Antitrust Law Daily Wrap Up, CONFERENCES: ABA to Hold Antitrust in the Americas Conference in Brazil, (Apr 30, 2013)
The American Bar Association will hold its Antitrust in the Americas Conference on June 6-7, 2013, at the Renaissance Hotel in São Paulo, Brazil, in coordination with its co-presenter the Brazilian Association for Studies on Competition, Consumer Affairs and International Trade.
The conference will commence on June 6 with welcome remarks, followed by panel discussions "The First Year Under the Brazil’s New Law and the Challenges Ahead" (with moderators Brian Byrne and Amadeu Ribeiro and panelists Karine R. Faden, Carlos E. Ragazzo, and Terena Rodrigues) and "Navigating the Shoals of Merger Control on a Global-Scope Deal" (with moderators Sharis A. Pozen and Barbara Rosenberg and panelists Olavo Chinaglia, Margaret F. Sanderson, Fiona Schaeffer, and D. Daniel Sokol). After a break, the conference will proceed with a panel discussion of "Distinguishing Abuse of Dominance from Vigorous Competition: The Search for Consistency" (with moderators Thomas O. Barnett and Gabriel Nogueira Dias and panelists Afonso Arinos, Gilvandro Vasconcelos Coelho de Araujo, and Ann Perrot)
The keynote speaker, Deputy Director General for Antitrust Cecilio Madero Villarejo of the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Competition, will then give his address, introduced by Theodore Voorhees, Jr. After lunch, the first day of the conference will close with panel discussions of "The Garden of Forking Paths—Multijurisdictional Issues in the Americas –Part I" (with moderators Abbot B. Lipsky and Ana Paula Martinez and panelists Melanie Aitken, Mauro Grinberg, Jorge Andres de los Rios, and Stanley Wong) and "The Garden of Forking Paths—Multijurisdictional Issues in the Americas–Part II" (with moderators Abbott B. Lipsky and Ana Paula Martinez and panelists Felipe Irarrazabal, Pablo Marquez, John Pecman, Eduardo Perez Motta, and Marcos Paulo Verissimo). A reception will follow.
The second day of the conference will begin with panel discussions of "Corporate Counsel Perspectives: Mergers, Investigations and Compliance" (with moderators Nikhil Shanbhag and Cristianne Zarzur and panelists David T. Blonder, Fernando Martinez Calia, Renata Garrido, and Pedro de Abreu Mariani) and "Challenges in Coordination of International Cartel Defense" (with moderators Aurelio Marchini Santos and Gary Spratling and panelists Jacques Derenne, Ana de Oliveira Frazao, John Terzaken, and Francisco Todorov).
After a break, the conference will conclude with an "Americas Enforcers Roundtable" (with moderators Tito Amaral de Andrade and Michael G. Egge and panelists Vinicius Marques de Carvalho, President of Brazil’s CADE-Conselho Administrativo de Defesa Econômica; Felipe Irarrazabal, National Economic Prosecutor of Chile’s Fiscalia Nacional Económica; and Eduardo Pérez Motta, Presidente of Mexico’s Comisión Federal de Competencia).
Attendees may register online here. More information can be found on the ABA website, or by contacting the American Bar Association through e-mail at at-registrar@americanbar.org.
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