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Webinars – ICN Cartels Working Group

12th May 2021 - Assessing Crisis Cartels at times of Covid-19: Lessons learnt from Past Crises

  • Moderators:
    • Anastasia Dokukina, Federal Antimonopoly Service of the Russian Federation
    • Leah McCoy, Antitrust Division, United States Department of Justice
  • Speakers:
    • Nicole Rosenboom, Oxera (Dutch NGA)
    • Pierre Horna, Competition and Consumer Policies Branch, UNCTAD
    • Jeff Martino, BakerHostetler (US NGA)
    • Anna Glogowska, Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK), Poland
  • Materials:

7th April 2021 – Compliance in Cartel Cases

1st March 2021 - Hub-and-spoke cartel cases

25th September 2019 - Leniency: Good Practices and Lessons Learnt
ModeratorLeah McCoy, US DOJ
Speakers
  • Shannon Harrigan - Director, Cartels Immunity and Assessment, Australian Competition & Consumer Commission
  • Gerald Miersch - Head of Unit, Cartels, DG Competition, European Commission
  • Omar Hernández - General Coordinator, Investigative Authority
  • Oscar Garrido - General Coordinator, Cartel Investigations Unit, COFECE (Mexico)
  • Eduardo Frade - Partner, VMCA, Brazil
  • Zoltan Barakony - Partner, Baker McKenzie, Hungary
Material
6th February 2019 - Cooperation between competition agencies and public procurement (Agencies only)
ModeratorCharlotte Ho, Competition Commission, Hong Kong
Speakers
  • Pierre-Yves Guay, Competition Bureau, Canada - Cooperation between the Competition Bureau and Public Procurement Authorities
  • Alessandra Tonazzi, Italian Competition Authority - The Italian experience
  • Yukinari Sugiyama, Japan Fair Trade Commission - Fruitful and constructive cooperation with public procurement agencies aimed at enhancing deterrence against bid rigging
  • Sophie Bresny, Autorité de la concurrence, France - Cooperation between the French Competition Authority and Public Procurement Agencies
  • Sara Carvalho de Sousa, Portuguese Competition Authority - Portuguese recent experience
MaterialPresentations
16th January 2019 - Digital cartels and algorithms
ModeratorChristina Hummer, Saxinger, Chalupsky & Partner Rechtsanwälte
Speakers
  • Antonio Capobianco, OECD - Digital cartels and algorithms
  • Randall Hofley, Canadian Competition Bureau & Anita Banicevic, Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP - Algorithms and Canadian Cartel Law Enforcement
  • Szilvia Szekely, DG Competition, European Commission - Pricing algorithms and EU competition law
  • Jehanne Richet, Autorité de la concurrence, France - Some economic considerations about algorithms and tacit collusion
  • Chris Jenkins, CMA, UK - Algorithms, personalised pricing and coordination
MaterialPresentations
5th December 2018 – Compliance in cartel cases
Moderator

Mrs Anne Riley, Shell International

Speakers
  • Tony Penny, CMA, UK - The role of competition authorities in fostering compliance campaigns
  • Terence Stechysin, Canadian Competition Bureau - Cartels and Compliance: The Canadian Experience
  • Gianni De Stefano, AkzoNobel Legal Group, Belgium - Compliance in Cartel Cases: a Practical Perspective
  • Nóra Váczi, GVH and Zoltán Hegymegi-Barakonyi, Baker & McKenzie, Hungary - Compliance in cartel cases in Hungary – 1) From the Authority’s viewpoint and 2) Compliance Credit – The Corporate Perspective
  • Andre Geverola, DoJ, USA - Compliance in Cartel Cases
MaterialPresentations
14th November 2018 - Information sharing gateways and international assistance in information sharing (Agencies only)
Moderator

Antonio Capobianco, OECD

Speakers
  • Sofia Vasileiou, DG COMP - Gateways for information sharing – the EU perspective
  • John McInnes, CMA, UK - Information Sharing Gateways and International Assistance in Information Sharing - the UK perspective
  • Andria Marvan, COFECE, Mexico - Information Sharing Gateways and International Assistance in Information Sharing - the Mexican perspective
  • Leah McCoy, DoJ, USA - International Assistance in Information Sharing – the US perspective
MaterialPresentations
19th September 2018 - Leniency incentives and disincentives
ModeratorMarisa Tierno Centella, DG COMP
Speakers
  • Anne Krenzer, Autorité de la concurrence, France - Survey on Leniency Applications
  • Alden Caribé de Sousa, CADE, Brazil - Leniency and Private Enforcement
  • Subrata Bhattacharjee, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Canada - Leniency Incentives & Disincentives in Canada
  • Kala Anandarajah, Rajah & Tann LLP, Singapore - Leniency Incentives & Disincentives in South-East Asia
  • Johan Ysewyn, Covington & Burling LLP, Brussels - Immunity and Leniency Survey 2018
  • Marc Barennes, General Court, Court of Justice of the EU

