activity?
Kay Parplies,
European Commission
16.00
Reception
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8th Annual Merger Conference
26th November 2009 The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane,
London, WC2A 1PL
Sponsored by
Programme
Time
Title
Chair
Speakers
09.00
Registration with Tea/Coffee
09.30
Merger policy in a recession and recovery – spotlight on the UK - HBOS to HMV - how has UK merger
control dealt with the recession? (counterfactual/flailing firm/failing firm).
- The Institutions - joint work, evolution of the system?
- Exceptions to the duty to refer. Is the balance right?
- De minimis: How much does it add to the cases that matter? What does the OFT's decisional practice now offer in terms of practical guidance?
- Update on Upfronts: Practical implications in a voluntary system? Should parties now consider fixing it first?
Matthew Readings,
Shearman & Sterling LLP
Diana Guy,
Competition Commission Johannes Luebking,
European Commission Alistair Lindsay,
Monckton Chambers Nick Scola,
Office of Fair Trading
![Page 42: 8th Annual Merger Conference - BIICL...8th Annual Merger Conference 26th November 2009 The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1PL Sponsored by Programme Time Title Chair](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0472727e708231d40e02eb/html5/thumbnails/42.jpg)
11.00
Tea & Coffee Break
11.30
How healthy is our understanding of ‘closeness of competition’? - Whole Foods/Wild Oats versus Nuts, Seeds and Fruits (Holland & Barrett/Julian Graves): - What does closeness of competition
mean? - What is the role of market definition in
mergers with differentiated products? - Is it ever appropriate to make Phase I
presumptions based on margins and diversion ratios?
- Do we give enough credit to supply side responses? Application to retail mergers: local vs national markets
Dr Philip Marsden,
Director, Competition Law Forum, British Institute of International and Comparative Law
Miguel de la Mano,
European Commission Dr Amelia Fletcher
Office of Fair Trading Simon Bishop,
RBB Economics
13.00
Lunch
14.00
Coordinated effects on the rise? Yeast mergers (ABF/GBI) - How reliably can we identify existing
coordination – and where should the burden lie?
- When do mergers strengthen or weaken existing coordination?
- To what extent can we move beyond the “collusion check-list”?
Derek Ridyard,
RBB Economics
Hans Juergen Meyer-Lindemann,
Shearman & Sterling LLP Miguel de la Mano,
European Commission Alison Oldale,
Competition Commission
15.15
Special topic: EU Merger Control Five Years After The Introduction Of The SIEC Test: What Explains the Drop in Enforcement Activity?
Kay Parplies,
European Commission
16.00
Reception
![Page 43: 8th Annual Merger Conference - BIICL...8th Annual Merger Conference 26th November 2009 The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1PL Sponsored by Programme Time Title Chair](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0472727e708231d40e02eb/html5/thumbnails/43.jpg)
8th Annual Merger Conference
26th November 2009 The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane,
London, WC2A 1PL
Sponsored by
Programme
Time
Title
Chair
Speakers
09.00
Registration with Tea/Coffee
09.30
Merger policy in a recession and recovery – spotlight on the UK - HBOS to HMV - how has UK merger
control dealt with the recession? (counterfactual/flailing firm/failing firm).
- The Institutions - joint work, evolution of the system?
- Exceptions to the duty to refer. Is the balance right?
- De minimis: How much does it add to the cases that matter? What does the OFT's decisional practice now offer in terms of practical guidance?
- Update on Upfronts: Practical implications in a voluntary system? Should parties now consider fixing it first?
Matthew Readings,
Shearman & Sterling LLP
Diana Guy,
Competition Commission Johannes Luebking,
European Commission Alistair Lindsay,
Monckton Chambers Nick Scola,
Office of Fair Trading
![Page 44: 8th Annual Merger Conference - BIICL...8th Annual Merger Conference 26th November 2009 The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1PL Sponsored by Programme Time Title Chair](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0472727e708231d40e02eb/html5/thumbnails/44.jpg)
11.00
Tea & Coffee Break
11.30
How healthy is our understanding of ‘closeness of competition’? - Whole Foods/Wild Oats versus Nuts, Seeds and Fruits (Holland & Barrett/Julian Graves): - What does closeness of competition
mean? - What is the role of market definition in
mergers with differentiated products? - Is it ever appropriate to make Phase I
presumptions based on margins and diversion ratios?
- Do we give enough credit to supply side responses? Application to retail mergers: local vs national markets
Dr Philip Marsden,
Director, Competition Law Forum, British Institute of International and Comparative Law
Miguel de la Mano,
European Commission Dr Amelia Fletcher
Office of Fair Trading Simon Bishop,
RBB Economics
13.00
Lunch
14.00
Coordinated effects on the rise? Yeast mergers (ABF/GBI) - How reliably can we identify existing
coordination – and where should the burden lie?
- When do mergers strengthen or weaken existing coordination?
- To what extent can we move beyond the “collusion check-list”?
Derek Ridyard,
RBB Economics
Hans Juergen Meyer-Lindemann,
Shearman & Sterling LLP Miguel de la Mano,
European Commission Alison Oldale,
Competition Commission
15.15
Special topic: EU Merger Control Five Years After The Introduction Of The SIEC Test: What Explains the Drop in Enforcement Activity?
Kay Parplies,
European Commission
16.00
Reception
![Page 45: 8th Annual Merger Conference - BIICL...8th Annual Merger Conference 26th November 2009 The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1PL Sponsored by Programme Time Title Chair](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0472727e708231d40e02eb/html5/thumbnails/45.jpg)
8th Annual Merger Conference
26th November 2009 The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane,
London, WC2A 1PL
Sponsored by
Programme
Time
Title
Chair
Speakers
09.00
Registration with Tea/Coffee
09.30
Merger policy in a recession and recovery – spotlight on the UK - HBOS to HMV - how has UK merger
control dealt with the recession? (counterfactual/flailing firm/failing firm).
- The Institutions - joint work, evolution of the system?
- Exceptions to the duty to refer. Is the balance right?
- De minimis: How much does it add to the cases that matter? What does the OFT's decisional practice now offer in terms of practical guidance?
- Update on Upfronts: Practical implications in a voluntary system? Should parties now consider fixing it first?
Matthew Readings,
Shearman & Sterling LLP
Diana Guy,
Competition Commission Johannes Luebking,
European Commission Alistair Lindsay,
Monckton Chambers Nick Scola,
Office of Fair Trading
![Page 46: 8th Annual Merger Conference - BIICL...8th Annual Merger Conference 26th November 2009 The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1PL Sponsored by Programme Time Title Chair](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0472727e708231d40e02eb/html5/thumbnails/46.jpg)
11.00
Tea & Coffee Break
11.30
How healthy is our understanding of ‘closeness of competition’? - Whole Foods/Wild Oats versus Nuts, Seeds and Fruits (Holland & Barrett/Julian Graves): - What does closeness of competition
mean? - What is the role of market definition in
mergers with differentiated products? - Is it ever appropriate to make Phase I
presumptions based on margins and diversion ratios?
- Do we give enough credit to supply side responses? Application to retail mergers: local vs national markets
Dr Philip Marsden,
Director, Competition Law Forum, British Institute of International and Comparative Law
Miguel de la Mano,
European Commission Dr Amelia Fletcher
Office of Fair Trading Simon Bishop,
RBB Economics
13.00
Lunch
14.00
Coordinated effects on the rise? Yeast mergers (ABF/GBI) - How reliably can we identify existing
coordination – and where should the burden lie?
- When do mergers strengthen or weaken existing coordination?
- To what extent can we move beyond the “collusion check-list”?
Derek Ridyard,
RBB Economics
Hans Juergen Meyer-Lindemann,
Shearman & Sterling LLP Miguel de la Mano,
European Commission Alison Oldale,
Competition Commission
15.15
Special topic: EU Merger Control Five Years After The Introduction Of The SIEC Test: What Explains the Drop in Enforcement Activity?
Kay Parplies,
European Commission
16.00
Reception
![Page 47: 8th Annual Merger Conference - BIICL...8th Annual Merger Conference 26th November 2009 The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1PL Sponsored by Programme Time Title Chair](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0472727e708231d40e02eb/html5/thumbnails/47.jpg)
8th Annual Merger Conference
26th November 2009 The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane,
London, WC2A 1PL
Sponsored by
Programme
Time
Title
Chair
Speakers
09.00
Registration with Tea/Coffee
09.30
Merger policy in a recession and recovery – spotlight on the UK - HBOS to HMV - how has UK merger
control dealt with the recession? (counterfactual/flailing firm/failing firm).
- The Institutions - joint work, evolution of the system?
- Exceptions to the duty to refer. Is the balance right?
- De minimis: How much does it add to the cases that matter? What does the OFT's decisional practice now offer in terms of practical guidance?
- Update on Upfronts: Practical implications in a voluntary system? Should parties now consider fixing it first?
Matthew Readings,
Shearman & Sterling LLP
Diana Guy,
Competition Commission Johannes Luebking,
European Commission Alistair Lindsay,
Monckton Chambers Nick Scola,
Office of Fair Trading
![Page 48: 8th Annual Merger Conference - BIICL...8th Annual Merger Conference 26th November 2009 The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1PL Sponsored by Programme Time Title Chair](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0472727e708231d40e02eb/html5/thumbnails/48.jpg)
11.00
Tea & Coffee Break
11.30
How healthy is our understanding of ‘closeness of competition’? - Whole Foods/Wild Oats versus Nuts, Seeds and Fruits (Holland & Barrett/Julian Graves): - What does closeness of competition
mean? - What is the role of market definition in
mergers with differentiated products? - Is it ever appropriate to make Phase I
presumptions based on margins and diversion ratios?
