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Networking reception and panel discussion: "Voices of Experience: Former Competition Agency Leaders Share Thoughts and Insights on Global Competition Matters and Leadership" Melanie Aitken, Partner, Bennett Jones LLP (Formerly: Competition Commissioner, Competition Bureau of Canada) Brussels - 5 February 2013 Sponsored by: Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP Special WCN mentoring event featuring a conversation with: Mrs Cherie Blair, Founder - The Cherie Blair Foundation for Women London - 10 January 2013 Sponsored by: Sidley Austin LLP Networking reception featuring remarks and a Q&A session with: Fiona Scott Morton, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice "Patent Assertion Entities and Consumer Harm: An Economic Analysis" Brussels - 5 December 2012 Sponsored by: Sidley Austin LLP Networking reception featuring remarks and a Q&A session with: Christina Sinclair, Head of Retail Banking - Conduct Business Unit, Financial Services Authority "The FCA and Its Competitive Objective" London - 29 November 2012 Sponsored by: Lloyds Banking Group Networking reception featuring remarks and a Q&A session with: William E. Kovacic, Global Competition Professor of Law and Policy, The George Washington University "Economic Approach to Competition Enforcement" Madrid - 13 June 2012 Sponsored by: Cuatrecasas, Gonçalves Pereira and Compass Lexecon Networking reception featuring remarks and a Q&A session with: Philip Collins, Chairman, Office of Fair Trading "Current and Future Challenges in Competition Law and Policy" London - 15 May 2012 Sponsored by: Sidley Austin LLP and Arthur Cox Luncheon with Keynote Speaker: Sharis A. Pozen, Actiing Assistant Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice "Three Years of Vigorous Enforcement in the Obama Administration: An Insider's View" Washington D.C. - 29 March 2012 Sponsored by: Compass Lexecon, Hunton & Williams LLP, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Sidley Austin LLP Networking and mentoring reception featuring remarks and a Q&A session with: Nils Wahl, Judge at the General Court of the EU Brussels - 1 February 2012 Sponsored by: Sidley Austin LLP and FTI Consulting Brussels Networking reception featuring remarks by and a Q&A session with: Cecilio Madero Villarejo, Deputy Director General Antitrust, DG Competition, European Commission "Recent Developments in Cartels and Unilateral Conduct" Brussels - 27 October 2011 Sponsored by: Sidley Austin LLP and Fipra International Networking reception featuring remarks by and a Q&A session with: Professor Elizabeth Farina, Former President of Brazil’s Council for Economic Defence (CADE) Rio de Janeiro - 15 June 2011 Sponsored by: Vella Pugliese Buosi e Guidoni Advogados, Veirano Advogados, Pinheiro Neto Advogados and Linklaters Networking reception featuring remarks by and a Q&A session with: Rachel Brandenburger, Special Advisor, International Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice "International Cooperation: What Next?" Brussels - 23 May 2011 Sponsored by: Sidley Austin LLP and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP Networking reception featuring remarks by and a Q&A session with: Julie Brill, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission Washington D.C. - 30 March 2011 Sponsored by: Sidley Austin LLP Networking reception featuring remarks by and a Q&A session with: Wouter Wils, Hearing Officer, European Commission & Visiting Professor, King's College London "Procedural rights and guarantees in EU antitrust enforcement after the Lisbon Treaty" Brussels - 22 February 2011 Sponsored by: Sidley Austin LLP Networking and mentoring reception featuring a panel discussion on: "What makes a good competition advocate?" A panel of European Commission officials, senior in-house counsel and private practitioners including: Sofia Alves, Member of Cabinet of Vice-President Joaquín Almunia, European Commission Brussels - 27 January 2011 Sponsored by: Sidley Austin LLP and Arnold & Porter LLP Networking reception featuring remarks by and a Q&A session with: Amy Schulman, Senior Vice-President and General Counsel of Pfizer "Managing Global Transactions from a General Counsel point of view" Brussels - 7 July 2010 Sponsored by: Sidley Austin LLP and White & Case LLP Networking reception featuring remarks by and a Q&A session with: Joaquín Almunia, European Commission Vice President and Commissioner for Competition Brussels - 1 June 2010 Sponsored by: Sidley Austin LLP and FD Blueprint Networking reception featuring remarks by and a Q&A session with: Molly Boast, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice Washington D.C - 11 April 2010 Sponsored by: Sidley Austin LLP Networking reception featuring remarks by and a Q&A session with: Lisa Phelan, Chief, National Criminal Enforcement, U.S. Department of Justice Paris - 11 February 2010 Sponsored by: Sidley Austin LLP and Bredin Prat Networking lunch and special address by: Dr. Amelia Fletcher, Chief Economist and Senior Director of Mergers, Office of Fair Trading (OFT) "Eight months of merger control work" London - 7 September 2009 Sponsored by: Sidley Austin LLP Panel discussion and networking reception: "Confronting Competition Cases: How companies address the political, economic, & media interest surrounding DG Comp investigations" A panel of senior business women, journalists and advisors, including: Debra Valentine, Global Head of Legal, Rio Tinto Alessandra Perrazzelli, Head of International Affairs, Intesa Sanpaolo Julia Holtz, Senior Competition Counsel, Google Nikki Tait, EU Competition Correspondent, Financial Times Moderated by Catherine Stewart, Chairman, Interel Cabinet Stewart Brussels - 9 June 2009 Sponsored by: Interel Cabinet Stewart Networking reception and featuring remarks by and a Q&A session with: Melanie Aitken, Interim Commissioner for Competition, Competition Bureau of Canada "Canadian perspective and opportunity for international cooperation" London - 19 February 2009 Sponsored by: Sidley Austin LLP Networking reception featuring remarks by and a Q&A session with: Safra Catz, President and Chief Financial Officer, Oracle London - 18 November 2008 Sponsored by: Sidley Austin LLP Lauch event with special keynote address: Neelie Kroes, Commissioner for Competition, European Commission Brussels - 18 September 2008 Sponsored by: Sidley Austin LLP |
Upcoming Events
On the occasion of the 61st ABA Section of Antitrust Law Spring Meeting
Please join us for a WCN networking reception featuring informal remarks by and a Q&A with
Bill Baer
Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Washington, D.C.
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