MaterialPresentations
15th November 2017 - Parental liability - part two
ModeratorChristina Hummer, Saxinger, Chalupsky & Partner Rechtsanwälte GmbH - Hypothetical / case study
Speakers
  • Rafael Allendesalazar, Martínez Lage, Allendesalazar & Brokelmann Abogados - Fines, parental liability, multiple infringements, and ne bis in idem
  • Jolanda Strijker-Reintjes, ACM competition authority of the Netherlands - Parental liability & investment firms, a Dutch perspective
  • Zoltán Hegymegi Barakonyi, Grant Murray, Baker & McKenzie UK - Hypothetical / case study
  • Daniel Douek, PNM Antitrust, Brazil - Parental Liability
MaterialPresentations
20th September 2017 - Parental liability - part one
ModeratorGorka Navea, European Commission
Speakers
  • Daniel Andreoli, Joyce Honda, Antitrust Section of the Brazilian Bar Association - Parental Liability Under the Brazilian Perspective
  • Guy Pinsonnault, Macmillan - The Canadian corporate criminal liability regime
  • Timea Palos, European Commission - The concept of parental liability in EU law
MaterialPresentations
16th November 2016 - Cartel leads / informants: experiences, challenges and difficulties
ModeratorTetsuji Yokote, Japan Fair Trade Commission
Speakers
  • Michael N. Loterstein, Trial Attorney, Chicago Office, US Department of Justice - Cartel Leads/Informants: Experiences, Challenges and Difficulties
  • Stijn van den Broek, head of unit, Autoriteit Consument & Markt, the Netherlands - Webinar intelligence in a multi-task authority
  • Ádám Remetei-Filep, case handler, Gazdasági Versenyhivatal, Hungary - The Hungarian informant reward programme
  • James Allen, investigator, Competition and Markets Authority, United Kingdom - Dealing with human sources of information in the CMA
MaterialPresentations
14th September 2016 - Disclosure / Discovery
Moderator

Kris Dekeyser, DG Competition, European Commission

Speakers
  • Jackie Lem, Trial Attorney, Antitrust Division, US Department of Justice - Discovery and Disclosure in the United States
  • Jindrich Kloub, Case handler, DG Competition, European Commission - Discovery / disclosure issues in EU cartel enforcement
  • Michael Osborne, partner Affleck Greene McMurtry LLP - Disclosure in cartel cases in Canada
  • Amanda Athayde Linhares Martins Chief of Staff of the General Superintendence (Leniency Office), CADE, Brazil - Discovery in Brazil: the antitrust administrative proceedings
  • Edmund Lam, deputy director (enforcement), Competition Commission Singapore - Disclosure/Discovery in Private Actions – Perspectives & Anticipations from Singapore
MaterialPresentations
27th January 2016 - Promoting compliance programs for cartel deterrence
Moderator

Hiromi Okada, Japan Fair Trade Commission

Speakers
  • Judith Frame, Head of compliance, stakeholder & contacts, Competition and Markets Authority, United Kingdom - Motivating businesses to comply with competition law
  • Anne Riley, Chair of the ICC Task Force on Antitrust Compliance and Advocacy, International Chamber of Commerce - Building a culture of compliance to deter infringements
  • Andrea Marvan Saltiel, Deputy Director General, Research Directorate Absolute Monopolistic Practices, Mexican Federal Economic Competition Commission - Promoting compliance programs for cartel deterrence
  • Yukinari Sugiyama, Director, General Affairs Division, Economic Affairs Bureau, Japan Fair Trade Commission - JFTC's efforts to secure corporate compliance
MaterialPresentations
15th December 2015 - Impact of private enforcement on public anti-cartel enforcement – the perspective of NGAs
Moderator