- Do we give enough credit to supply side responses? Application to retail mergers: local vs national markets
Dr Philip Marsden,
Director, Competition Law Forum, British Institute of International and Comparative Law
Miguel de la Mano,
European Commission Dr Amelia Fletcher
Office of Fair Trading Simon Bishop,
RBB Economics
13.00
Lunch
14.00
Coordinated effects on the rise? Yeast mergers (ABF/GBI) - How reliably can we identify existing
coordination – and where should the burden lie?
- When do mergers strengthen or weaken existing coordination?
- To what extent can we move beyond the “collusion check-list”?
Derek Ridyard,
RBB Economics
Hans Juergen Meyer-Lindemann,
Shearman & Sterling LLP Miguel de la Mano,
European Commission Alison Oldale,
Competition Commission
15.15
Special topic: EU Merger Control Five Years After The Introduction Of The SIEC Test: What Explains the Drop in Enforcement Activity?
Kay Parplies,
European Commission
16.00
Reception
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8th Annual Merger Conference
26th November 2009 The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane,
London, WC2A 1PL
Sponsored by
Programme
Time
Title
Chair
Speakers
09.00
Registration with Tea/Coffee
09.30
Merger policy in a recession and recovery – spotlight on the UK - HBOS to HMV - how has UK merger
control dealt with the recession? (counterfactual/flailing firm/failing firm).
- The Institutions - joint work, evolution of the system?
- Exceptions to the duty to refer. Is the balance right?
- De minimis: How much does it add to the cases that matter? What does the OFT's decisional practice now offer in terms of practical guidance?
- Update on Upfronts: Practical implications in a voluntary system? Should parties now consider fixing it first?
Matthew Readings,
Shearman & Sterling LLP
Diana Guy,
Competition Commission Johannes Luebking,
European Commission Alistair Lindsay,
Monckton Chambers Nick Scola,
Office of Fair Trading
![Page 50: 8th Annual Merger Conference - BIICL...8th Annual Merger Conference 26th November 2009 The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1PL Sponsored by Programme Time Title Chair](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0472727e708231d40e02eb/html5/thumbnails/50.jpg)
11.00
Tea & Coffee Break
11.30
How healthy is our understanding of ‘closeness of competition’? - Whole Foods/Wild Oats versus Nuts, Seeds and Fruits (Holland & Barrett/Julian Graves): - What does closeness of competition
mean? - What is the role of market definition in
mergers with differentiated products? - Is it ever appropriate to make Phase I
presumptions based on margins and diversion ratios?
- Do we give enough credit to supply side responses? Application to retail mergers: local vs national markets
Dr Philip Marsden,
Director, Competition Law Forum, British Institute of International and Comparative Law
Miguel de la Mano,
European Commission Dr Amelia Fletcher
Office of Fair Trading Simon Bishop,
RBB Economics
13.00
Lunch
14.00
Coordinated effects on the rise? Yeast mergers (ABF/GBI) - How reliably can we identify existing
coordination – and where should the burden lie?
- When do mergers strengthen or weaken existing coordination?
- To what extent can we move beyond the “collusion check-list”?
Derek Ridyard,
RBB Economics
Hans Juergen Meyer-Lindemann,
Shearman & Sterling LLP Miguel de la Mano,
European Commission Alison Oldale,
Competition Commission
15.15
Special topic: EU Merger Control Five Years After The Introduction Of The SIEC Test: What Explains the Drop in Enforcement Activity?
Kay Parplies,
European Commission
16.00
Reception
![Page 51: 8th Annual Merger Conference - BIICL...8th Annual Merger Conference 26th November 2009 The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1PL Sponsored by Programme Time Title Chair](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0472727e708231d40e02eb/html5/thumbnails/51.jpg)
8th Annual Merger Conference
26th November 2009 The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane,
London, WC2A 1PL
Sponsored by
Programme
Time
Title
Chair
Speakers
09.00
Registration with Tea/Coffee
09.30
Merger policy in a recession and recovery – spotlight on the UK - HBOS to HMV - how has UK merger
control dealt with the recession? (counterfactual/flailing firm/failing firm).
- The Institutions - joint work, evolution of the system?
- Exceptions to the duty to refer. Is the balance right?
- De minimis: How much does it add to the cases that matter? What does the OFT's decisional practice now offer in terms of practical guidance?
- Update on Upfronts: Practical implications in a voluntary system? Should parties now consider fixing it first?
Matthew Readings,
Shearman & Sterling LLP
Diana Guy,
Competition Commission Johannes Luebking,
European Commission Alistair Lindsay,
Monckton Chambers Nick Scola,
Office of Fair Trading
![Page 52: 8th Annual Merger Conference - BIICL...8th Annual Merger Conference 26th November 2009 The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1PL Sponsored by Programme Time Title Chair](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0472727e708231d40e02eb/html5/thumbnails/52.jpg)
11.00
Tea & Coffee Break
11.30
How healthy is our understanding of ‘closeness of competition’? - Whole Foods/Wild Oats versus Nuts, Seeds and Fruits (Holland & Barrett/Julian Graves): - What does closeness of competition
mean? - What is the role of market definition in
mergers with differentiated products? - Is it ever appropriate to make Phase I
presumptions based on margins and diversion ratios?
- Do we give enough credit to supply side responses? Application to retail mergers: local vs national markets
Dr Philip Marsden,
Director, Competition Law Forum, British Institute of International and Comparative Law
Miguel de la Mano,
European Commission Dr Amelia Fletcher
Office of Fair Trading Simon Bishop,
RBB Economics
13.00
Lunch
14.00
Coordinated effects on the rise? Yeast mergers (ABF/GBI) - How reliably can we identify existing
coordination – and where should the burden lie?
- When do mergers strengthen or weaken existing coordination?
- To what extent can we move beyond the “collusion check-list”?
Derek Ridyard,
RBB Economics
Hans Juergen Meyer-Lindemann,
Shearman & Sterling LLP Miguel de la Mano,
European Commission Alison Oldale,
Competition Commission
15.15
Special topic: EU Merger Control Five Years After The Introduction Of The SIEC Test: What Explains the Drop in Enforcement Activity?
Kay Parplies,
European Commission
16.00
Reception
![Page 53: 8th Annual Merger Conference - BIICL...8th Annual Merger Conference 26th November 2009 The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1PL Sponsored by Programme Time Title Chair](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0472727e708231d40e02eb/html5/thumbnails/53.jpg)
8th Annual Merger Conference
26th November 2009 The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane,
London, WC2A 1PL
Sponsored by
Programme
Time
Title
Chair
Speakers
09.00
Registration with Tea/Coffee
09.30
Merger policy in a recession and recovery – spotlight on the UK - HBOS to HMV - how has UK merger
control dealt with the recession? (counterfactual/flailing firm/failing firm).
- The Institutions - joint work, evolution of the system?
- Exceptions to the duty to refer. Is the balance right?
- De minimis: How much does it add to the cases that matter? What does the OFT's decisional practice now offer in terms of practical guidance?
- Update on Upfronts: Practical implications in a voluntary system? Should parties now consider fixing it first?
Matthew Readings,
Shearman & Sterling LLP
Diana Guy,
Competition Commission Johannes Luebking,
European Commission Alistair Lindsay,
Monckton Chambers Nick Scola,
Office of Fair Trading
![Page 54: 8th Annual Merger Conference - BIICL...8th Annual Merger Conference 26th November 2009 The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1PL Sponsored by Programme Time Title Chair](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0472727e708231d40e02eb/html5/thumbnails/54.jpg)
11.00
Tea & Coffee Break
11.30
How healthy is our understanding of ‘closeness of competition’? - Whole Foods/Wild Oats versus Nuts, Seeds and Fruits (Holland & Barrett/Julian Graves): - What does closeness of competition
mean? - What is the role of market definition in
mergers with differentiated products? - Is it ever appropriate to make Phase I
presumptions based on margins and diversion ratios?
- Do we give enough credit to supply side responses? Application to retail mergers: local vs national markets
Dr Philip Marsden,
Director, Competition Law Forum, British Institute of International and Comparative Law
Miguel de la Mano,
European Commission Dr Amelia Fletcher
Office of Fair Trading Simon Bishop,
RBB Economics
13.00
Lunch
14.00
Coordinated effects on the rise? Yeast mergers (ABF/GBI) - How reliably can we identify existing
coordination – and where should the burden lie?
- When do mergers strengthen or weaken existing coordination?
- To what extent can we move beyond the “collusion check-list”?
Derek Ridyard,
RBB Economics
Hans Juergen Meyer-Lindemann,
Shearman & Sterling LLP Miguel de la Mano,
European Commission Alison Oldale,
Competition Commission
15.15
Special topic: EU Merger Control Five Years After The Introduction Of The SIEC Test: What Explains the Drop in Enforcement Activity?
Kay Parplies,
European Commission
16.00
Reception
![Page 55: 8th Annual Merger Conference - BIICL...8th Annual Merger Conference 26th November 2009 The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1PL Sponsored by Programme Time Title Chair](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0472727e708231d40e02eb/html5/thumbnails/55.jpg)
8th Annual Merger Conference
26th November 2009 The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane,
London, WC2A 1PL
Sponsored by
Programme
Time
Title
Chair
Speakers
09.00
Registration with Tea/Coffee
09.30
Merger policy in a recession and recovery – spotlight on the UK - HBOS to HMV - how has UK merger
control dealt with the recession? (counterfactual/flailing firm/failing firm).
