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Specialised Study Programme (LL.M.

)
Competition Law and Economics

October 2010 > June 2011


Content
03 The Brussels School of Competition in a Nutshell

04 Purpose of the LL.M.

05 Programme

14 Admission Requirements & Fees

15 Organisation

16 Practical Information

17 Registration Form

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The Brussels Brussels is not only home to the European Commission
and a key meeting place for national competition
enforcement authorities, it also serves as the European

School of headquarters for major Belgian and international


businesses, law firms and economic consultancies.

Competition in
As a result, Brussels is unquestionably one of
the world’s antitrust capitals. The BSC aims
to capitalise on this wealth of competition

a Nutshell expertise to offer a specialised study programme


in EU competition law and econcomics.

In recent years, demand for professional training in


competition law (conferences, seminars, workshops,
etc.) has increased exponentially, driven to a large
extent by the challenges posed by (i) the growing
influence of economic theory in competition
proceedings; and (ii) the importance of competition
“compliance” within companies. Given the current
economic context, competition lawyers have
also been eager to supplement their substantive
knowledge and hone their professional skills.

In response to this demand, the FEB and Professor


Nicolas Petit (University of Liège) decided to
establish the Brussels School of Competition (BSC).
The BSC’s primary purpose is to organise a high-profile,
specialised course in competition law and economics.
The course will be taught in English and will start in 2010.
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President of the BSC Director of the BSC Director of the BSC


Philippe Lambrecht Nicolas Petit Charles Gheur
Secretary General, FEB Professor, University of Liège Advisor, FEB

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Purpose
The LL.M. programme has been designed to meet the
of the LL.M.
needs of companies and their counsels, who have to
cope with increasingly complex competition rules and
the unprecedented economic risks arising from the
enforcement of those rules. It targets in particular:

Business lawyers and economic


consultants (junior and senior) seeking to expand,
improve or refresh their knowledge of competition law
and economics;

Companies, not only in-house lawyers,


but also managers, executives and public affairs
experts who come across competition issues in their
daily business activities;

Civil servants from competition


agencies, sectoral regulators, public administrations
and state-owned companies, who regularly have to
deal with situations involving competition law.

The LL.M. programme in Competition Law and


Economics has five unique, defining, features:
1. It offers practical training, thanks to an
experienced contingent of competition lawyers,
economic consultants, and senior officials.

2. It provides high-level lectures given out


by outstanding academics.

3. It offers a modern approach to training, fully


embracing the interdisciplinary nature
(law and economics) of competition policy.

4. It proposes a flexible training programme


compatible with the requirements of
professional practice.

5. It gives its students opportunities to socialise


and meet fellow competition professionals
on a regular basis.

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Programme The course is divided into 12 modules, covering
the full range of EU competition law and economic
issues: joint ventures and horizontal cooperation
agreements, vertical agreements and distribution
networks, cartels, abuse of dominance, mergers and
acquisitions, State aid, etc.

With 15 in-class hours for each module, this


programme seeks to offer the strongest possible
training in the various disciplines of competition
policy. Moreover, most modules are taught by both
a lawyer and an economist in order to espouse the
multidisciplinary nature of competition policy.

1. General Introduction to Competition Law and Economics (15 hours)


S. Bishop (RBB Economics) and N. Petit (University of Liège)

2. The Law and Economics of Cartel Agreements (15 hours)


E. Sakkers (DG COMP, European Commission) and J. Ysewyn (Linklaters LLP)

3. The Law and Economics of Horizontal Cooperation Agreements and Joint Ventures (15 hours)
A. Lofaro (RBB Economics) and S. Völcker (WilmerHale LLP)

4. The Law and Economics of Vertical Restraints (15 hours)


T. Vergé (French Competition Authority) and F. Wijckmans (Contrast)

5. The Law and Economics of Abuse of Dominance (15 hours)


J-F. Bellis (Van Bael & Bellis) and A. Perrot (French Competition Authority)

6. The Law and Economics of Merger Control (15 hours)


P. Hofer (NERA) and N. Levy (Cleary Gottlieb LLP)

7. The Law and Economics of State Aid and other Anti-Competitive State Interventions (15 hours)
J. Derenne (Hogan Lovells LLP) and D. Spector (Paris School of Economics)

8. The Procedural and Institutional Framework of EU Competition Enforcement (15 hours)


F. Castillo de la Torre (Legal Service, European Commission) and L. Ortiz Blanco (Garrigues)

9. EU Competition Law and Intellectual Property (15 hours)


P. Belleflamme (University of Louvain-la-Neuve) and A. Strowel (FUSL and Covington & Burling LLP)

10. Competition Law and the Regulation of Network Industries (15 hours)
P. Larouche (University of Tilburg) and J. Padilla (LECG)

11. National Competition Law (15 hours):


Belgian Competition Law: J. Steenbergen (Belgian Competition Authority) and A. Walckiers (Belgian Competition Authority)
French Competition Law: C. Lemaire (Ashurst LLP and University of Paris I) and F. Zivy (French Competition Authority)
UK Competition Law: C. Brown (Matrix Chambers) and R. O’Donoghue (Brick Court Chambers)
German Competition Law: T. Jestaedt (Jones Day) and P. Werner (Howrey LLP)

12. Consumer Protection and Unfair Trading Practices (15 hours)


M. Lissowska (DG SANCO, European Commission) and J. Stuyck (University of Leuven and Liedekerke)

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Programme
General Introduction to Competition Law and Economics
1 S. BISHOP and N. PETIT

Session 1 Session 2 Session 3


Friday 1 October 2010 Friday 8 October 2010 Friday 15 October 2010

This module will cover in particular the following topics :

