Events, Lectures and Taught Courses
Events and guest lectures
Guest Lecture Series
The CCLP invites scholars, practitioners and policy makers to deliver lunchtime talks during Hilary Term. Sessions are often scheduled on Fridays and take place at the CCLP, St Cross Building. To access the list of forthcoming events, please click here.
Round Table Discussions and Conferences
Events include the Antitrust Enforcement Symposium and the Symposium on Trends in Retail Competition, as well as other round table discussions and conferences. To access the list of forthcoming events, please click here. For a list of previous events and conferences hosted by the CCLP, please click here.
Training Programmes for European Judges
The CCLP offers a range of training programmes that are specifically tailored to various groups. Past offerings included capacity-building programmes for competition agencies, delivered in cooperation with the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), as well as training programmes for European national judges, sponsored by the European Commission.
Taught courses
BCL/MJur/MLF Competition Law
The course provides students with an understanding of competition law, together with the ability to subject it to critical legal and economic analysis. Seminars and lectures cover the main substantive laws relating to competition within the EU, including the control of monopoly and oligopoly; merger control; anti-competitive agreements; and other anti-competitive practices.
The course also explores new frontiers in enforcement, including the application of competition laws to the digital platform economy, the role of sustainability in competition enforcement, the relationship between competition and economic inequality, and the interface between competition and democracy.
The emphasis is placed predominantly on EU competition law to reflect the importance it assumes in practice. UK competition law is also taught, both because of its value in providing a comparative study of two systems of competition law and because of its importance to the UK practitioner. The antitrust laws of the USA and recent enforcement actions are explored to offer a comparative perspective and insight into the wider international dimension.
FHS: Competition Law & Policy
This undergraduate course enables students to critically reflect upon the basic principles and policies at the heart of European competition law. In particular, to understand how the law governs business practices that may restrict competition in economic markets through private and public enforcement and to analyse how competition law can curb anticompetitive activities and facilitate free competition.
List of previous guests and presentations at the CCLP
- John Temple Lang, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, on Fundamental Rights and European Competition Law.
- Alexandra Long and Andrew North, Herbert Smith Freehills LLP, on Vertical Agreements.
- Nicholas Levy, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, on European Merger Control.
- Peter Citron, Hogan Lovells International LLP, on Dawn Raids and Cartel Investigations.
- Rachel Brandenburger, on US Antitrust Law - Key Decisions and Current Debate.
- Scott Campbell, Hausfeld, on Private Enforcement and Commercial Disputes Arising out of Breaches of EU and UK Competition Laws.
- Pedro Caro de Sousa, OECD, on Challenges with Excessive Pricing in Pharmaceuticals.
- Peter Thyri, University of Vienna, on European Competition Procedures
- Alec Burnside, Dechert LLP, on Innovation Markets in Merger Control
- Scott Campbell, Hausfeld, on Private Enforcement – The Claimant’s Perspective
- Spencer Weber Waller, Loyola University Chicago, on The Role of US Antitrust Law in the Global Competition Community: Antitrust and Democracy
- Spencer Weber Waller, Loyola University Chicago, on The Role of US Antitrust Law in the Global Competition Community: The Isolation of US Antitrust Law
- Rahul Singh, University of Oxford, on Revisiting ‘goals’ jurisprudence in the age of ‘virtual’ competition
- Ariel Ezrachi, University of Oxford, and Rasmus Nielsen, Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, on Technology, Online Competition and Offline Welfare
- Sanja Bogojevic, Stefan Enchelmaier and Julian Nowag, University of Oxford, on Book Launch: Julian Nowag's Environmental Integration in Competition and Free Movement Laws
- Cyril Ritter, European Commission Directorate-General for Competition, on Two-sided markets in EU competition law
- Rachel Brandenburger, University of Oxford, on International cooperation and friction - competition and non-competition values
- Rachel Brandenburger, University of Oxford, on US Antitrust Law – key Decisions and Current Debate
- Tim Cowen, Preiskel & Co, on Searching the soul of antitrust: what is competition law for?
- Alec Burnside, Dechert, on Google/Fitbit: is Merger Control fit(bit) for purpose in digital markets?
