The EU Competition Law Public Enforcement Summit 2025

Registration
08:50

Chairperson’s Welcome
09:20

Keynote: European Commission on the State of Competition Public Enforcement
09:30

Discussing the Way Forward for Public Enforcement when Building European Growth
10:05

• What impact has the Draghi report and Competitiveness Compass had on competition policy and enforcement
•  “Promoting Competitiveness” (Draghi), what does that mean in practice?
• Global economic and policy challenges to Europe’s economic resilience

Networking & Refreshment Break
10:50

Examining Reforms to Key Competition Instruments
11:10

• The reform of key competition enforcement tools
• A revised Regulation 1/2003, what are the likely changes/what impact will they have
• Review of remedy design in antitrust cases

Analysing Abuse of Dominance Guidelines and Enforcement
11:55

• Article 102 Guidelines: where are we, next steps
• Key enforcement developments and investigation/commitment decisions
• Key cases in national authorities

Assessing the Effectiveness of Regulations in the Digital Market
12:40

• Lessons from the first non-compliance decisions for gatekeepers and designated platforms
• The role of NCA’s digital investigations and enforcement to supplement Commission regulation
• Discussing digital enforcement divergence in Transatlantic
• Digital alignment between the UK and EU

Networking & Lunch Break
13:25

Examining Developments in European Merger Control
14:25

• Growth and innovation agendas – have they impacted merger assessments
• National Champions/European Champions and impact on European consumers
• Examining theories of harm outside of price - Sustainability, Supply Chain Resilience, and Quality
• Remedy design

Discussing the Practical Challenges to Foreign Subsidies Regulation
15:10

• Best practice when working on FSR fillings
• Identifying a corporate’s risk areas and what to do when there’s a problem
• Effectively engaging with the Commission and what they’re interested in
• Overcoming the specific challenges private equity firms encounter

Networking & Refreshment Break
15:55

Assessing Developments in Cartel Investigations & Enforcement
16:05

• Key enforcement developments and investigation decisions
• Parent subsidiary liability
• Single and continuous infringement
• Civil damages liability developments

Examining Tech Regulation Outside of the Digital Market
16:50

• The AI Act and competition
• Tying/bundling – implications of the Android Judgment and Microsoft Teams investigation
• Competition in Cloud Services, Data Storage and Cybersecurity– current investigations
• Balancing regulatory requirements with growing European industry in emerging and innovative markets
• Standard Essential Patents – what next?

Chairperson’s Closing Remarks
17:35