15th Annual IBA Competition Mid-Year Conference
6 Jun - 7 Jun 2019
Imperial Hotel
Session information
Mission impossible: challenges to complex merger cases
Thursday 6 June (1630 - 1800)
Imperial Hotel
Committee(s)
Antitrust Section
(Lead)
Asia Pacific Regional Forum
Description
As many industries become more consolidated, challenging merger cases are arising where the merger review process requires unique and substantial remedies. This panel will discuss creative strategies/arguments to convince multiple antitrust authorities around the world to clear difficult cases. It will also consider other challenges to the merger control process, such as gun-jumping violations and how to avoid them.
Session / Workshop Chair(s)
| Kyriakos Fountoukakos | Herbert Smith Freehills LLP, Brussels, Belgium; Secretary, Antitrust Section |
| Janet Hui | JunHe LLP, Beijing, China; Vice Chair, Antitrust Section |
Speakers
| Kenji Ito | MORI HAMADA & MATSUMOTO, Tokyo, Japan |
| Margaret Thorner Segall | Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, New York, USA |
| Shweta Shroff Chopra | Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co, New Delhi, Delhi, India |
| Natalie Yeung | Slaughter and May, Central, Hong Kong SAR |