- Fryderyk Hoffmann, Mazars LLP, on Remedies in merger cases - a monitoring trustee's perspective
- Marios Iacovides, Universities of Stockholm and University of Oxford, on EU Competition Law and the European Green Deal
- Terry Calvani, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, and Michael D. Hausfeld, Hausfeld LLP, on Effective cartel enforcement - The public and private dimensions
- Rachel Brandenburger, University of Oxford, on The Seminar Series on the Global Dimension of Competition Law Enforcement
- Giovanna Massarotto, UCL and University of Iowa, on Is the Antitrust Consent the Solution to Tackle Today's Data-Driven Markets?
- Liana Japaridze, University of Oxford, on Choosing optimal objectives for the current competition framework of Georgia on the basis of the EU experience
- Richard Eccles and Thomas Jones, Bird & Bird, on Digital Platforms under Scrutiny: Recent competition and regulatory reviews in the UK and Australia
- Rachel Brandenburger, University of Oxford, on International Cooperation and Friction
- Adrian Kuenzler, Zürich University and Yale Law School, on Competition Law as a Catalyst for Collective Market Governance
- Fryderyk Hoffmann, on Merger Remedies in the EU and the UK - Recent Trends
- Willem H. Boshoff, Stellenbosch University, on Excessive pricing in competition law after the pandemic and Pfizer/Flynn: lessons from cartel damage cases
- Philip Marsden, CRA & Bank of England, on Competition and Digital Markets
- Rachel Brandenburger, University of Oxford, on US antitrust law - Key decisions and current debate
- Terry Calvani, Brunswick Group, on Cartels and Leniency Programmes - A Cross-Border Perspective
- Amit Zac, University of Oxford and ETH Zürich, Competition Law and Inequality: Empirical work in legal studies
- Jordan Ellison, Slaughter and May, Multi-product firms: Consumer paradise or competition purgatory?
- Alec Burnside, Dechert, on Expansive jurisdiction in merger control
- Federico Diez and Daniel Schwarz, The International Monetary Fund, on Reflections on the IMF Study on 'Rising Corporate Market Power: Emerging Policy Issues'
- Angela Huyue Zhang, University of Hong Kong, on Chinese Antitrust Exceptionalism: How the Rise of China Challenges Global Regulation
- Philip Marsden, College of Europe and Bank of England, on Competition law: A European vision of the digital context
- John Vickers, University of Oxford, on Competition Policy and the Consumer Welfare Standard
- Thomas Reyntjens, University of Oxford, on Judicial Protection in EU Competition Law with a Focus on Digital Markets
- Shanker A. Singham, Competere, and Alden F. Abbott, Mercatus Center, on Trade, Competition, and Domestic Regulatory Policy
- Ketan Ahuja, University of Oxford, on Innovating Antitrust Law: How Innovation Really Happens and How Antitrust Law Should Adapt
- Timothy Cowen, Preiskel & Co, on Ensuring Swift Enforcement in Digital Markets
- Terry Calvani, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, on Ms. Khan at the FTC: Mid-term Grades
- Alexandre de Streel, CERRE and University of Namur, on Defining gatekeeper power in the platform economy
- Cristina Caffara, UCL and Competition RPN, CEPR London, on Ecosystems, Antitrust and Power
- Rupprecht Podszun, Heinrich Heine University of Düsseldorf, on Perspectives on power
- Erika Douglas, Temple University, on Personal data, Privacy and Antitrust
- Elettra Bietti, Northeastern University, on AI, Power & Competition
- Denise Hearn, Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment, on Antitrust and Sustainability
- Luke Herrine, University of Alabama, on Antidomination and Uncertainty in Market Governance
- Hiba Haffiz, Boston College, on Labour market dynamics and competition enforcement
- Helena Malikova, EU Commission, on Spamming the regulator
- Hans Friederiszick, E.CA, on Reconciling ex ante and ex post regulation – The concept of vulnerable markets
- Pablo Ibanez-Colomo, LSE, on Predatory Copycats
- Agustin Reyna, BEUC, on The Choice Delusion: Addressing Behavioural Biases in Digital Markets
- Ioannis Lianos, UCL, on Digital Value Chains and Competition Law & Policy
- Wolfgang Kerber, Universität Marburg, on Data Sharing and Automobiles
- Oliver Bethell and Gavin Baird, Google, on Ensuring Innovation Through Participatory Antitrust
- Heike Schweitzer, Humboldt University, on Competition and Innovation
- Barak Orbach, University of Arizona, on How Technological Changes Influence Antitrust
- Cyril Ritter, EU Commission, on The interface between competition and regulation
- Barry Rodger, Strathclyde University, on Enforcement post Brexit
- Bob Marshall, Bates White and Mike Meurer, Boston University, on Collusion and patents
- Pablo Figueroa, on The reform of the vertical restraints rules
- Nicholas Levy, CGSH, on Global Merger Control – What Next?