- The Institutions - joint work, evolution of the system?
- Exceptions to the duty to refer. Is the balance right?
- De minimis: How much does it add to the cases that matter? What does the OFT's decisional practice now offer in terms of practical guidance?
- Update on Upfronts: Practical implications in a voluntary system? Should parties now consider fixing it first?
Matthew Readings,
Shearman & Sterling LLP
Diana Guy,
Competition Commission Johannes Luebking,
European Commission Alistair Lindsay,
Monckton Chambers Nick Scola,
Office of Fair Trading
![Page 56: 8th Annual Merger Conference - BIICL...8th Annual Merger Conference 26th November 2009 The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1PL Sponsored by Programme Time Title Chair](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0472727e708231d40e02eb/html5/thumbnails/56.jpg)
11.00
Tea & Coffee Break
11.30
How healthy is our understanding of ‘closeness of competition’? - Whole Foods/Wild Oats versus Nuts, Seeds and Fruits (Holland & Barrett/Julian Graves): - What does closeness of competition
mean? - What is the role of market definition in
mergers with differentiated products? - Is it ever appropriate to make Phase I
presumptions based on margins and diversion ratios?
- Do we give enough credit to supply side responses? Application to retail mergers: local vs national markets
Dr Philip Marsden,
Director, Competition Law Forum, British Institute of International and Comparative Law
Miguel de la Mano,
European Commission Dr Amelia Fletcher
Office of Fair Trading Simon Bishop,
RBB Economics
13.00
Lunch
14.00
Coordinated effects on the rise? Yeast mergers (ABF/GBI) - How reliably can we identify existing
coordination – and where should the burden lie?
- When do mergers strengthen or weaken existing coordination?
- To what extent can we move beyond the “collusion check-list”?
Derek Ridyard,
RBB Economics
Hans Juergen Meyer-Lindemann,
Shearman & Sterling LLP Miguel de la Mano,
European Commission Alison Oldale,
Competition Commission
15.15
Special topic: EU Merger Control Five Years After The Introduction Of The SIEC Test: What Explains the Drop in Enforcement Activity?
Kay Parplies,
European Commission
16.00
Reception
![Page 57: 8th Annual Merger Conference - BIICL...8th Annual Merger Conference 26th November 2009 The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1PL Sponsored by Programme Time Title Chair](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0472727e708231d40e02eb/html5/thumbnails/57.jpg)
8th Annual Merger Conference
26th November 2009 The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane,
London, WC2A 1PL
Sponsored by
Programme
Time
Title
Chair
Speakers
09.00
Registration with Tea/Coffee
09.30
Merger policy in a recession and recovery – spotlight on the UK - HBOS to HMV - how has UK merger
control dealt with the recession? (counterfactual/flailing firm/failing firm).
- The Institutions - joint work, evolution of the system?
- Exceptions to the duty to refer. Is the balance right?
- De minimis: How much does it add to the cases that matter? What does the OFT's decisional practice now offer in terms of practical guidance?
- Update on Upfronts: Practical implications in a voluntary system? Should parties now consider fixing it first?
Matthew Readings,
Shearman & Sterling LLP
Diana Guy,
Competition Commission Johannes Luebking,
European Commission Alistair Lindsay,
Monckton Chambers Nick Scola,
Office of Fair Trading
![Page 58: 8th Annual Merger Conference - BIICL...8th Annual Merger Conference 26th November 2009 The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1PL Sponsored by Programme Time Title Chair](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0472727e708231d40e02eb/html5/thumbnails/58.jpg)
11.00
Tea & Coffee Break
11.30
How healthy is our understanding of ‘closeness of competition’? - Whole Foods/Wild Oats versus Nuts, Seeds and Fruits (Holland & Barrett/Julian Graves): - What does closeness of competition
mean? - What is the role of market definition in
mergers with differentiated products? - Is it ever appropriate to make Phase I
presumptions based on margins and diversion ratios?
- Do we give enough credit to supply side responses? Application to retail mergers: local vs national markets
Dr Philip Marsden,
Director, Competition Law Forum, British Institute of International and Comparative Law
Miguel de la Mano,
European Commission Dr Amelia Fletcher
Office of Fair Trading Simon Bishop,
RBB Economics
13.00
Lunch
14.00
Coordinated effects on the rise? Yeast mergers (ABF/GBI) - How reliably can we identify existing
coordination – and where should the burden lie?
- When do mergers strengthen or weaken existing coordination?
- To what extent can we move beyond the “collusion check-list”?
Derek Ridyard,
RBB Economics
Hans Juergen Meyer-Lindemann,
Shearman & Sterling LLP Miguel de la Mano,
European Commission Alison Oldale,
Competition Commission
15.15
Special topic: EU Merger Control Five Years After The Introduction Of The SIEC Test: What Explains the Drop in Enforcement Activity?
Kay Parplies,
European Commission
16.00
Reception
![Page 59: 8th Annual Merger Conference - BIICL...8th Annual Merger Conference 26th November 2009 The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1PL Sponsored by Programme Time Title Chair](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0472727e708231d40e02eb/html5/thumbnails/59.jpg)
8th Annual Merger Conference
26th November 2009 The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane,
London, WC2A 1PL
Sponsored by
Programme
Time
Title
Chair
Speakers
09.00
Registration with Tea/Coffee
09.30
Merger policy in a recession and recovery – spotlight on the UK - HBOS to HMV - how has UK merger
control dealt with the recession? (counterfactual/flailing firm/failing firm).
- The Institutions - joint work, evolution of the system?
- Exceptions to the duty to refer. Is the balance right?
- De minimis: How much does it add to the cases that matter? What does the OFT's decisional practice now offer in terms of practical guidance?
- Update on Upfronts: Practical implications in a voluntary system? Should parties now consider fixing it first?
Matthew Readings,
Shearman & Sterling LLP
Diana Guy,
Competition Commission Johannes Luebking,
European Commission Alistair Lindsay,
Monckton Chambers Nick Scola,
Office of Fair Trading
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11.00
Tea & Coffee Break
11.30
How healthy is our understanding of ‘closeness of competition’? - Whole Foods/Wild Oats versus Nuts, Seeds and Fruits (Holland & Barrett/Julian Graves): - What does closeness of competition
mean? - What is the role of market definition in
mergers with differentiated products? - Is it ever appropriate to make Phase I
presumptions based on margins and diversion ratios?
- Do we give enough credit to supply side responses? Application to retail mergers: local vs national markets
Dr Philip Marsden,
Director, Competition Law Forum, British Institute of International and Comparative Law
Miguel de la Mano,
European Commission Dr Amelia Fletcher
Office of Fair Trading Simon Bishop,
RBB Economics
13.00
Lunch
14.00
Coordinated effects on the rise? Yeast mergers (ABF/GBI) - How reliably can we identify existing
coordination – and where should the burden lie?
- When do mergers strengthen or weaken existing coordination?
- To what extent can we move beyond the “collusion check-list”?
Derek Ridyard,
RBB Economics
Hans Juergen Meyer-Lindemann,
Shearman & Sterling LLP Miguel de la Mano,
European Commission Alison Oldale,
Competition Commission
15.15
Special topic: EU Merger Control Five Years After The Introduction Of The SIEC Test: What Explains the Drop in Enforcement Activity?
Kay Parplies,
European Commission
16.00
Reception
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8th Annual Merger Conference
26th November 2009 The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane,
London, WC2A 1PL
Sponsored by
Programme
Time
Title
Chair
Speakers
09.00
Registration with Tea/Coffee
09.30
Merger policy in a recession and recovery – spotlight on the UK - HBOS to HMV - how has UK merger
control dealt with the recession? (counterfactual/flailing firm/failing firm).
- The Institutions - joint work, evolution of the system?
- Exceptions to the duty to refer. Is the balance right?
- De minimis: How much does it add to the cases that matter? What does the OFT's decisional practice now offer in terms of practical guidance?
- Update on Upfronts: Practical implications in a voluntary system? Should parties now consider fixing it first?
Matthew Readings,
Shearman & Sterling LLP
Diana Guy,
Competition Commission Johannes Luebking,
European Commission Alistair Lindsay,
Monckton Chambers Nick Scola,
Office of Fair Trading
![Page 62: 8th Annual Merger Conference - BIICL...8th Annual Merger Conference 26th November 2009 The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1PL Sponsored by Programme Time Title Chair](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0472727e708231d40e02eb/html5/thumbnails/62.jpg)
11.00
Tea & Coffee Break
11.30
How healthy is our understanding of ‘closeness of competition’? - Whole Foods/Wild Oats versus Nuts, Seeds and Fruits (Holland & Barrett/Julian Graves): - What does closeness of competition
mean? - What is the role of market definition in
mergers with differentiated products? - Is it ever appropriate to make Phase I
presumptions based on margins and diversion ratios?
- Do we give enough credit to supply side responses? Application to retail mergers: local vs national markets
Dr Philip Marsden,
Director, Competition Law Forum, British Institute of International and Comparative Law
Miguel de la Mano,
European Commission Dr Amelia Fletcher
Office of Fair Trading Simon Bishop,
RBB Economics
13.00
Lunch
14.00
Coordinated effects on the rise? Yeast mergers (ABF/GBI) - How reliably can we identify existing
coordination – and where should the burden lie?
- When do mergers strengthen or weaken existing coordination?
- To what extent can we move beyond the “collusion check-list”?
