29th Annual Competition Conference
12 Sep - 13 Sep 2025
Session information
Session five: A new era for merger control: industrial policy, competitiveness and innovation
Saturday 13 September (1030 - 1130)
Description
With an increasing focus on national and regional competitiveness and industrial policy agendas aimed at removing regulatory barriers to economic growth and innovation, are the rules of the game changing for merger control? The panel will discuss the impact of Europe’s Draghi report, the Competition and Markets Authority’s (CMA) ‘political reset’ , the new US administration and other international developments and how these are playing out in merger enforcement.
Session / Workshop Chair(s)
| Samir Gandhi | Axiom5 Law Chambers LLP, New Delhi, Delhi, India; Senior Vice Chair, Antitrust Section |
| Catriona Hatton | Baker Botts, Brussels, Belgium; Senior Vice Chair, Antitrust Section |
Speakers
| Inge Bernaerts | European Commission, Brussels, Belgium |
| Marcio Dias Soares | Mattos Filho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Nicholas Levy | Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, London, England |
| Margaret Segall | Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, New York, USA; Publications Officer, Antitrust Section |