Antitrust Section

The IBA Unilateral Conduct and Behavioural Issues Working Group has 15 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.

The IBA Cartels Working Group has 15 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.

The IBA Antitrust Litigation Working Group has 15 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.

The IBA Mergers Working Group has 15 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.

Working Group members

Co-Chairs: Andrea Hamilton, McDermott Will & Emery, Belgium; Chris Charter, Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr, South Africa; Hans Bousie, Bureau Brandeis, Netherlands

The Ad Hoc Sustainability Working Group has members in both private-practice and in-house roles in a range of jurisdictions. The Group draws on different disciplines of competition law and reflects on how competition laws and sustainability policies work together across the globe. Changing consumer attitudes and geo-political trends continue to push companies to adopt sustainability goals and build sustainability considerations into commercial decisions. The Group follows these developments around the world and provides input and comments on consultations and proposals relating to competition and sustainability laws, considering how existing competition frameworks might apply in the context of sustainability initiatives.

Working Group members

Co-Chairs: Joanna Goyder, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Brussels; Grant Murray, Baker McKenzie, London.

Daniel Oliveria Andreoil, Demarest, Sao Paulo; Logan Breed, Hogan Lovells, Washington DC; Susanne Bullock, Gibson Dunn, London; Neil Campbell, McMillan, Toronto; Johannes Hertfelder, Gleiss Lutz, Stuttgart; Gwyneth Hodson, Unilever, London; Nick Peristerakis, Linklaters, Brussels; Anna Wolf-Posch, Cerha Hempel, Austria