- Rachel Brandenburger, University of Oxford, on International Antitrust Cooperation in the Post Globalized World
- Cyril Ritter, EU Commission, on Data, algorithms, and EU competition law
- Arno Rasek, Bundeskartellamt, on Market definition and market power of online platforms
- Viktoria Robertson, Oxford CCLP, on Market definition - Between law and economics
- Jordan Ellison, Slaughter and May, on Big data: competition, privacy and consumer protection
- Nicolas Petit, University of Liege, on Competition between technology firms and the welfare state
- Maarten Pieter Schinkel, University of Amsterdam, on Public interest cartels
- Pierre Horna, CCLP & UNCTAD, on Chasing International Cartels
- Arianna Andreangeli, Edinburgh University, on The interplay between competition law and human rights
- Kelvin Hiu Fai Kwok, Hong Kong University, on Abuse of Buyer Power in Small Market Economies: Theory and Evidence from Hong Kong
- Pablo Ibanez-Colomo, LSE, on Measuring competitive harm against the relevant counterfactual?
- Sandra Marco Colino, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, on Restorative justice in competition law litigation
- Julian Nowag, Lund University, on The future comeback of the public policy and competition law
- Terry Calvani and Jenny Leahy, Freshfields, on Reforming the administrative model
- Renato Nazzini, King’s College London, on Arbitration and competition law
- Joseph Wilson, on Sustainable development and merger analysis
- Terrell McSweeny, FTC, on Protecting Consumers and Promoting Competition in the Digital Age: A Perspective from the FTC
- Maurice E Stucke, Konkurrenz Group, on Virtual Competition
- Nicolas Petit, University of Liege, on Antitrust and the challenge of policing moligopolists
- Keith Waehrer, Bates White Economic Consulting, on Online Services and the Analysis of Competitive Merger Effects in Privacy Protections and Other Quality Dimensions
- Andres Font Galarza, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, on Online challenges
- Orla Lynskey, Law Department, LSE, on Mapping intersections between data protection and competition law
- Ariel Ezrachi, CCLP Oxford, on Sponge
- Julián Peña, Allende & Brea, on Cultural limits to competition law
- Paul Nihoul, Université Catholique de Louvain, on Who decides on market? Competition as a decision making process
- David Bailey, Brick Court Chambers and Kings College, on Antitrust imperialism
- Bill Kovacic, CMA, on JAE Agency effectiveness study
- David Gerber, Chicago-Kent College of Law, on Global supply chains and competition law
- Hassan Qaqaya, ASEAN & University of Melbourne, on Should small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have a more "sympathetic" access to justice in competition cases?
- Giorgio Monti, European University Institute, on Antitrust Enforcement by National Competition Authorities: national priorities or Union interest?
- Hans Friederiszick, E.CA Economics, on Private Damages Litigation across Europe – Race to What?
- Markus Meier, Federal Trade Commission, on US approach to Pay for Delay
- Catherine Higgs, AstraZeneca, on Recent industry trends – the Pharma Industry.
- Paul Csiszar, European Commission, on The new chapter in pharma and competition enforcement
- Geoff Steadman, Competition Markets Authority, on Pharmaceuticals and competition enforcement – UK developments
- Luisa Affuso, PWC on The definition of dominance in pharmaceuticals
- Pat Treacy, Bristows, on Pricing in the pharma sector – a fine balance between pricing too high or too low?
