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Janet Hui
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Samantha Mobley
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The Antitrust Section provides an international forum for thought leadership with respect to antitrust law developments and the profession through submissions to competition agencies, training programs/missions, developing the law through our conferences, publications, and interaction with antitrust enforcement authorities and the profession.
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The Antitrust Section has formed a number of working groups to study major international competition policy issues and to submit comments to regulators on proposed new and reformed legislation.
The IBA Unilateral Conduct and Behavioural Issues Working Group has a number of members representing a large number of jurisdictions covering Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa and the Americas. The Group is responsible for monitoring and commenting on a range of competition issues that arise, inter alia, from unilateral conduct and abuse of dominance or misuse of market power as well as cooperative/horizontal (non-cartel) and vertical agreements.
It aims to encourage best practice in the ongoing development of international laws in these areas by commenting on consultations on proposed new and reformed legislation. This includes reviewing and commenting on proposed new legislation and legislative changes; engaging in discussions about the nature of conduct that should be proscribed by competition law; reviewing and commenting on regulatory responses to anti-competitive conduct including investigations and prosecutions; and commenting on guidelines associated with compliance initiatives designed to raise awareness of competition issues in relation to unilateral conduct, cooperative agreements and vertical agreements.
Co-Chairs: Chris Charter, Cliffe Dekker, South Africa; Daniel Andreoli, Demarest Advogados, Brazil
Members: Bora Ikiler, BASEAK, Turkey; Daren Shiau, Allen & Gledhill, Singapore; Joanna Goyder, Freshfields, Belgium/EU; Katrin Schallenberg, Clifford Chance, France/EU; Lauren Battaglia, Hogan Lovells, US; Nick Peristerakis, K&L Gates, Greece/EU; Avaantika Kakkar, CAM, India; Petra Linsmeier, Gleiss Lutz. Germany/EU; Zoltan Marosi, DLA Piper, Hungary/EU; Etsuko Hara, Anderson Mori, Japan; Ding Liang, Deheng Law, China; Helene Andersson, Delphi, Sweden; Charles Coorey, Gilbert & Tobin, Australia; Matthew Yeowart, Davis Polk, UK; Antonio Di Domenico, Fasken, Canada; Claudio Tesauro, BonelliErede, Italy; Ronan Scalan, Arthur Cox, Ireland; Francisco Borquez, Barros & Errazuriz, Chile
The IBA Cartels Working Group has a number of members representing a large number of jurisdictions covering Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa and the Americas. The Group includes several former senior antitrust officials and a former competition commissioner, private practitioners in leading law firms, and in-house competition counsel.
The Group follows cartel developments around the world and provides input and comments on various consultations on proposed new and reformed legislation to which the IBA’s international perspective and the members' collective expertise and experience can bring significant added value. The Group is also active in other aspects of the IBA’s work including in cartel policy issues more generally, as well as in monitoring developments and assisting with organising conferences.
Co-Chairs: Emrys Davis, Bennett Jones, Canada; Kala Anandarajah, Rajah & Tann, Singapore
Members: Carlos Mena Labarthe, Creel Lawyers, Mexico; Juan Cristóbal, Gumucio Cariola, Chile; Vivian Fraga, Tozzini Freire, Brazil; Ines Bodenstein, Gleiss Lutz, Germany/EU; Gabriel Gonzalez, NHG, Mexico; Kenneth O'Rourke, Wilson Sonsini, US; Roos Elemans, Stibbe, Netherlands/EU; Satyen Dhana, Simmons & Simmons, UK; Madoka Shimada, Nishimura&Asahi, Japan; Wang Jin, Fangda Partners, China; Elizabeth Avery, Gilbert & Tobin, Australia; Yong Seok Ahn, Lee & Ko, South Korea; Hazar Basar, Hergüner, Turkey; Nisha Uberoi, Trilegal, India; Cynthia Richman, Gibson Dunn, US; Lee Berger, Steptoe, US; Renata Fonseca Zuccolo Giannella, Mattos Filho, Brazil; Gerwin van Gerven, Linklaters, Germany; Carmen Peli, Peli Partners, Romania
The IBA Antitrust Litigation Working Group has a number of members representing a large number of jurisdictions covering Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa and the Americas. The Group includes private practitioners in leading law firms who represent both claimants and defendants in antitrust litigation. The Group follows antitrust litigation developments in different jurisdictions across the world and provides input and comments on various consultations on proposed new and reformed legislation to which the IBA’s international perspective and the members' collective expertise and experience can bring significant added value. The Group is also active in monitoring developments and considering cross-border issues in antitrust litigation.