Derek Ridyard,
RBB Economics
Hans Juergen Meyer-Lindemann,
Shearman & Sterling LLP Miguel de la Mano,
European Commission Alison Oldale,
Competition Commission
15.15
Special topic: EU Merger Control Five Years After The Introduction Of The SIEC Test: What Explains the Drop in Enforcement Activity?
Kay Parplies,
European Commission
16.00
Reception
![Page 63: 8th Annual Merger Conference - BIICL...8th Annual Merger Conference 26th November 2009 The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1PL Sponsored by Programme Time Title Chair](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0472727e708231d40e02eb/html5/thumbnails/63.jpg)
8th Annual Merger Conference
26th November 2009 The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane,
London, WC2A 1PL
Sponsored by
Programme
Time
Title
Chair
Speakers
09.00
Registration with Tea/Coffee
09.30
Merger policy in a recession and recovery – spotlight on the UK - HBOS to HMV - how has UK merger
control dealt with the recession? (counterfactual/flailing firm/failing firm).
- The Institutions - joint work, evolution of the system?
- Exceptions to the duty to refer. Is the balance right?
- De minimis: How much does it add to the cases that matter? What does the OFT's decisional practice now offer in terms of practical guidance?
- Update on Upfronts: Practical implications in a voluntary system? Should parties now consider fixing it first?
Matthew Readings,
Shearman & Sterling LLP
Diana Guy,
Competition Commission Johannes Luebking,
European Commission Alistair Lindsay,
Monckton Chambers Nick Scola,
Office of Fair Trading
![Page 64: 8th Annual Merger Conference - BIICL...8th Annual Merger Conference 26th November 2009 The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1PL Sponsored by Programme Time Title Chair](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0472727e708231d40e02eb/html5/thumbnails/64.jpg)
11.00
Tea & Coffee Break
11.30
How healthy is our understanding of ‘closeness of competition’? - Whole Foods/Wild Oats versus Nuts, Seeds and Fruits (Holland & Barrett/Julian Graves): - What does closeness of competition
mean? - What is the role of market definition in
mergers with differentiated products? - Is it ever appropriate to make Phase I
presumptions based on margins and diversion ratios?
- Do we give enough credit to supply side responses? Application to retail mergers: local vs national markets
Dr Philip Marsden,
Director, Competition Law Forum, British Institute of International and Comparative Law
Miguel de la Mano,
European Commission Dr Amelia Fletcher
Office of Fair Trading Simon Bishop,
RBB Economics
13.00
Lunch
14.00
Coordinated effects on the rise? Yeast mergers (ABF/GBI) - How reliably can we identify existing
coordination – and where should the burden lie?
- When do mergers strengthen or weaken existing coordination?
- To what extent can we move beyond the “collusion check-list”?
Derek Ridyard,
RBB Economics
Hans Juergen Meyer-Lindemann,
Shearman & Sterling LLP Miguel de la Mano,
European Commission Alison Oldale,
Competition Commission
15.15
Special topic: EU Merger Control Five Years After The Introduction Of The SIEC Test: What Explains the Drop in Enforcement Activity?
Kay Parplies,
European Commission
16.00
Reception
![Page 65: 8th Annual Merger Conference - BIICL...8th Annual Merger Conference 26th November 2009 The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1PL Sponsored by Programme Time Title Chair](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0472727e708231d40e02eb/html5/thumbnails/65.jpg)
8th Annual Merger Conference
26th November 2009 The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane,
London, WC2A 1PL
Sponsored by
Programme
Time
Title
Chair
Speakers
09.00
Registration with Tea/Coffee
09.30
Merger policy in a recession and recovery – spotlight on the UK - HBOS to HMV - how has UK merger
control dealt with the recession? (counterfactual/flailing firm/failing firm).
- The Institutions - joint work, evolution of the system?
- Exceptions to the duty to refer. Is the balance right?
- De minimis: How much does it add to the cases that matter? What does the OFT's decisional practice now offer in terms of practical guidance?
- Update on Upfronts: Practical implications in a voluntary system? Should parties now consider fixing it first?
Matthew Readings,
Shearman & Sterling LLP
Diana Guy,
Competition Commission Johannes Luebking,
European Commission Alistair Lindsay,
Monckton Chambers Nick Scola,
Office of Fair Trading
![Page 66: 8th Annual Merger Conference - BIICL...8th Annual Merger Conference 26th November 2009 The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1PL Sponsored by Programme Time Title Chair](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0472727e708231d40e02eb/html5/thumbnails/66.jpg)
11.00
Tea & Coffee Break
11.30
How healthy is our understanding of ‘closeness of competition’? - Whole Foods/Wild Oats versus Nuts, Seeds and Fruits (Holland & Barrett/Julian Graves): - What does closeness of competition
mean? - What is the role of market definition in
mergers with differentiated products? - Is it ever appropriate to make Phase I
presumptions based on margins and diversion ratios?
- Do we give enough credit to supply side responses? Application to retail mergers: local vs national markets
Dr Philip Marsden,
Director, Competition Law Forum, British Institute of International and Comparative Law
Miguel de la Mano,
European Commission Dr Amelia Fletcher
Office of Fair Trading Simon Bishop,
RBB Economics
13.00
Lunch
14.00
Coordinated effects on the rise? Yeast mergers (ABF/GBI) - How reliably can we identify existing
coordination – and where should the burden lie?
- When do mergers strengthen or weaken existing coordination?
- To what extent can we move beyond the “collusion check-list”?
Derek Ridyard,
RBB Economics
Hans Juergen Meyer-Lindemann,
Shearman & Sterling LLP Miguel de la Mano,
European Commission Alison Oldale,
Competition Commission
15.15
Special topic: EU Merger Control Five Years After The Introduction Of The SIEC Test: What Explains the Drop in Enforcement Activity?
Kay Parplies,
European Commission
16.00
Reception
![Page 67: 8th Annual Merger Conference - BIICL...8th Annual Merger Conference 26th November 2009 The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1PL Sponsored by Programme Time Title Chair](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0472727e708231d40e02eb/html5/thumbnails/67.jpg)
8th Annual Merger Conference
26th November 2009 The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane,
London, WC2A 1PL
Sponsored by
Programme
Time
Title
Chair
Speakers
09.00
Registration with Tea/Coffee
09.30
Merger policy in a recession and recovery – spotlight on the UK - HBOS to HMV - how has UK merger
control dealt with the recession? (counterfactual/flailing firm/failing firm).
- The Institutions - joint work, evolution of the system?
- Exceptions to the duty to refer. Is the balance right?
- De minimis: How much does it add to the cases that matter? What does the OFT's decisional practice now offer in terms of practical guidance?
- Update on Upfronts: Practical implications in a voluntary system? Should parties now consider fixing it first?
Matthew Readings,
Shearman & Sterling LLP
Diana Guy,
Competition Commission Johannes Luebking,
European Commission Alistair Lindsay,
Monckton Chambers Nick Scola,
Office of Fair Trading
![Page 68: 8th Annual Merger Conference - BIICL...8th Annual Merger Conference 26th November 2009 The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1PL Sponsored by Programme Time Title Chair](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0472727e708231d40e02eb/html5/thumbnails/68.jpg)
11.00
Tea & Coffee Break
11.30
How healthy is our understanding of ‘closeness of competition’? - Whole Foods/Wild Oats versus Nuts, Seeds and Fruits (Holland & Barrett/Julian Graves): - What does closeness of competition
mean? - What is the role of market definition in
mergers with differentiated products? - Is it ever appropriate to make Phase I
presumptions based on margins and diversion ratios?
- Do we give enough credit to supply side responses? Application to retail mergers: local vs national markets
Dr Philip Marsden,
Director, Competition Law Forum, British Institute of International and Comparative Law
Miguel de la Mano,
European Commission Dr Amelia Fletcher
Office of Fair Trading Simon Bishop,
RBB Economics
13.00
Lunch
14.00
Coordinated effects on the rise? Yeast mergers (ABF/GBI) - How reliably can we identify existing
coordination – and where should the burden lie?
- When do mergers strengthen or weaken existing coordination?
- To what extent can we move beyond the “collusion check-list”?
Derek Ridyard,
RBB Economics
Hans Juergen Meyer-Lindemann,
Shearman & Sterling LLP Miguel de la Mano,
European Commission Alison Oldale,
Competition Commission
15.15
Special topic: EU Merger Control Five Years After The Introduction Of The SIEC Test: What Explains the Drop in Enforcement Activity?
Kay Parplies,
European Commission
16.00
Reception
![Page 69: 8th Annual Merger Conference - BIICL...8th Annual Merger Conference 26th November 2009 The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1PL Sponsored by Programme Time Title Chair](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0472727e708231d40e02eb/html5/thumbnails/69.jpg)
8th Annual Merger Conference
26th November 2009 The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane,
London, WC2A 1PL
Sponsored by
Programme
Time
Title
Chair
Speakers
09.00
Registration with Tea/Coffee
09.30
Merger policy in a recession and recovery – spotlight on the UK - HBOS to HMV - how has UK merger
control dealt with the recession? (counterfactual/flailing firm/failing firm).
- The Institutions - joint work, evolution of the system?
- Exceptions to the duty to refer. Is the balance right?
- De minimis: How much does it add to the cases that matter? What does the OFT's decisional practice now offer in terms of practical guidance?
- Update on Upfronts: Practical implications in a voluntary system? Should parties now consider fixing it first?