- Steve Shadowen, Hilliard & Shadowen, on Pay-for-delay and product-hopping: the next frontiers
- Wolf Sauter, Tilburg University and the ACM, on Access, affordability and collective purchasing of pharmaceuticals
- Steve Weissman, Baker Botts, on Advising pharma companies in today’s aggressive enforcement environment
- Mat Huges, AlixPartners, on The counterfactual - what would have happened in the absence of pay-for-delay agreements?
- Carles Esteva Mosso, DG Competition, on Ten years to the European Competition Network
- Andreas Mundt, Bundeskartellamt, on Convergence as an imperative of competition policy
- Nicholas Levy, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, on European Merger Control
- Kevin Coates, DG Competition, on Single and Continuous Infringement
- Peter Citron, Hogan Lovells, on EU Competition Law, Cartels and Dawn-Raids
- Laurence Popofsky, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, on Opt Out Antitrust Class Actions - An American Perspective
- Pinar Akman, Centre for Business Law and Practice - University of Leeds, on Period of limitations in follow-on competition cases
- Adi Ayal, Bar Ilan University, on Anticompetitive Patents: An Incorporation Solution
- Rachel Brandenburger, Hogan Lovells, on Minority Shareholdings and Joint Ventures in Emerging Jurisdictions: an Opportunity for Convergence?
- Alden F. Abbott, Heritage Foundation, on U.S. Patent-Antitrust Interface
- David Gilo, IAA, on Costless (or Near Costless) Predation through Predatory Bundling, Loyalty Rebates, and Price Squeeze
- Hans W. Friederiszick, European School of Management and Technology, on An economic analysis in 102 cases post Intel
- Anne Riley and D. Daniel Sokol on Rethinking Compliance
- Florian Wagner-von Papp, UCL, on Sie-Mens sana: Contribution between jointly and severally liable companies and contribution between jointly and severally liable undertakings
- Steven Anderman, n/a, on The Accommodation of EU Competition Law to IPRs
- Randolph Tritell, US Federal Trade Commission, on the International Competition Network
- Alison Jones and Rebecca Williams, King's College London and Oxford University, on Penalising Cartels in the UK: is Criminalisation the Solution?
- Alex Chisholm, Chief Executive - UK Competition and Markets Authority, on Agency Effectiveness - Early Plans for the Competition and Markets Authority
- Caron Beaton Wells, University of Melbourne, on Australia's Immunity Policy for Cartel Conduct: Immune from Review?
- Pierre Horna, UNCTAD, and Jaime Barahona, Chilean Competition Agency, on Coordinating Local Competition Enforcement Actions: the Liquid Oxygen Cases in Latin America
- Meltem Bagis Akkaya, Turkish Competition Authority, on Turkish Leniency Programme
- Michele Piergiovanni, European Commission, on Unilateral Effects and the European Merger Regulation
- Adi Ayal, Bar Ilan University, on The Market for Bigness: Competition Agencies as Agents of Change
- Laurence Idot, Université Panthéon-Assas, on Access to files of Competition Authorities - Developments since thenPfleiderer Case
- John Temple Lang, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, on Digital Evidence – Legal Challenges
- Michal Gal, University of Haifa, and Thomas Cheng, University of Hong Kong, on Aggregate Concentration: Regulation by Competition law?
