The speakers of the webinar were Mr. William E. Kovacic (Global Competition Professor of Law and Policy, George Washington University) and Mr. Ioannis Kokkoris (Professor of Competition Law and Economics (London); Dean for International, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences and the Director General (Paris), Queen Mary University). They discussed the interface between competition law and innovation, sustainability, foreign direct investment (FDI) control issues, inflation, and other public policy goals.

Ms. Mélanie Thill-Tayara (Partner, Dechert, Paris) moderated the session and the other speakers included Mr. Yann Guthmann, (Head of Digital Economy Unit, Autorité de la concurrence, Paris), Mr. Pierre Régibeau (Chief Competition Economist, DG COMP, Brussels) and Mr. David Sevy (Executive Vice President, Compass Lexecon, Paris).

The speakers of the webinar included Ms. Eleanor M. Fox, Walter J. Derenberg (Professor of Trade Regulation at New York University School of Law) and Mr. Frédéric Jenny (Emeritus Professor at ESSEC Business School and Chairman of the OECD Competition Committee).

Mr. Richard Whish (Emeritus Professor, King’s College London) moderated the session and the other speakers included Ms. Birthe Panhans (Head of Unit in Mergers: Transport, Post, and other services, DG COMP, Brussels), Soledad Pereiras (Vice President, Compass Lexecon, Madrid), Paul Reeve (Principal, RBB Economics) and Mike Walker (Chief Economic Adviser, UK Competition and Markets Authority, London).

You may watch the full interview on Who’s Who Legal’s website here: https://whoswholegal.com/gonenc-gurkaynak

The speakers of the webinar included Mr. Ian Forrester QC LLD, General Court of the European Union (Luxembourg) Former Judge, EU General Court, and Mr. Douglas H. Ginsburg, Senior Circuit Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and Professor of Law at GMU Antonin Scalia Law.

Speech by Gönenç Gürkaynak

The moderator was Prof. Frédéric Jenny (Chairman of the OECD Competition Committee, Professor at ESSEC Paris Business School) and the other panelists included Ms. Mondo Mazwai (Chairperson, Competition Tribunal of South Africa), Ms. Georgiana Pop (Global Lead, Markets and Competition Policy, The World Bank) and Mr. Patrick Hubert (Partner, Orrick).  

Panel video kindly provided by Concurrences.