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The Antitrust Encyclopedia is directed by a Scientific Board and an Editorial Board. The Authors’ Committee gathers more than 85 experts for the 2010 edition. The Members of the Scientific Board are leading academics or officials who are not contributors to the Encyclopedia. The role of the Scientific Board is to assess the content of the contributions and suggest new developments. Users can view bios & photos by clicking on each name below. 2010 Edition members are:

SCIENTIFIC BOARD

Philip MARSDEN
OFT Board Member
Competition Law Forum - BIICL, London
Ioannis LIANOS
Jevons Institute, Faculty of Law, UCL, London

  Jean-François BELLIS, Lawyer, Visiting Professor Bruges
  Nadia CALVINO, DG COMP, European Commission
  Bernhard HEITZER, President, Bundeskartellamt
  Laurence IDOT, University Paris II Panthéon-Assas
  Frédéric JENNY, OECD Competition Committee
  Bill KOVACIC, Chairman, US Federal Trade Commission, Washington
  Bruno LASSERRE, President of the Autorité de la concurrence, Paris
  Richard WHISH, King’s College, University of London
  Wouter WILS, European Commission, Legal Service

EDITORIAL BOARD

The Members of the Editorial Board are the representatives of the NCAs and academics having contributed to the current edition of the Encycloopedia, on the basis of 1 Board Member for each NCA and 1 Board Member for each University where available. The role of the Editorial Board is to make sure that each national institutional framework and main competition provisions (s. 1 of the Encyclopedia for the NCAs representatives), and each national international competition practice (s. 6 for the Academics) are described in a full and objective way. However, the views expressed by representatives of the NCAs can not be considered as the views of the NCAs themselves. Editorial Board Members are also part of the Authors’ Committee (see below). Users can view bios & photos and send e-mail to the Editorial Board’s members through the dedicated Authors’ page. 2010 Edition members are:

Ioannis KOKKORIS
Chief Editor
Principal Case Officer, OFT, London

  ALBANIA Ermal Nazifi, Albanian Competition Authority
  AUSTRIA Daniela Trampert-Paparella, Austrian Competition Authority
  BELGIUM Nicolas Petit, IEJE, Liège University
  BULGARIA Georgiev Nikolov Petko, Bulgarian Commission for Protection of Competition
  CYPRUS Costakis Christoforou, Cyprus Commission for Protection of Competition; Georgia Parpa, City University (London)
  CZECH REPUBLIC Robert Neruda, Czech Office for the Protection of Competition
  DENMARK Liza Lovdhal Gormsen, London School of Economics; Korneruup Flittner Line, Danish Competition Authority
  ESTONIA Kristel Rõõmusaar, Estonian Competition Authority
  FINLAND Reiner Lindberg, Finnish Competition Authority ; Kim Talus, University of Law - Institute of International Economic Law
  FRANCE Sarah Subremon, French Competition Authority; Nicolas Petit, IEJE, Liège University
  GERMANY Stephan Schweikardt, German Competition Authority; Florian Wagner-von Papp, University College London
  GREECE Nikolaos Zevgolis, Greek Competition Commission; George Karydis, University of Economics and Business
  HUNGARY Bálint Bassola, Hungarian Competition Authority; Pal Szilagyi, Hungarian Competition Law Research Centre
  IRELAND William Prasifka, Irish Competition Authority; Suzanne Kingston, University College
  ITALY Gianluca Sepe, Italian Competition Authority
  LATVIA Mikus Buls, University College London
  LITHUANIA Sarunas Keserauskas, King’s College
  LUXEMBOURG Daniel Becker, Competition Inspectorate
  MALTA Silvio Melli, Commission of Fair Trading; Eugene Buttigieg, University of Malta
  NETHERLANDS Jurian Langer, Dutch Foreign Office
  ROMANIA Carmen Peli, Peli Filip
  RUSSIA Igor Artemiev, Russian Federal Antimonopoly Service
  SLOVAKIA Vojtko Emil, Slovak Antimonopoly Office
  SPAIN Carlos Pascual Pons, Spanish National Competition Authority; Teresa Rodríguez de las Heras Ballell, Universidad Carlos III
  SWEDEN Monica Widegren, Swedish Competition Authority
  SWITZERLAND Katrin Emmenegger, Swiss Competition Commission; Christian Bovet, University ADFI-CDBF
  TURKEY Yasar Tekdemir, Turkish Competition Authority
  UNITED KINGDOM Andrea Appella, Office of Fair Trading

The Editorial Committee is endebted to Mrs Asli Yildiz

AUTHORS COMMITTEE

More than 85 contributors have been selected within 30 jurisdictions for the 2010 Edition to join the Authors’ Committee. These authors are private practice practitionners selected on the basis of previous publications or professional credentials. The Authors’ Committee helps to ensure that all areas of antitrust laws in the relevant European States are covered (s. 2 to 5 of the Encyclopedia). The Authors meet the Boards members at the annual conference. Users can view the Authors’ bios & photos and send e-mail to each of them through a dedicated page. Composition of the Authors’ Committee Members is currently being finalised for the 2010 Edition. 2009 members are:

  ALBANIA
  AUSTRIA Stephan Polster, Dorda Brugger Jordis
  BELGIUM Geert A.Zonnekeyn, Monard D’Hulst
  BULGARIA
  CYPRUS George Middleton, Chryssafinis & Polyviou
  CZECH REPUBLIC Vladimira Glatzova, Glatzova & Co
  DENMARK Christian Nielsen, Bech Bruun
  ESTONIA
  FINLAND Katri Joenpolvi, Krogerus
  FRANCE Christophe Clarenc, Latham & Watkins
  GERMANY
  GREECE Yannis Stamoulis, Coca-Cola
  HUNGARY
  IRELAND
  ITALY Enrico Adriano Raffaelli, Rucellai & Raffaelli
  LATVIA
  LUXEMBOURG Myriam Pierrat, Elvinger, Hoss & Prussen
  MALTA Phyllis Farrugia, Sciberras & Lia
  NETHERLANDS Martijn Snoep, Debrauw
  ROMANIA Carmen Peli, Peli Filip
  RUSSIA
  SLOVAKIA Peter Oravec, Freshfields Bruckaus Deringer
  SPAIN
  SWEDEN Tommy Pettersson, Mannheimer Swartling
  SWITZERLAND Benoît Merkt, Lenz & Staehelin
  TURKEY Ece Gursoy, Denton Wilde Sapte
  UNITED KINGDOM Alasdair Balfour, Olswang