Matthew Readings,
Shearman & Sterling LLP
Diana Guy,
Competition Commission Johannes Luebking,
European Commission Alistair Lindsay,
Monckton Chambers Nick Scola,
Office of Fair Trading
![Page 70: 8th Annual Merger Conference - BIICL...8th Annual Merger Conference 26th November 2009 The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1PL Sponsored by Programme Time Title Chair](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0472727e708231d40e02eb/html5/thumbnails/70.jpg)
11.00
Tea & Coffee Break
11.30
How healthy is our understanding of ‘closeness of competition’? - Whole Foods/Wild Oats versus Nuts, Seeds and Fruits (Holland & Barrett/Julian Graves): - What does closeness of competition
mean? - What is the role of market definition in
mergers with differentiated products? - Is it ever appropriate to make Phase I
presumptions based on margins and diversion ratios?
- Do we give enough credit to supply side responses? Application to retail mergers: local vs national markets
Dr Philip Marsden,
Director, Competition Law Forum, British Institute of International and Comparative Law
Miguel de la Mano,
European Commission Dr Amelia Fletcher
Office of Fair Trading Simon Bishop,
RBB Economics
13.00
Lunch
14.00
Coordinated effects on the rise? Yeast mergers (ABF/GBI) - How reliably can we identify existing
coordination – and where should the burden lie?
- When do mergers strengthen or weaken existing coordination?
- To what extent can we move beyond the “collusion check-list”?
Derek Ridyard,
RBB Economics
Hans Juergen Meyer-Lindemann,
Shearman & Sterling LLP Miguel de la Mano,
European Commission Alison Oldale,
Competition Commission
15.15
Special topic: EU Merger Control Five Years After The Introduction Of The SIEC Test: What Explains the Drop in Enforcement Activity?
Kay Parplies,
European Commission
16.00
Reception
![Page 71: 8th Annual Merger Conference - BIICL...8th Annual Merger Conference 26th November 2009 The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1PL Sponsored by Programme Time Title Chair](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0472727e708231d40e02eb/html5/thumbnails/71.jpg)
8th Annual Merger Conference
26th November 2009 The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane,
London, WC2A 1PL
Sponsored by
Programme
Time
Title
Chair
Speakers
09.00
Registration with Tea/Coffee
09.30
Merger policy in a recession and recovery – spotlight on the UK - HBOS to HMV - how has UK merger
control dealt with the recession? (counterfactual/flailing firm/failing firm).
- The Institutions - joint work, evolution of the system?
- Exceptions to the duty to refer. Is the balance right?
- De minimis: How much does it add to the cases that matter? What does the OFT's decisional practice now offer in terms of practical guidance?
- Update on Upfronts: Practical implications in a voluntary system? Should parties now consider fixing it first?
Matthew Readings,
Shearman & Sterling LLP
Diana Guy,
Competition Commission Johannes Luebking,
European Commission Alistair Lindsay,
Monckton Chambers Nick Scola,
Office of Fair Trading
![Page 72: 8th Annual Merger Conference - BIICL...8th Annual Merger Conference 26th November 2009 The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1PL Sponsored by Programme Time Title Chair](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0472727e708231d40e02eb/html5/thumbnails/72.jpg)
11.00
Tea & Coffee Break
11.30
How healthy is our understanding of ‘closeness of competition’? - Whole Foods/Wild Oats versus Nuts, Seeds and Fruits (Holland & Barrett/Julian Graves): - What does closeness of competition
mean? - What is the role of market definition in
mergers with differentiated products? - Is it ever appropriate to make Phase I
presumptions based on margins and diversion ratios?
- Do we give enough credit to supply side responses? Application to retail mergers: local vs national markets
Dr Philip Marsden,
Director, Competition Law Forum, British Institute of International and Comparative Law
Miguel de la Mano,
European Commission Dr Amelia Fletcher
Office of Fair Trading Simon Bishop,
RBB Economics
13.00
Lunch
14.00
Coordinated effects on the rise? Yeast mergers (ABF/GBI) - How reliably can we identify existing
coordination – and where should the burden lie?
- When do mergers strengthen or weaken existing coordination?
- To what extent can we move beyond the “collusion check-list”?
Derek Ridyard,
RBB Economics
Hans Juergen Meyer-Lindemann,
Shearman & Sterling LLP Miguel de la Mano,
European Commission Alison Oldale,
Competition Commission
15.15
Special topic: EU Merger Control Five Years After The Introduction Of The SIEC Test: What Explains the Drop in Enforcement Activity?
Kay Parplies,
European Commission
16.00
Reception
![Page 73: 8th Annual Merger Conference - BIICL...8th Annual Merger Conference 26th November 2009 The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1PL Sponsored by Programme Time Title Chair](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0472727e708231d40e02eb/html5/thumbnails/73.jpg)
8th Annual Merger Conference
26th November 2009 The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane,
London, WC2A 1PL
Sponsored by
Programme
Time
Title
Chair
Speakers
09.00
Registration with Tea/Coffee
09.30
Merger policy in a recession and recovery – spotlight on the UK - HBOS to HMV - how has UK merger
control dealt with the recession? (counterfactual/flailing firm/failing firm).
- The Institutions - joint work, evolution of the system?
- Exceptions to the duty to refer. Is the balance right?
- De minimis: How much does it add to the cases that matter? What does the OFT's decisional practice now offer in terms of practical guidance?
- Update on Upfronts: Practical implications in a voluntary system? Should parties now consider fixing it first?
Matthew Readings,
Shearman & Sterling LLP
Diana Guy,
Competition Commission Johannes Luebking,
European Commission Alistair Lindsay,
Monckton Chambers Nick Scola,
Office of Fair Trading
![Page 74: 8th Annual Merger Conference - BIICL...8th Annual Merger Conference 26th November 2009 The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1PL Sponsored by Programme Time Title Chair](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0472727e708231d40e02eb/html5/thumbnails/74.jpg)
11.00
Tea & Coffee Break
11.30
How healthy is our understanding of ‘closeness of competition’? - Whole Foods/Wild Oats versus Nuts, Seeds and Fruits (Holland & Barrett/Julian Graves): - What does closeness of competition
mean? - What is the role of market definition in
mergers with differentiated products? - Is it ever appropriate to make Phase I
presumptions based on margins and diversion ratios?
- Do we give enough credit to supply side responses? Application to retail mergers: local vs national markets
Dr Philip Marsden,
Director, Competition Law Forum, British Institute of International and Comparative Law
Miguel de la Mano,
European Commission Dr Amelia Fletcher
Office of Fair Trading Simon Bishop,
RBB Economics
13.00
Lunch
14.00
Coordinated effects on the rise? Yeast mergers (ABF/GBI) - How reliably can we identify existing
coordination – and where should the burden lie?
- When do mergers strengthen or weaken existing coordination?
- To what extent can we move beyond the “collusion check-list”?
Derek Ridyard,
RBB Economics
Hans Juergen Meyer-Lindemann,
Shearman & Sterling LLP Miguel de la Mano,
European Commission Alison Oldale,
Competition Commission
15.15
Special topic: EU Merger Control Five Years After The Introduction Of The SIEC Test: What Explains the Drop in Enforcement Activity?
Kay Parplies,
European Commission
16.00
Reception
![Page 75: 8th Annual Merger Conference - BIICL...8th Annual Merger Conference 26th November 2009 The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1PL Sponsored by Programme Time Title Chair](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0472727e708231d40e02eb/html5/thumbnails/75.jpg)
8th Annual Merger Conference
26th November 2009 The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane,
London, WC2A 1PL
Sponsored by
Programme
Time
Title
Chair
Speakers
09.00
Registration with Tea/Coffee
09.30
Merger policy in a recession and recovery – spotlight on the UK - HBOS to HMV - how has UK merger
control dealt with the recession? (counterfactual/flailing firm/failing firm).
- The Institutions - joint work, evolution of the system?
- Exceptions to the duty to refer. Is the balance right?
- De minimis: How much does it add to the cases that matter? What does the OFT's decisional practice now offer in terms of practical guidance?
- Update on Upfronts: Practical implications in a voluntary system? Should parties now consider fixing it first?
Matthew Readings,
Shearman & Sterling LLP
Diana Guy,
Competition Commission Johannes Luebking,
European Commission Alistair Lindsay,
Monckton Chambers Nick Scola,
Office of Fair Trading
![Page 76: 8th Annual Merger Conference - BIICL...8th Annual Merger Conference 26th November 2009 The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1PL Sponsored by Programme Time Title Chair](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0472727e708231d40e02eb/html5/thumbnails/76.jpg)
11.00
Tea & Coffee Break
11.30
How healthy is our understanding of ‘closeness of competition’? - Whole Foods/Wild Oats versus Nuts, Seeds and Fruits (Holland & Barrett/Julian Graves): - What does closeness of competition
mean? - What is the role of market definition in
mergers with differentiated products? - Is it ever appropriate to make Phase I
presumptions based on margins and diversion ratios?
- Do we give enough credit to supply side responses? Application to retail mergers: local vs national markets
Dr Philip Marsden,
Director, Competition Law Forum, British Institute of International and Comparative Law
Miguel de la Mano,
European Commission Dr Amelia Fletcher
Office of Fair Trading Simon Bishop,
RBB Economics
13.00
Lunch
14.00
Coordinated effects on the rise? Yeast mergers (ABF/GBI) - How reliably can we identify existing
coordination – and where should the burden lie?
- When do mergers strengthen or weaken existing coordination?
- To what extent can we move beyond the “collusion check-list”?
