UK Competition Litigation Circle
27 February 2025
to 28 February 2025
The Grove, UK
The UK Competition Litigation Circle is an exclusive, invite only event. This Circle will feature up to 40 handpicked UK practitioners focusing on Competition Litigation. In its inaugural year, the Advisory Board are under invitation, and we are pleased to have the support of Charles River Associates and Epiq as Circle Partners.
This exclusive invitation only event, involves facilitated discussions across 1 and a half days of content.
We have been working with a charing commitee the event to come up with the invite list and areas of discussion. Designed to be interactive and as inclusive as possible, there are no set-piece presentations or panel sessions with the focus being on open discussion.
The event will run in 2 broad formats: Horseshoe & Interactive roundtables, whereby we are expecting all attendees to be involved throughout. There will be assigned topic leaders for each session to get the conversation amongst all attendees started.
We are delighted to be welcoming a broad range of UK private practice lawyers, in-house counsel and economists.
Thank you to our Circle Partners:
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Delegates
John Astill
Managing Director
Exton Advisors
Tom Bolster
Partner
Hausfeld
Angelique Bret
Partner
Pinsent Masons
Boris Bronfentrinker (Advisory Board)
Partner
Willkie Farr & Gallagher
Alastair Brown
Partner
Arnold & Porter
Euan Burrows
Partner
Ashurst
Russell Butland
Partner
A&O Shearman
Jonathan Cary
Partner
RPC
Stephen Critchley
Partner
Fieldfisher
Simon Day (Advisory Board)
Partner
Macfarlanes
Kim Dietzel (Advisory Board)
Partner
Herbert Smith Freehills
Helen Fairhead
Partner
Norton Rose Fulbright
Cameron Firth
Partner
Macfarlanes
Lianne Goddard
Director of Client Development
Epiq
Kenny Henderson (Advisory Board)
Partner
CMS
Mikaël Hervé
Vice President
Charles River Associates
Sarah Houghton (Advisory Board)
Partner
Mishcon De Reya
Anneli Howard KC
Barrister
Monckton Chambers
Wessen Jazrawi
Partner
Mishcon De Reya
Sarah Johnson
Head of Litigation Investing
The D.E. Shaw Group
Tristan Jones KC
Barrister
Blackstone Chambers
Elizabeth Jordan
Senior Counsel
Slaughter and May
Tim Knight
Partner
Stephenson Harwood
Ben Lasserson
Partner
Mishcon De Reya
Oliver Latham
Vice President
Charles River Associates
Sophie Lawrance
Partner
Bristows
Lauren McGeever
Managing Director
Epiq
Zoë Mernick-Levene (Advisory Board)
Partner
RPC
Ben Moss
Co-Head of Litigation Finance
Orchard Global
Emma Probyn
Partner
Freshfields
Philip Rocher
Partner
Gibson Dunn
Matthew Scully
Partner
Clifford Chance
Barney Stannard
Partner
Travers Smith
Caroline Thomas
Partner & Head of Antitrust and Competition
Norton Rose Fulbright
Samantha Ward
Partner
Clifford Chance
Laura Whyatt
Partner
Dentons
Agenda
9:30am
10:00am
Advisory Board Welcome
Zoë Mernick-Levene - Partner - RPC
Kim Dietzel - Partner - Herbert Smith Freehills
Sarah Houghton - Partner - Mishcon de Reya
Kenny Henderson - Partner - CMS
Simon Day - Partner - Macfarlanes
Boris Bronfentrinker - Partner - Willkie Farr & Gallagher
Format: Square
10:10am
Discussing Certification In Competition Litigation Cases
Zoë Mernick-Levene - Partner - RPC
Kim Dietzel - Partner - Herbert Smith Freehills
11:10am
Refreshment Break
11:40am
Breaking Ground: Looking At The Latest Judgments
Sarah Houghton - Partner - Mishcon de Reya
Simon Day - Partner - Macfarlanes
12:40pm
Lunch
Format: Interactive Roundtables
2:00pm
Roundtable - Key Considerations When Designing An Opt-Out Settlement Administration Process
Kindly hosted by:
Lauren McGeever - Vice President, Class Action and Mass Tort Solutions - Epiq (US)
Lianne Goddard - Director of Client Development - Epiq
2:40pm
Roundtable - Hot Topics in Damages Quantification
- Class actions, blueprints and certification.
- Beyond cartels: assessing damages in exclusionary abuses.
- What next for exploitative abuses and economic value post Le Patourel?
- Latest developments in the analysis of pass-on.
Kindly hosted by: 
Oliver Latham - Vice President - Charles River Associates
Mikaël Hervé - Vice-President - Charles River Associates
3:20pm
Refreshment Break
3:35pm
Roundtable - Best Practices In Case Management
Zoë Mernick-Levene - Partner - RPC
Kim Dietzel - Partner - Herbert Smith Freehills
Sarah Houghton - Partner - Mishcon de Reya
Simon Day - Partner - Macfarlanes
Kenny Henderson - Partner - CMS
Boris Bronfentrinker - Partner - Willkie Farr & Gallagher
4:15pm
Closing Summary
6:00pm
Drinks Reception & Networking
7:30pm
Dinner
9:30am
Morning Refreshments
Format: Square
10:00am
Strategic Settlements: Managing The Resolution
Boris Bronfentrinker - Partner - Willkie Farr & Gallagher
Kenny Henderson - Partner - CMS
11:00am
Refreshment Break
11:30pm
Anticipating Change: What Does The Future Look Like For Competition Litigation?
Boris Bronfentrinker - Partner - Willkie Farr & Gallagher
12:30pm
Lunch & Close of Event
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Contact
Attendance, Booking & General Queries
For general enquiries please contact
Maddi Briggs on +44 (0) 20 3398 8545
or email maddi@thoughtleaders4.com
Venue & Logistics
For venue & logistics enquiries please contact
Ewan Brown on +44 (0) 20 3433 2292
or email ewan@thoughtleaders4.com
Partnership
For partnership enquiries please contact
Helen Berwick on +44 (0) 20 3433 2281
or email helen@thoughtleaders4.com