- Ali Nikpay, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, on UK Competition Regime – Hits and Misses
- Amelia Fletcher, University of East Anglia, on UK Merger Policy – Hits and Misses
- Peter Citron, Hogan Lovells International LLP, on Dawn Raids and Cartel Investigations
- Laurence Popofsky, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, on US Antitrust Law - Vertical Restraints and Resale Price Maintenance
- Claes Bengtsson, European Commission, on Buyer Power - An Enforcer Perspective
- Laura Phaff, Office of Fair Trading, on Purchasing Agreements
- Peter Carstensen, University of Wisconsin Law School, on Controlling the Abuse of Unilateral Buyer Power
- Ariel Ezrachi, Oxford CCLP, on Buying Alliances and Input Price Fixing
- Lars Henriksson, Stockholm School of Economics, on Countervailing Buyer Power
- Matthew Johnson, OXERA, on Buyer Power and Retail Competition
- Jack Kirckwood, Seattle University School of Law, on Powerful Buyers and Merger Enforcement
- Birgit Krueger, Bundeskartellamt, on Buying Alliances in the Food Retail Sector
- Andrew McCarthy, British Brands, on Buying Power and the Retail Sector
- Michael Rowe, Slaughter and May, on FMCG Mergers
- Howard Smith, Oxford University, on Buyer Power in the Brick Manufacturing Market
- Maurice E. Stucke, University of Tennessee, on Buyer Power and Behavioural Economics
- Bob Young, Europe Economics, on Market Trends and Buyer Power
- John Temple Lang, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, on The Concept of Exclusionary Abuse under Article 102 TFEU
- Spencer Waller, Loyola University of Chicago, on Brands: appropriate analysis in competition and IP law?
- Nicola Mazzarotto, Competition Economics, KPMG, on Brands in competition economic analysis
- Olav Kolstad, Advokatfirmaet Schjødt AS, on Unfair practices: analysis and remedies across Europe
- Tony Durham, Shopper Based Design, P&G, on Shopper behaviour and brands: how choices are made
- Tony Clayton, Chief Economist, UK Intellectual Property Office, on Similar packaging: assessing consumer detriment and business harm
- Hugh M. Hollman, Attorney Advisor, US FTC, on The International Competition Network – Past Achievements and Future Challenges
- Robert L. Steiner on Vertical Competition
- Henning Leupold, European Commission, DG Competition, on The Assessment of Horizontal Cooperation Agreements
- Terry Calvan, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, on US antitrust law in comparative perspective
- Molly Herron and Alex Long, Herbert Smith LLP, on Vertical Agreements
- John Temple Lang, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, on Article 102 TFEU (ex Art 82 EC) - Prices and Rebates
- Carl Shapiro, US Department of Justice and Hass School of Business, Berkeley, on Mergers and Acquisitions
- Wouter Wils, European Commission, on Cartel Enforcement and Criminalisation
- Julian Joshua, Partner, Howrey LLP Brussels, on Does Cartel Criminalisation Have a Future Outside of the United States? Insights from the United Kingdom Experience
- Micael O'Kane, Partner, Head of Fraud/Regulatory Group, Peters & Peters, on Practical Issues Arising from Concurrent Criminal Prosecutions in the UK and Overseas
- Caron Beaton-Wells, Associate Professor, Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne, on Milestone or Roadblock? The Role of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission in Criminalising Cartels
- Christine Parker, Associate Professor and Reader, Melbourne Law School, on Criminalisation and Compliance: The Gap Between Rhetoric and Reality
- Christopher Harding, Professor of Law, University of Wales, Aberystwyth, on Recidivism, Criminalisation and the Growth of the Anti-Cartel Enforcement Industry
- Stephen Wilks, Professor of Politics, University of Exeter, on Criminalisation in the Context of Britain?s Traditions of Negotiated Regulation
- Andreas Stephan, Lecturer, Norwich Law School & ESRC Centre for Competition Policy, University of East Anglia, on Cartel Criminalisation: The Role of the Media in the 'Battle for Hearts and Minds'
- Michael A. Carrier, Rutgers Law School – Camden, on Antitrust concerns and the pharmaceutical sector - Pharmaceutical agreements and generics companies
- Alden Abbott, US FTC, on Standard Setting Under Section 5 of the FTC Act
- Cecilio Madero Villarejo, DG Competition, on Intellectual property rights and competition rules, a complex but indispensable coexistence?