Derek Ridyard,
RBB Economics
Hans Juergen Meyer-Lindemann,
Shearman & Sterling LLP Miguel de la Mano,
European Commission Alison Oldale,
Competition Commission
15.15
Special topic: EU Merger Control Five Years After The Introduction Of The SIEC Test: What Explains the Drop in Enforcement Activity?
Kay Parplies,
European Commission
16.00
Reception
![Page 77: 8th Annual Merger Conference - BIICL...8th Annual Merger Conference 26th November 2009 The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1PL Sponsored by Programme Time Title Chair](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0472727e708231d40e02eb/html5/thumbnails/77.jpg)
8th Annual Merger Conference
26th November 2009 The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane,
London, WC2A 1PL
Sponsored by
Programme
Time
Title
Chair
Speakers
09.00
Registration with Tea/Coffee
09.30
Merger policy in a recession and recovery – spotlight on the UK - HBOS to HMV - how has UK merger
control dealt with the recession? (counterfactual/flailing firm/failing firm).
- The Institutions - joint work, evolution of the system?
- Exceptions to the duty to refer. Is the balance right?
- De minimis: How much does it add to the cases that matter? What does the OFT's decisional practice now offer in terms of practical guidance?
- Update on Upfronts: Practical implications in a voluntary system? Should parties now consider fixing it first?
Matthew Readings,
Shearman & Sterling LLP
Diana Guy,
Competition Commission Johannes Luebking,
European Commission Alistair Lindsay,
Monckton Chambers Nick Scola,
Office of Fair Trading
![Page 78: 8th Annual Merger Conference - BIICL...8th Annual Merger Conference 26th November 2009 The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1PL Sponsored by Programme Time Title Chair](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0472727e708231d40e02eb/html5/thumbnails/78.jpg)
11.00
Tea & Coffee Break
11.30
How healthy is our understanding of ‘closeness of competition’? - Whole Foods/Wild Oats versus Nuts, Seeds and Fruits (Holland & Barrett/Julian Graves): - What does closeness of competition
mean? - What is the role of market definition in
mergers with differentiated products? - Is it ever appropriate to make Phase I
presumptions based on margins and diversion ratios?
- Do we give enough credit to supply side responses? Application to retail mergers: local vs national markets
Dr Philip Marsden,
Director, Competition Law Forum, British Institute of International and Comparative Law
Miguel de la Mano,
European Commission Dr Amelia Fletcher
Office of Fair Trading Simon Bishop,
RBB Economics
13.00
Lunch
14.00
Coordinated effects on the rise? Yeast mergers (ABF/GBI) - How reliably can we identify existing
coordination – and where should the burden lie?
- When do mergers strengthen or weaken existing coordination?
- To what extent can we move beyond the “collusion check-list”?
Derek Ridyard,
RBB Economics
Hans Juergen Meyer-Lindemann,
Shearman & Sterling LLP Miguel de la Mano,
European Commission Alison Oldale,
Competition Commission
15.15
Special topic: EU Merger Control Five Years After The Introduction Of The SIEC Test: What Explains the Drop in Enforcement Activity?
Kay Parplies,
European Commission
16.00
Reception
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8th Annual Merger Conference
26th November 2009 The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane,
London, WC2A 1PL
Sponsored by
Programme
Time
Title
Chair
Speakers
09.00
Registration with Tea/Coffee
09.30
Merger policy in a recession and recovery – spotlight on the UK - HBOS to HMV - how has UK merger
control dealt with the recession? (counterfactual/flailing firm/failing firm).
- The Institutions - joint work, evolution of the system?
- Exceptions to the duty to refer. Is the balance right?
- De minimis: How much does it add to the cases that matter? What does the OFT's decisional practice now offer in terms of practical guidance?
- Update on Upfronts: Practical implications in a voluntary system? Should parties now consider fixing it first?
Matthew Readings,
Shearman & Sterling LLP
Diana Guy,
Competition Commission Johannes Luebking,
European Commission Alistair Lindsay,
Monckton Chambers Nick Scola,
Office of Fair Trading
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11.00
Tea & Coffee Break
11.30
How healthy is our understanding of ‘closeness of competition’? - Whole Foods/Wild Oats versus Nuts, Seeds and Fruits (Holland & Barrett/Julian Graves): - What does closeness of competition
mean? - What is the role of market definition in
mergers with differentiated products? - Is it ever appropriate to make Phase I
presumptions based on margins and diversion ratios?
- Do we give enough credit to supply side responses? Application to retail mergers: local vs national markets
Dr Philip Marsden,
Director, Competition Law Forum, British Institute of International and Comparative Law
Miguel de la Mano,
European Commission Dr Amelia Fletcher
Office of Fair Trading Simon Bishop,
RBB Economics
13.00
Lunch
14.00
Coordinated effects on the rise? Yeast mergers (ABF/GBI) - How reliably can we identify existing
coordination – and where should the burden lie?
- When do mergers strengthen or weaken existing coordination?
- To what extent can we move beyond the “collusion check-list”?
Derek Ridyard,
RBB Economics
Hans Juergen Meyer-Lindemann,
Shearman & Sterling LLP Miguel de la Mano,
European Commission Alison Oldale,
Competition Commission
15.15
Special topic: EU Merger Control Five Years After The Introduction Of The SIEC Test: What Explains the Drop in Enforcement Activity?
Kay Parplies,
European Commission
16.00
Reception
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8th Annual Merger Conference
26th November 2009 The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane,
London, WC2A 1PL
Sponsored by
Programme
Time
Title
Chair
Speakers
09.00
Registration with Tea/Coffee
09.30
Merger policy in a recession and recovery – spotlight on the UK - HBOS to HMV - how has UK merger
control dealt with the recession? (counterfactual/flailing firm/failing firm).
- The Institutions - joint work, evolution of the system?
- Exceptions to the duty to refer. Is the balance right?
- De minimis: How much does it add to the cases that matter? What does the OFT's decisional practice now offer in terms of practical guidance?
- Update on Upfronts: Practical implications in a voluntary system? Should parties now consider fixing it first?
Matthew Readings,
Shearman & Sterling LLP
Diana Guy,
Competition Commission Johannes Luebking,
European Commission Alistair Lindsay,
Monckton Chambers Nick Scola,
Office of Fair Trading
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11.00
Tea & Coffee Break
11.30
How healthy is our understanding of ‘closeness of competition’? - Whole Foods/Wild Oats versus Nuts, Seeds and Fruits (Holland & Barrett/Julian Graves): - What does closeness of competition
mean? - What is the role of market definition in
mergers with differentiated products? - Is it ever appropriate to make Phase I
presumptions based on margins and diversion ratios?
- Do we give enough credit to supply side responses? Application to retail mergers: local vs national markets
Dr Philip Marsden,
Director, Competition Law Forum, British Institute of International and Comparative Law
Miguel de la Mano,
European Commission Dr Amelia Fletcher
Office of Fair Trading Simon Bishop,
RBB Economics
13.00
Lunch
14.00
Coordinated effects on the rise? Yeast mergers (ABF/GBI) - How reliably can we identify existing
coordination – and where should the burden lie?
- When do mergers strengthen or weaken existing coordination?
- To what extent can we move beyond the “collusion check-list”?
Derek Ridyard,
RBB Economics
Hans Juergen Meyer-Lindemann,
Shearman & Sterling LLP Miguel de la Mano,
European Commission Alison Oldale,
Competition Commission
15.15
Special topic: EU Merger Control Five Years After The Introduction Of The SIEC Test: What Explains the Drop in Enforcement Activity?
Kay Parplies,
European Commission
16.00
Reception
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8th Annual Merger Conference
26th November 2009 The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane,
London, WC2A 1PL
Sponsored by
Programme
Time
Title
Chair
Speakers
09.00
Registration with Tea/Coffee
09.30
Merger policy in a recession and recovery – spotlight on the UK - HBOS to HMV - how has UK merger
control dealt with the recession? (counterfactual/flailing firm/failing firm).
- The Institutions - joint work, evolution of the system?
- Exceptions to the duty to refer. Is the balance right?
- De minimis: How much does it add to the cases that matter? What does the OFT's decisional practice now offer in terms of practical guidance?
- Update on Upfronts: Practical implications in a voluntary system? Should parties now consider fixing it first?
Matthew Readings,
Shearman & Sterling LLP
Diana Guy,
Competition Commission Johannes Luebking,
European Commission Alistair Lindsay,
Monckton Chambers Nick Scola,
Office of Fair Trading
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11.00
Tea & Coffee Break
11.30
How healthy is our understanding of ‘closeness of competition’? - Whole Foods/Wild Oats versus Nuts, Seeds and Fruits (Holland & Barrett/Julian Graves): - What does closeness of competition
mean? - What is the role of market definition in
mergers with differentiated products? - Is it ever appropriate to make Phase I
presumptions based on margins and diversion ratios?
- Do we give enough credit to supply side responses? Application to retail mergers: local vs national markets
Dr Philip Marsden,
Director, Competition Law Forum, British Institute of International and Comparative Law
Miguel de la Mano,
European Commission Dr Amelia Fletcher
Office of Fair Trading Simon Bishop,
RBB Economics
13.00
Lunch
14.00
Coordinated effects on the rise? Yeast mergers (ABF/GBI) - How reliably can we identify existing
coordination – and where should the burden lie?
- When do mergers strengthen or weaken existing coordination?
- To what extent can we move beyond the “collusion check-list”?
Derek Ridyard,
RBB Economics
Hans Juergen Meyer-Lindemann,
Shearman & Sterling LLP Miguel de la Mano,
European Commission Alison Oldale,
Competition Commission
15.15
Special topic: EU Merger Control Five Years After The Introduction Of The SIEC Test: What Explains the Drop in Enforcement Activity?
