Paris

The Global Merger Conference 2014

Half-day conference organized by Concurrences in partnership with Paul Hastings.

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WELCOME & INTRODUCTORY REMARKS

Pierre Kirch, Partner, Paul Hastings, Brussels/Paris

After expressing his thanks to Nicolas Charbit (Editor in chief of Concurrences), to the speakers and to the audience, Mr Kirch introduced the main theme of the second Global Merger Conference in Paris with the idea that competition lawyers were mandated to find global solutions for their multinational clients, veritable “businesses without borders”.

Mr Kirch pointed out that the event represented a true worldwide merger control conference, with panelists coming from four continents.

He said that the conference aimed, for the second year in a row, at creating a dialogue and finding appropriate solutions regarding the practical issues which “businesses without borders” must face through multijurisdictional merger control filings. More than 120 countries in the world have merger control regimes and there is not a global harmonization. In this regard, Mr Kirch reminded the audience that global transactions by their nature produce worldwide merger control issues that would be the subject of the conference.

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Speakers

  • Commission for access to administrative documents - CADA (Paris)
    France 49 contributions 105045 visits
  • Paris School of Economics
    France 56 contributions 224604 visits
  • Paul Hastings (San Francisco)
    United States 4 contributions 2249 visits
  • In-house Counsel Worldwide (Johannesburg)
    France 9 contributions 10139 visits
  • Visa (London)
    2 contributions 3326 visits
  • Maersk (Copenhagen)
    Denmark 9 contributions 17912 visits
  • George Washington University - School of Law (Washington)
    United States 73 contributions 86364 visits
  • Vinicius Marques de Carvalho Advogados (VMCA) (Sao Paulo)
    Brazil 9 contributions 2790 visits
  • Rödl & Partner (Paris)
    France 4 contributions 2876 visits
  • Dry Mill Consulting
    United States 3 contributions 2392 visits
  • CRA International (Washington)
    United States 1 contribution 764 visits
  • United States 3 contributions 2873 visits
  • Paul Hastings (Paris)
    France 15 contributions 51966 visits
  • Latham & Watkins (Brussels)
    Belgium 13 contributions 38079 visits
  • Clifford Chance (London)
    United Kingdom 2 contributions 1120 visits
  • Computer and Communications Industry Association (CCIA) (Washington D.C.)
    United States 2 contributions 1544 visits
  • StubHub (Hong Kong)
    Hong Kong 13 contributions 21978 visits
  • Washington and Lee University School of Law (Lexington)
    United States 11 contributions 9071 visits
  • Uplift (Menlo)
    United States 4 contributions 3693 visits
  • Compass Lexecon (London)
    United Kingdom 8 contributions 24691 visits

Testimonials

  • Computer and Communications Industry Association (CCIA) (Washington D.C.)
    United States 2 contributions 1544 visits

    It was a pleasure to participate in the Global Mergers Conference and discuss topical issues related to emerging merger regimes and international cooperation. I found the debates stimulating and was particularly impressed by the excellent balance of speakers including government of cials, private practitioners, in house lawyers, and academics.

  • Rödl & Partner (Paris)
    France 4 contributions 2876 visits

    Very inspiring and stimulating event, thanks to the good interraction of panelists and audience.

  • Vinicius Marques de Carvalho Advogados (VMCA) (Sao Paulo)
    Brazil 9 contributions 2790 visits

    It was a great conference, with high-level speakers, rich diversity of attendees, and very interesting discussions. I acknowledge the hosts for the success of the event.

  • Compass Lexecon (London)
    United Kingdom 8 contributions 24691 visits

    This conference did a really excellent job of bringing together competition experts both from agencies and the private sector - not (as is so often the case) to re ght old battles but rather to discuss policy. The organisers clearly put a lot of work into planning and actively chairing the sessions to achieve a genuine debate, and I think these efforts paid off in an excellent and rewarding event.

  • Commission for access to administrative documents - CADA (Paris)
    France 49 contributions 105045 visits

    It was a great pleasure to introduce once more the Global Mergers Conference – now a major event for competition policy in Paris. The conference provided again an outstanding forum for fruitful and high level exchange of views on the new challenges facing merger control worldwide.

  • StubHub (Hong Kong)
    Hong Kong 13 contributions 21978 visits

    Concurrences’ seminars and conferences never fail to bring together the best and the brightest in competition law, with an impressive list of guests and the right amount of time for debate.