- Philippe Chappatte, Slaughter and May, on FRAND commitments- The case for antitrust intervention
- Damien Geradin, Tilburg University, Howrey, on FRAND commitments- The case against antitrust intervention
- Pat Treacy, Bristows, on Competition law and Intellectual Property Rights
- Edward L. Flippen, McGuireWoods LLP, on US Antitrust law
- Michael D. Whinston, Northwestern University, on Vertical Contracting and Antitrust
- John Temple Lang, Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton LLP, on the Commission Guidance on Article 82 EC
- Sir Jeremy lever QC, Monckton Chambers, All-Souls College, on the Commission Guidance on Article 82 EC
- Prof. Mario Monti, formerly the European Commissioner for Competition, on European competition law and economics
- Simon Bishop, RBB Economics, on The law and economics of loyalty rebates
- John Davies, UK Competition Commission, on What if people make mistakes? The assumption of 'rationality' in competition economics
- John Temple Lang, Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton LLP, on Article 82 EC – Recent Developments'
- Dennis Carlton, Chief Economist at the Antitrust Division of the US Justice Department, on the law and economics of tying
- Philippe Chappatte, Slaughter & May, on The Impala judgment (Sony/BMG merger)
- Ali Nikpay, OFT, on Article 82 reform
- Mark Williams, NERA Economic Consulting, on Antitrust Economics
- Iestyn Williams, RBB Economics, on Article 82 reform: an economic perspective
- Simon Priddis, OFT, on the Law and Economics of Conglomerate Mergers
- Philippe Chappatte, Slaughter and May, on International Cartels and leniency Procedures
- Terry Calvani, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, on US Antitrust law and Private Enforcement
- Terry Calvani, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, on criminal sanctions for competition offences
- Don Baker, Baker & Miller PLLC, on Network Effects and Essential Facilities
- Edward Flippen, McGuireWoods LLP, on US Electric Deregulation
- Peter Willis, Taylor Wessing, on the privilege against self-incrimination in competition investigations
- Sir John Vickers, Chairman, OFT, on The abuse of market power
- Carles Esteva Mosso, DG Competition, on EU merger control: the current state of play
- Chris Bright, Shearman & Sterling, on Dispute resolution and competition law
- John Temple Lang, CGSH, on Problems and issues of decentralising European competition law
- Mark Williams, NERA, on Antitrust Economics
- Alden Abbott, US FTC, on US Antitrust Law
- Robert O'Donoghue, CGSH, on IP rights & Competition law
- Simon Evenett, SBS, on Globalisation & competition law
- Phil Evans on Competition enforcement and the consumer interest
- Sir Jeremy Lever on Modernisation
- John Temple Lang on Article 82 (Abuse)
- Prof. Stephen Weatherill on Competition Law and Sport
- Dr Mark Williams, NERA, on Antitrust Economics
- Malcolm Nicholson, Slaughter and May, on Airtours (MyTravel)
- Philip Marsden, BIICL, on Comparative Aspects of US and EU Competition Laws.
- Chris Bright, Shearman & Sterling, on the Competition Appeals Tribunal
- Michael Rowe, Slaughter and May, on Vertical Agreements – Freezer Exclusivity
- Timothy J. Muris, Chairman US FTC, on Current issues in competition and consumer policy
- Bernardine Adkins, Wragge & Co, on enforcement
- Dr David Gilo, Tel Aviv University, on Passive Investments
- Andrew Chin, University of North Carolina, on Microsoft
- Jeff Schmidt, Director, Bureau of Competition, United States Federal Trade Commission, on United States competition law policy – the private label experience.
- Prof. Steve Anderman, University of Essex, on the essential facilities reasoning in Article 82 and IPRs
- Andres Font Galarza, Mayer Brown, on buying alliances: what parameters are set by competition law?
- Guiseppe Abbamonte, DG Sanco, European Commission, on the Member States' approach to the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive and the impact on misleading packaging
- Helen Jenkins, Oxera Consulting Ltd, on the economics of Article 82 reform
- Dr Ioannis Lianos, University College London, on the classification of abuses in Article 82 EC
- Bob Young, Europe Economics, on the UK Competition Commission's groceries investigation and the implications for competition between branded and private label products
- Dr Ariel Ezrachi, CCLP, on private enforcement and Article 82 EC
- Dr Gunnar Niels, OXERA Consulting Ltd, on economic effects-based tests and legal (un)certainty under Article 82
- Prof Ulf Bernitz, IECL, on the sanction of voidness under Article 82 EC and possible contractual consequences
- Dr Dan Eklöf, Stockholm University, on the Microsoft judgment