Kay Parplies,
European Commission
16.00
Reception
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8th Annual Merger Conference
26th November 2009 The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane,
London, WC2A 1PL
Sponsored by
Programme
Time
Title
Chair
Speakers
09.00
Registration with Tea/Coffee
09.30
Merger policy in a recession and recovery – spotlight on the UK - HBOS to HMV - how has UK merger
control dealt with the recession? (counterfactual/flailing firm/failing firm).
- The Institutions - joint work, evolution of the system?
- Exceptions to the duty to refer. Is the balance right?
- De minimis: How much does it add to the cases that matter? What does the OFT's decisional practice now offer in terms of practical guidance?
- Update on Upfronts: Practical implications in a voluntary system? Should parties now consider fixing it first?
Matthew Readings,
Shearman & Sterling LLP
Diana Guy,
Competition Commission Johannes Luebking,
European Commission Alistair Lindsay,
Monckton Chambers Nick Scola,
Office of Fair Trading
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11.00
Tea & Coffee Break
11.30
How healthy is our understanding of ‘closeness of competition’? - Whole Foods/Wild Oats versus Nuts, Seeds and Fruits (Holland & Barrett/Julian Graves): - What does closeness of competition
mean? - What is the role of market definition in
mergers with differentiated products? - Is it ever appropriate to make Phase I
presumptions based on margins and diversion ratios?
- Do we give enough credit to supply side responses? Application to retail mergers: local vs national markets
Dr Philip Marsden,
Director, Competition Law Forum, British Institute of International and Comparative Law
Miguel de la Mano,
European Commission Dr Amelia Fletcher
Office of Fair Trading Simon Bishop,
RBB Economics
13.00
Lunch
14.00
Coordinated effects on the rise? Yeast mergers (ABF/GBI) - How reliably can we identify existing
coordination – and where should the burden lie?
- When do mergers strengthen or weaken existing coordination?
- To what extent can we move beyond the “collusion check-list”?
Derek Ridyard,
RBB Economics
Hans Juergen Meyer-Lindemann,
Shearman & Sterling LLP Miguel de la Mano,
European Commission Alison Oldale,
Competition Commission
15.15
Special topic: EU Merger Control Five Years After The Introduction Of The SIEC Test: What Explains the Drop in Enforcement Activity?
Kay Parplies,
European Commission
16.00
Reception
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8th Annual Merger Conference
26th November 2009 The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane,
London, WC2A 1PL
Sponsored by
Programme
Time
Title
Chair
Speakers
09.00
Registration with Tea/Coffee
09.30
Merger policy in a recession and recovery – spotlight on the UK - HBOS to HMV - how has UK merger
control dealt with the recession? (counterfactual/flailing firm/failing firm).
- The Institutions - joint work, evolution of the system?
- Exceptions to the duty to refer. Is the balance right?
- De minimis: How much does it add to the cases that matter? What does the OFT's decisional practice now offer in terms of practical guidance?
- Update on Upfronts: Practical implications in a voluntary system? Should parties now consider fixing it first?
Matthew Readings,
Shearman & Sterling LLP
Diana Guy,
Competition Commission Johannes Luebking,
European Commission Alistair Lindsay,
Monckton Chambers Nick Scola,
Office of Fair Trading
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11.00
Tea & Coffee Break
11.30
How healthy is our understanding of ‘closeness of competition’? - Whole Foods/Wild Oats versus Nuts, Seeds and Fruits (Holland & Barrett/Julian Graves): - What does closeness of competition
mean? - What is the role of market definition in
mergers with differentiated products? - Is it ever appropriate to make Phase I
presumptions based on margins and diversion ratios?
- Do we give enough credit to supply side responses? Application to retail mergers: local vs national markets
Dr Philip Marsden,
Director, Competition Law Forum, British Institute of International and Comparative Law
Miguel de la Mano,
European Commission Dr Amelia Fletcher
Office of Fair Trading Simon Bishop,
RBB Economics
13.00
Lunch
14.00
Coordinated effects on the rise? Yeast mergers (ABF/GBI) - How reliably can we identify existing
coordination – and where should the burden lie?
- When do mergers strengthen or weaken existing coordination?
- To what extent can we move beyond the “collusion check-list”?
Derek Ridyard,
RBB Economics
Hans Juergen Meyer-Lindemann,
Shearman & Sterling LLP Miguel de la Mano,
European Commission Alison Oldale,
Competition Commission
15.15
Special topic: EU Merger Control Five Years After The Introduction Of The SIEC Test: What Explains the Drop in Enforcement Activity?
Kay Parplies,
European Commission
16.00
Reception
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8th Annual Merger Conference
26th November 2009 The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane,
London, WC2A 1PL
Sponsored by
Programme
Time
Title
Chair
Speakers
09.00
Registration with Tea/Coffee
09.30
Merger policy in a recession and recovery – spotlight on the UK - HBOS to HMV - how has UK merger
control dealt with the recession? (counterfactual/flailing firm/failing firm).
- The Institutions - joint work, evolution of the system?
- Exceptions to the duty to refer. Is the balance right?
- De minimis: How much does it add to the cases that matter? What does the OFT's decisional practice now offer in terms of practical guidance?
- Update on Upfronts: Practical implications in a voluntary system? Should parties now consider fixing it first?
Matthew Readings,
Shearman & Sterling LLP
Diana Guy,
Competition Commission Johannes Luebking,
European Commission Alistair Lindsay,
Monckton Chambers Nick Scola,
Office of Fair Trading
![Page 90: 8th Annual Merger Conference - BIICL...8th Annual Merger Conference 26th November 2009 The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1PL Sponsored by Programme Time Title Chair](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0472727e708231d40e02eb/html5/thumbnails/90.jpg)
11.00
Tea & Coffee Break
11.30
How healthy is our understanding of ‘closeness of competition’? - Whole Foods/Wild Oats versus Nuts, Seeds and Fruits (Holland & Barrett/Julian Graves): - What does closeness of competition
mean? - What is the role of market definition in
mergers with differentiated products? - Is it ever appropriate to make Phase I
presumptions based on margins and diversion ratios?
- Do we give enough credit to supply side responses? Application to retail mergers: local vs national markets
Dr Philip Marsden,
Director, Competition Law Forum, British Institute of International and Comparative Law
Miguel de la Mano,
European Commission Dr Amelia Fletcher
Office of Fair Trading Simon Bishop,
RBB Economics
13.00
Lunch
14.00
Coordinated effects on the rise? Yeast mergers (ABF/GBI) - How reliably can we identify existing
coordination – and where should the burden lie?
- When do mergers strengthen or weaken existing coordination?
- To what extent can we move beyond the “collusion check-list”?
Derek Ridyard,
RBB Economics
Hans Juergen Meyer-Lindemann,
Shearman & Sterling LLP Miguel de la Mano,
European Commission Alison Oldale,
Competition Commission
15.15
Special topic: EU Merger Control Five Years After The Introduction Of The SIEC Test: What Explains the Drop in Enforcement Activity?
Kay Parplies,
European Commission
16.00
Reception
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8th Annual Merger Conference
26th November 2009 The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane,
London, WC2A 1PL
Sponsored by
Programme
Time
Title
Chair
Speakers
09.00
Registration with Tea/Coffee
09.30
Merger policy in a recession and recovery – spotlight on the UK - HBOS to HMV - how has UK merger
control dealt with the recession? (counterfactual/flailing firm/failing firm).
- The Institutions - joint work, evolution of the system?
- Exceptions to the duty to refer. Is the balance right?
- De minimis: How much does it add to the cases that matter? What does the OFT's decisional practice now offer in terms of practical guidance?
- Update on Upfronts: Practical implications in a voluntary system? Should parties now consider fixing it first?
Matthew Readings,
Shearman & Sterling LLP
Diana Guy,
Competition Commission Johannes Luebking,
European Commission Alistair Lindsay,
Monckton Chambers Nick Scola,
Office of Fair Trading
![Page 92: 8th Annual Merger Conference - BIICL...8th Annual Merger Conference 26th November 2009 The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1PL Sponsored by Programme Time Title Chair](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0472727e708231d40e02eb/html5/thumbnails/92.jpg)
11.00
Tea & Coffee Break
11.30
How healthy is our understanding of ‘closeness of competition’? - Whole Foods/Wild Oats versus Nuts, Seeds and Fruits (Holland & Barrett/Julian Graves): - What does closeness of competition
mean? - What is the role of market definition in
mergers with differentiated products? - Is it ever appropriate to make Phase I
presumptions based on margins and diversion ratios?
- Do we give enough credit to supply side responses? Application to retail mergers: local vs national markets
Dr Philip Marsden,
Director, Competition Law Forum, British Institute of International and Comparative Law
Miguel de la Mano,
European Commission Dr Amelia Fletcher
Office of Fair Trading Simon Bishop,
RBB Economics
13.00
Lunch
14.00
Coordinated effects on the rise? Yeast mergers (ABF/GBI) - How reliably can we identify existing
coordination – and where should the burden lie?
- When do mergers strengthen or weaken existing coordination?
- To what extent can we move beyond the “collusion check-list”?
Derek Ridyard,
RBB Economics
Hans Juergen Meyer-Lindemann,
Shearman & Sterling LLP Miguel de la Mano,
European Commission Alison Oldale,
Competition Commission
15.15
Special topic: EU Merger Control Five Years After The Introduction Of The SIEC Test: What Explains the Drop in Enforcement Activity?
