Presentation

This international workshop will gather legal and economic scholars, from Europe, the US and Asia. It will provide an inter-disciplinary perspective on topics where competition and corporate laws critically interact. All speakers are contributing authors to the Research Handbook on Competition and Corporate Law (Edward Elgar, forthcoming,) co-edited by Anna Tzanaki and Florence Thépot

programm

Monday 27th March

1:00 pm : Opening/Welcome
Professor Achim Wambach, President of the ZeW, Mannheim

1. Corporate ownership & governance trends and competition

Chairs : Anna Tzanaki and Florence Thépot

Common ownership
Martin Schmalz, University of Oxford

Interlocking Directorates
Yaron Nili, Wisconsin University

Common Ownership in the US versus the EU : A Comparative Network Analysis
Jo Seldeslachts, KU Leuven and Albert Banal-Estanol, Barcelona School of Economics

Shareholder Collaboration on ESG Campaigns
Anna Christie, Edinburgh University

Competition/ corporate/ ESG
Marco Corradi, ESSEC Business School & Julian Nowag, Lund

Commentator : Marco Corradi

2. Interactions between competition & corporate law : normative & national perspectives

Chair : Anna Tzanaki

Consumer Welfare and Shareholder Primacy
Francesco Ducci, University of Toronto and Alvaro Pereira, Leeds University

Corporate Governance and Antitrust : Lessons from Japanese Occupation Policy
Mark Ramseyer, Harvard Law School

How changes to corporate law affect competition policy in Israel
Anat Alon Beck, Case Western Reserve University and Moran Ofir, Reichman University

Markets, Competition, and Fairness
Giuseppe Colangelo, Luiss, Rome and Eliana Garces, Analysis Group

Shareholder & Competition : Economic and Political Outcomes
Simone Sepe, Arizona and Saura Masconale, Arizona

Commentator : Yaron Nili

3. The boundaries of the firm in antitrust & corporate law

Chair : Florence Thépot

Family Ties and the Boundaries of the Firm in Antitrust Law
Mariana Pargendler, NYU

The Concept of an Undertaking and the Single Economic Entity Doctrine (EU/ UK ?) Substantive reach of Art.101 and attribution of liability
Alison Jones, King's College London and Stephen Daly, King's College London

Attribution/imputation - roles of legal person and undertaking as addressees of competition rules
Marcos Araujo Boyd, University of Glasgow

Single economic entity and antitrust fine calculation
Carsten Koenig, Cologne

Compliance
Rosa Abrantes-Metz, Berkeley Research Group

Commentator : Mariana Pargendler

6:00pm : End

Tuesday 28th March

9:00am : 4. Inter-corporate links, political economy and digital competition

Chair : Anna Tzanaki

Competition, political economy and pro-social objectives
Massimiliano Vatiero, Trento

“Killer acquisitions” or “killing innovation” : antitrust implications of the new wave of tech acquisitions
Valeria Falce, European University of Rome and Nicola Faraone, European University of Rome

Common ownership in Japan
Steven Van Uytsel, Kyushu

Collective dominance
Giorgio Monti, Tilburg

Commentator : Giorgio Monti

5. Policing the corporation : Antitrust sanctions and compliance

Chair : Florence Thépot

CEO turnover and shareholder awareness in cartel cases
Catarina Marvão, TU Dublin

Corporate Governance Implications of Competition Remedies and Sanctions
Florian Wagner-von Papp, Hamburg

Antitrust Fines and Managerial Liability
Jens-Uwe Franck, Mannheim and Till Seyer, Mannheim

Compliance
Anne Riley, Ethics and Compliance Consultant, Ireland

Gender diversity on corporate boards and competition law compliance
Amber Sheepers, Erasmus University, Rotterdam

Commentators : Florian Wagner-von Papp and Etienne Farnoux, University of Strasbourg

12:00pm : Closure

Location : MaCCI https://www.macci-mannheim.eu/macci-mannheim-centre-for-competition-and-innovation/home

with possible virtual presence