A full day event bringing together leading legal and economic experts to explore key developments in UK and EU competition law.

Join the UK’s leading antitrust litigators in London on Friday 18 September for the 13th annual Competition Litigation Conference, hosted by Freshfields, Brick Court Chambers and MLex. This flagship event brings together leading legal and economic experts to explore the year’s most significant court rulings, funding and settlement trends, pass-on complexities, and the evolving collective actions landscape—followed by a networking drinks reception.

Agenda

09.00: Co-chair's welcome

Sarah Abram KC, Brick Court Chambers

09.05: Panel 1: In discussion with Class Representatives

Confirmed speakers:

Walter Merricks

Tom Clark

Justin Le Patourel

Nikki Stopford

Moderator:

Lewis Crofts, MLex

10.15: Panel 2: Antitrust Litigation - The Year in Review

Confirmed speakers:

Jenny Reeves, Geradin Partners

Paul Stuart, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton

Daniel Piccinin KC, Brick Court Chambers

Emma Probyn, Freshfields

Moderator:

Lewis Crofts, MLex

11.30: Refreshments

11.50: Panel 3: Collective Proceedings: Certification and De-certification

Confirmed speakers:

Patrick Boylan, Simmons & Simmons

Zoe Mernick-Levene, Reynolds Porter Chamberlain

Camilla Cockerill, Brick Court Chambers

Ricky Versteeg, Freshfields

Moderator:

Simon Zekaria, MLex

13.00: Lunch

14.00: Co-chair's comments

Deba Das, Freshfields

14.05: Panel 4: Collective Proceedings: Trials and Outcomes

Confirmed speakers:

Alex Malina, Mastercard

Cian Mansfield, Scott+Scott

Sarah Love KC, Brick Court Chambers

Jess Steele, Freshfields

Moderator:

Khushita Vasant, MLex

15.15: Afternoon tea

15.45: Panel 5: The Global Perspective: Anticipating and Managing Claims Across Multiple Jurisdictions

Confirmed speakers:

Jeroen Kortmann, Stibbe

Brian Ratner, Hausfeld

Ali Al-Karim, Brick Court Chambers

Ramya Arnold, Freshfields

Moderator:

Khushita Vasant, MLex

17:00: Keynote address — Sir Ian Forrester KC LLD, former UK Judge to the General Court of the EU; Member, Competition Appeal Tribunal

17.25: Co-chair's closing remarks

Deba Das, Freshfields

17:30: Drinks reception

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