Assimakis Komninos, White & Case

Speakers
  • Linda Plumpton, Partner, Tory’s LLP - The Interplay between public and private anti-cartel enforcement in Canada
  • Denis Gavrilov – Ph.D., Counsel, Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners - The interaction between public and private antitrust enforcement in Russian Federation
  • Alfonso Miranda Londoño, Partner Esguerra and Gabriel Ibarra, Partner, Ibarra - Imbalance between private and public enforcement in Colombia
  • Gabriel Ibarra Pardo Esguerra and Gabriel Ibarra, Partner, Ibarra - Calculated risk between the leniency benefits and class actions in Colombia
  • Christina Hummer, Partner SCWP Schindhelm, Austria - Impact of private enforcement on public anti-cartel enforcement – the perspective of NGAs
MaterialPresentations
17th November 2015 - The interplay between private enforcement and leniency policy
Moderator

Kris Dekeyser, DG Competition, European Commission

Speakers
  • Kate Patchen, Assistant Chief, San Francisco Office, US Department of Justice - The interplay between private enforcement and leniency policy
  • Ryohei Takai, Chief of the Leniency Program Unit, Japan Fair Trade Commission - The interplay between private enforcement and leniency program in Japan
  • Christoph Schirra, Bundeskartellamt, Germany - The interplay between private enforcement and leniency policy
  • Jolling de Pree, Chairman of the Dutch Competition Law Association and Partner of De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek, Dutch Competition Law Association - The interplay between private enforcement and leniency policy
MaterialPresentations
15th September 2015 - The interplay of public and private enforcement in terms of cartel sanctioning and deterrence
Moderator

Antonio Capobianco, OECD

Speakers
  • Helena Penovski, Case Handler, DG Competition, European Commission - The interaction between public and private enforcement of EU competition rules
  • Marc Braithwaite, Assistant Director, Competition & Markets Policy, Competition and Markets Authority, United Kingdom - Interplay of public and private enforcement – cartel sanctioning and deterrence
  • Kaori Yamada, Counsel, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer - Interplay of public and private enforcement – cartel sanctioning and deterrence
  • Mark Krotoski, Partner, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius - Interplay of Public and Private Enforcement – Cartel Sanctioning and Deterrence – U.S. Legal System
  • Tatiana Vyazmina, Deputy head of the 4th division of the Anticartel Department, FAS Russia - Interplay between the level of cartel fines and remedies awarded in the context of private enforcement in Russia
MaterialPresentations
10th February 2015 - Different types of sanctions and of sanctioning methods used for deterring international cartels
Moderator

Kris Dekeyser, DG Competition, European Commission

Speakers
  • Dominik Piotrowski, Case-handler, Cartels Directorate, DG Competition - European Commission's fining policy
  • Takujiro Kono, Senior Investigator, Investigation Bureau, Japan Fair Trade Commission - Non-Discretionary Administrative Sanctions under the AMA in Japan
  • Peter Stauber, Lawyer, Noerr LLP - Sanctioning Antitrust Infringements in Germany – Administrative & Criminal Sanctions for Individuals and Companies
  • Yannis Katsoulacos, Professor and Head of Department, Athens University of Economics and Business - The Economic Perspective on Different Sanctioning Methods – Achieving Deterrence & Maximising Consumer Welfare
MaterialPresentations
14th October 2014 - Ex-officio cartel investigations
Moderator

Kris Dekeyser, DG Competition, European Commission

Speakers
  • Harikumar Sukumar Pillay, Deputy Director (Enforcement) Legal & Enforcement, Competition Commission of Singapore - CCS’s cartel detection framework and other ex-officio enforcement initiatives
  • Kristen Pinhey, Competition Law Officer, Criminal Matters Branch, Competition Bureau of Canada - Alternative methods of cartel detection in Canada
  • Jorge Andrés Pérez Orduz, Advisor, Superintendence of Industry and Commerce of Colombia - Powers of the Authority to investigate
  • Rosella Creatini, Deputy Head of the Banking Unit; Renato Ferrandi, International Affairs, Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato - The strength of weak signals: ex-officio cartel investigations in the banking sector in Italy
MaterialPresentations
21st January 2014 - Atypical cartels
Moderator

Juan Pablo Herrera Saavedra, Superintendence of Industry and Commerce – Colombia and Andreas Keidel, European Commission

Speakers
  • Marc Hansen, Solicitor/Attorney at law at Latham & Watkins LLP - When to seek leniency in “atypical cartel” cases?
  • Kristen Pinhey, Competition Law Officer at the Competition Bureau of Canada - Atypical Cartels: The Use of Shadow Companies in Bid-Rigging Schemes
  • Andrew Groves, Sarah Naylor and Neil Maxey from the OFT - Atypical Cartels: ‘Hub and Spoke’ Infringements
MaterialPresentations