Co-Chairs: Anna Morfey, Ashurst, UK; Elizabeth Richmond, Clifford Chance, Australia
Members: Nima Lorjé, Stibbe, Netherlands/EU; Hagai Doron, S Horowitz & Co, Israel; Karen Ruback, Grinberg Cordovil, Brazil; Peta Stevenson, King & Wood Mallesons, Australia; Sam Ward, Clifford Chance LLP, UK; Thorsten Mäger, Hengeler Mueller, Germany/EU; Attila Komives, Allen & Overy, Hungary/EU; Trine Osen Bergqvist, Vinge, Sweden/EU; Byongki Chung, Lee & Ko, South Korea; Claire Reidy, Bowmans, South Africa; Ben Sirota, Kobre & Kim, US; Beatrijs Gielen, Altius, Belgium/EU; Lara Melrose, Orchard Group (Litigation Funder), UK; Sonam Mathur, TTA, India; Huang Wei, Tian Yuan Law Firm, China; Masaki Kakimoto, Mori Hamada & Matsumoto, Japan ; David Scott, Scott & Scott, US; Subrata Bhattacharjee, BLG, Canada; Stéphane de Navacelle, Navacelle, France; Felix Ng, Haldanes, Hong Kong; Marion Provost, Dechert, France
The IBA Mergers Working Group has a number of members representing a large number of jurisdictions covering Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa and the Americas. The Group includes private practitioners in leading law firms and in-house counsel. The Group follows merger control developments in different jurisdictions across the world covering procedural, jurisdictional and substantive issues. With the proliferation of merger control regimes around the world there is a large number of new jurisdictions establishing guidelines for merger control and established authorities continually try to improve their legislative framework and guidelines and issue calls for input to consultations. The Group provides input and comments on various consultations on proposed new and reformed legislation to which the IBA’s international perspective and the members' collective expertise and experience can bring significant added value.
Co-Chairs: Neil Campbell, McMillan, Canada; Marcio Soares, Mattos Filho, Brazil
Members: Alastair Mordaunt, Freshfields, UK/Hong Kong; Andrea Hamilton, Milbank, UK/EU; Benedict Bleicher, Rio Tinto, UK; Cecil Saehoon, Chung Yulchon LLC, Korea; Christian Steinle, Gleiss Lutz, Germany/EU; David Mamane, Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd, Switzerland; Didier Théophile, Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier (AARPI), France/ EU; Gavin Bushell, Baker & McKenzie, Belgium/EU; Logan Breed, Hogan Lovells, US; Niko Hukkinen, Roschier Attorneys Ltd, Finland/EU; Sonia Pfaffenroth, Arnold & Porter, US; Susan Jones, Gilbert & Tobin, Australia; Scott Clements, Allen & Gledhill, Singapore; Lorena Pavic, Carey, Chile; Hugh Hollman, Allen & Overy, Belgium/EU; Margaret Segall, Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP, US; Yusuke Nakano, Anderson Mori, Japan; Liu Cheng, King & Wood Mallesons, China; Bahadir Balki, Actecon, Turkey; Naval Chopra, Shardul Armachand Mangaldas, India; Stéphane Dionnet, McDermott Will & Emery, Germany; Mariam Sabet, Tamimi, UAE; Alex Saleh, GLA & Co, UAE; Francis Yang, JunHe, China; Judd Lurie, Bowmans, South Africa; Liga Merwin, Ellex, Latvia; Silke Möller, Glade Michel Wirtz, Germany
Report on the 25th Annual Competition Conference
Released on Apr 13, 2022
A conference report of the IBA-ICC Annual Pre-ICN Forum 2023, held on 17 October 2023 in Torre Glories, Barcelona.
Daniel G Swanson and Thomas Janssens provide a Co-Chairs' Note for the Antitrust Committee, February 2020.
There has been a longstanding question over the constitutionality of the crime (under Irish law) of withholding from the Gardaí (Irish police), without reasonable excuse, any information which a person has about a criminal cartel and knows might materially assist in preventing, apprehending, prosecuting or convicting that cartel.
Competition Law International is the journal of the Antitrust Section of the IBA. It provides an insight into international competition law issues with articles that are of practical interest. Published twice a year, the journal reaches over 1,400 competition law practitioners worldwide.
The latest issue of Competition Law International is now available for members of the Antitrust Section to access online.
The pandemic caused by Covid-19 has also affected the antitrust universe. In a way never imagined, in a very short period of time, the authorities have had to adapt themselves to a new world in which lawyers, economists and companies work from home, face-to-face meetings are not possible and resources are limited.
This year the sections and committees of the IBA's Legal Practice Division are once again offering scholarships to young lawyers who wish to participate in the IBA Annual Conference. Read more
Published in September 2022 by Concurrences
ISBN: 9781954750029
The prohibition on exchanging commercially sensitive information among competitors is one of the most fundamental antitrust rules. Companies and individuals may face potential exposure for anticompetitive information exchange, not only in their day-to-day business due to the applicable conduct and behavioral rules, but also in the context of M&A deals due to applicable gun jumping regulations. The Cartels Working Group of the Antitrust Section of the International Bar Association has formulated a comparative guide across 28 jurisdictions, encompassing all global regions, to provide a compendium of best practices and key insights about leading cases, laws and regulations, as well as enforcement trends. Contributed by distinguished practitioners, each chapter provides an overview of the national competition rules and principles that guide information sharing in that jurisdiction, followed by the types of information sharing that may be caught, the enforcement policies and practices of the competition authority and applicable sanctions for parties that are found guilty of an illegal exchange of information. The book also provides a high level overview by the editors outlining trends observed across jurisdictions, to provide insight to the international business community, their advisors as well as to competition authorities.
The jurisdictions covered include Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, European Union, Finland, France, Germany, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Russia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, and the United States.
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