Kay Parplies,
European Commission
16.00
Reception
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8th Annual Merger Conference
26th November 2009 The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane,
London, WC2A 1PL
Sponsored by
Programme
Time
Title
Chair
Speakers
09.00
Registration with Tea/Coffee
09.30
Merger policy in a recession and recovery – spotlight on the UK - HBOS to HMV - how has UK merger
control dealt with the recession? (counterfactual/flailing firm/failing firm).
- The Institutions - joint work, evolution of the system?
- Exceptions to the duty to refer. Is the balance right?
- De minimis: How much does it add to the cases that matter? What does the OFT's decisional practice now offer in terms of practical guidance?
- Update on Upfronts: Practical implications in a voluntary system? Should parties now consider fixing it first?
Matthew Readings,
Shearman & Sterling LLP
Diana Guy,
Competition Commission Johannes Luebking,
European Commission Alistair Lindsay,
Monckton Chambers Nick Scola,
Office of Fair Trading
![Page 94: 8th Annual Merger Conference - BIICL...8th Annual Merger Conference 26th November 2009 The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1PL Sponsored by Programme Time Title Chair](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0472727e708231d40e02eb/html5/thumbnails/94.jpg)
11.00
Tea & Coffee Break
11.30
How healthy is our understanding of ‘closeness of competition’? - Whole Foods/Wild Oats versus Nuts, Seeds and Fruits (Holland & Barrett/Julian Graves): - What does closeness of competition
mean? - What is the role of market definition in
mergers with differentiated products? - Is it ever appropriate to make Phase I
presumptions based on margins and diversion ratios?
- Do we give enough credit to supply side responses? Application to retail mergers: local vs national markets
Dr Philip Marsden,
Director, Competition Law Forum, British Institute of International and Comparative Law
Miguel de la Mano,
European Commission Dr Amelia Fletcher
Office of Fair Trading Simon Bishop,
RBB Economics
13.00
Lunch
14.00
Coordinated effects on the rise? Yeast mergers (ABF/GBI) - How reliably can we identify existing
coordination – and where should the burden lie?
- When do mergers strengthen or weaken existing coordination?
- To what extent can we move beyond the “collusion check-list”?
Derek Ridyard,
RBB Economics
Hans Juergen Meyer-Lindemann,
Shearman & Sterling LLP Miguel de la Mano,
European Commission Alison Oldale,
Competition Commission
15.15
Special topic: EU Merger Control Five Years After The Introduction Of The SIEC Test: What Explains the Drop in Enforcement Activity?
Kay Parplies,
European Commission
16.00
Reception
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8th Annual Merger Conference
26th November 2009 The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane,
London, WC2A 1PL
Sponsored by
Programme
Time
Title
Chair
Speakers
09.00
Registration with Tea/Coffee
09.30
Merger policy in a recession and recovery – spotlight on the UK - HBOS to HMV - how has UK merger
control dealt with the recession? (counterfactual/flailing firm/failing firm).
- The Institutions - joint work, evolution of the system?
- Exceptions to the duty to refer. Is the balance right?
- De minimis: How much does it add to the cases that matter? What does the OFT's decisional practice now offer in terms of practical guidance?
- Update on Upfronts: Practical implications in a voluntary system? Should parties now consider fixing it first?
Matthew Readings,
Shearman & Sterling LLP
Diana Guy,
Competition Commission Johannes Luebking,
European Commission Alistair Lindsay,
Monckton Chambers Nick Scola,
Office of Fair Trading
![Page 96: 8th Annual Merger Conference - BIICL...8th Annual Merger Conference 26th November 2009 The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1PL Sponsored by Programme Time Title Chair](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022060209/5f0472727e708231d40e02eb/html5/thumbnails/96.jpg)
11.00
Tea & Coffee Break
11.30
How healthy is our understanding of ‘closeness of competition’? - Whole Foods/Wild Oats versus Nuts, Seeds and Fruits (Holland & Barrett/Julian Graves): - What does closeness of competition
mean? - What is the role of market definition in
mergers with differentiated products? - Is it ever appropriate to make Phase I
presumptions based on margins and diversion ratios?
- Do we give enough credit to supply side responses? Application to retail mergers: local vs national markets
Dr Philip Marsden,
Director, Competition Law Forum, British Institute of International and Comparative Law
Miguel de la Mano,
European Commission Dr Amelia Fletcher
Office of Fair Trading Simon Bishop,
RBB Economics
13.00
Lunch
14.00
Coordinated effects on the rise? Yeast mergers (ABF/GBI) - How reliably can we identify existing
coordination – and where should the burden lie?
- When do mergers strengthen or weaken existing coordination?
- To what extent can we move beyond the “collusion check-list”?
Derek Ridyard,
RBB Economics
Hans Juergen Meyer-Lindemann,
Shearman & Sterling LLP Miguel de la Mano,
European Commission Alison Oldale,
Competition Commission
15.15
Special topic: EU Merger Control Five Years After The Introduction Of The SIEC Test: What Explains the Drop in Enforcement Activity?
Kay Parplies,
European Commission
16.00
Reception
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8th Annual Merger Conference
26th November 2009 The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane,
London, WC2A 1PL
Sponsored by
Programme
Time
Title
Chair
Speakers
09.00
Registration with Tea/Coffee
09.30
Merger policy in a recession and recovery – spotlight on the UK - HBOS to HMV - how has UK merger
control dealt with the recession? (counterfactual/flailing firm/failing firm).
- The Institutions - joint work, evolution of the system?
- Exceptions to the duty to refer. Is the balance right?
- De minimis: How much does it add to the cases that matter? What does the OFT's decisional practice now offer in terms of practical guidance?
- Update on Upfronts: Practical implications in a voluntary system? Should parties now consider fixing it first?
Matthew Readings,
Shearman & Sterling LLP
Diana Guy,
Competition Commission Johannes Luebking,
European Commission Alistair Lindsay,
Monckton Chambers Nick Scola,
Office of Fair Trading
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11.00
Tea & Coffee Break
11.30
How healthy is our understanding of ‘closeness of competition’? - Whole Foods/Wild Oats versus Nuts, Seeds and Fruits (Holland & Barrett/Julian Graves): - What does closeness of competition
mean? - What is the role of market definition in
mergers with differentiated products? - Is it ever appropriate to make Phase I
presumptions based on margins and diversion ratios?
- Do we give enough credit to supply side responses? Application to retail mergers: local vs national markets
Dr Philip Marsden,
Director, Competition Law Forum, British Institute of International and Comparative Law
Miguel de la Mano,
European Commission Dr Amelia Fletcher
Office of Fair Trading Simon Bishop,
RBB Economics
13.00
Lunch
14.00
Coordinated effects on the rise? Yeast mergers (ABF/GBI) - How reliably can we identify existing
coordination – and where should the burden lie?
- When do mergers strengthen or weaken existing coordination?
- To what extent can we move beyond the “collusion check-list”?
Derek Ridyard,
RBB Economics
Hans Juergen Meyer-Lindemann,
Shearman & Sterling LLP Miguel de la Mano,
European Commission Alison Oldale,
Competition Commission
15.15
Special topic: EU Merger Control Five Years After The Introduction Of The SIEC Test: What Explains the Drop in Enforcement Activity?
Kay Parplies,
European Commission
16.00
Reception
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8th Annual Merger Conference
26th November 2009 The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane,
London, WC2A 1PL
Sponsored by
Programme
Time
Title
Chair
Speakers
09.00
Registration with Tea/Coffee
09.30
Merger policy in a recession and recovery – spotlight on the UK - HBOS to HMV - how has UK merger
control dealt with the recession? (counterfactual/flailing firm/failing firm).
- The Institutions - joint work, evolution of the system?
- Exceptions to the duty to refer. Is the balance right?
- De minimis: How much does it add to the cases that matter? What does the OFT's decisional practice now offer in terms of practical guidance?
- Update on Upfronts: Practical implications in a voluntary system? Should parties now consider fixing it first?
Matthew Readings,
Shearman & Sterling LLP
Diana Guy,
Competition Commission Johannes Luebking,
European Commission Alistair Lindsay,
Monckton Chambers Nick Scola,
Office of Fair Trading
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11.00
Tea & Coffee Break
11.30
How healthy is our understanding of ‘closeness of competition’? - Whole Foods/Wild Oats versus Nuts, Seeds and Fruits (Holland & Barrett/Julian Graves): - What does closeness of competition
mean? - What is the role of market definition in
mergers with differentiated products? - Is it ever appropriate to make Phase I
presumptions based on margins and diversion ratios?
- Do we give enough credit to supply side responses? Application to retail mergers: local vs national markets
Dr Philip Marsden,
Director, Competition Law Forum, British Institute of International and Comparative Law
Miguel de la Mano,
European Commission Dr Amelia Fletcher
Office of Fair Trading Simon Bishop,
RBB Economics
13.00
Lunch
14.00
Coordinated effects on the rise? Yeast mergers (ABF/GBI) - How reliably can we identify existing
coordination – and where should the burden lie?
- When do mergers strengthen or weaken existing coordination?
- To what extent can we move beyond the “collusion check-list”?
Derek Ridyard,
RBB Economics
Hans Juergen Meyer-Lindemann,
Shearman & Sterling LLP Miguel de la Mano,
European Commission Alison Oldale,
Competition Commission
15.15
Special topic: EU Merger Control Five Years After The Introduction Of The SIEC Test: What Explains the Drop in Enforcement Activity?
Kay Parplies,
European Commission
16.00
Reception