1. Practical importance of competition law for public and private decision makers; 2. Macro and micro economic effects of
competition policy; 3. Consumer welfare and efficiency benefits; 4. Perfect competition and monopoly; 5. The “Structure-Conduct-
Performance” paradigm; 6. The Chicago school; 7. The German ordo-liberal school; 8. The market integration ethos; 9. Rules and
institutions of EU competition law; 10. Relationship between EU and national competition law; 11. Effect on trade; 12. The concept
of “undertaking”; 13. Extraterritorial application of EU competition law and the effects doctrine

Simon Bishop (RBB Economics) Nicolas Petit (University of Liège)

Simon Bishop has worked in economic consultancy since 1991. He Nicolas Petit is Professor at the Law School of the University of
has advised on numerous major cases before the EU Commission Liege, and Visiting Professor at the EDHEC Business School,
and national competition authorities. He has particular expertise Lille, France. He is the Director of the ULg LL.M. in European
in the application of quantitative techniques both in the context Competition and Intellectual Property Law, co-Director of the
of assessing the likely competitive effects of mergers and also in Institute for European Legal Studies and Director of the Global
non-merger settings. He has published widely including reports Competition Law Centre of the College of Europe. He was formerly
and articles on market definition, collective dominance in merger an Associate at Howrey LLP, Brussels and served as a Clerk
control, bidding markets, loyalty rebates and vertical restraints. at the Commercial Chamber of the French Supreme Court. He
He is the co-author of “The Economics of EC Competition Law”, holds a PhD in law (2007) which was prized both by the review
the leading textbook on the application of economics to European Concurrences and by the International League of Competition
competition law, and co-editor of the European Competition Law. In 2009, he was appointed International Reporter of the
Journal. LIDC. In 2005 he was selected to become a member of Harvard
Law School’s Visiting Researchers Programme. In addition
to this, he is a member of the editorial board of the law review
e-Competitions and senior editor of the online magazine Antitrust
Chronicles.

The Law and Economics of Cartel Agreements


2 E. SAKKERS and J. YSEWYN

Session 1 Session 2 Session 3


Friday 22 October 2010 Friday 29 October 2010 Friday 5 November 2010

This module will cover in particular the following topics :


1. Economic and Historical Background on Cartel Enforcement; 2. Collusion and Leniency in Economic Theory; 3. Types of Cartel
Practices; 4. Cartel Investigations in Practice: the administrative procedure; 5. The Leniency Programme: ins and outs of handling
applications; 6.  Fines and Limitation periods; 7.  Parental liability and other Imputability Issues; 8.  The Settlement Procedure;
9. Judicial review in cartel cases; 10. International cooperation in Cartel Cases

Ewoud Sakkers (DG COMP, European Commission) Johan Ysewyn (Linklaters LLP)

Ewoud Sakkers has been with the Directorate-General for Johan Ysewyn heads the Competition Group of Linklaters in
Competition of the EU Commission since 1997. During his first 3½ Brussels. He also is the co-head of the Linklaters Global Core
years in DG Competition he worked in the so-called Merger Task Cartel Group, which brings together lawyers and staff from
Force. Since the beginning of 2001 he works in the area of antitrust different jurisdictions and practices, who are involved in global
enforcement, where is a Head of Unit in the Cartels Directorate. and local cartel investigations and litigation. His practice has a
He worked in the trade policy department of the European strong focus on international and European cartel investigations
Commission, on anti-dumping and anti-subsidy issues, where he and he has defended companies from a range of sectors. He
started in 1993. Before that, he was in-house legal counsel with acted for companies under investigation in alleged cartels, inter
KPN, the Dutch telecommunications company. After spending an alia in oil derivatives, manufacturing, banking, cereal trading,
initial year of university education in the U.S., he obtained a law retail and pharmaceuticals. In the light of his experience, he
degree at the University of Utrecht in the Netherlands in 1990. has written and lectured extensively on international cartel and
In 1991 he obtained an LLM degree in European law from the leniency-related issues. He co-authors the loose-leaf “European
College of Europe in Bruges. His publications include a major Cartel Digest”.
chapter on cartels in “The EC law of Competition”. He is also co-
author of the looseleaf “European Cartel Digest”.

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The Law and Economics of Horizontal Cooperation Agreements and Joint Ventures
3 A. LOFARO and S. VÖLCKER

Session 1 Session 2 Session 3


Friday 12 November 2010 Friday 19 November 2010 Friday 26 November 2010

This module will cover in particular the following topics :

1. Economic theories of harm for competitor cooperation; 2. Joint production and specialization; 3. Joint R&D; 4. Joint purchasing;
5. Joint distribution; 6. Standardisation; 7. Information exchange; 8. Minority shareholdings; 9. Airline alliances

Andrea Lofaro (RBB Economics) Sven Völcker (WilmerHale LLP)

Andrea Lofaro started work in economic consultancy in 1998 Sven Völcker is a partner in the Wilmerhale’s Regulatory and
after completing his PhD in Economics. His consulting experience Government Affairs Department, and a member of the Antitrust
includes work on numerous Phase II EU Merger Regulation cases and Competition, Aviation and European Regulatory Practice
in a range of industries including banking, energy, insurance, oil, Groups. He joined the firm in 1995. A US and German-qualified
online advertising, packaging, paper, petrochemical products and lawyer, he is an experienced counselor and advocate with
pharmaceuticals. He has also worked on a number of high profile extensive involvement in large and complex matters. His practice
cartel and abuse of dominance cases. He has given oral evidence encompasses counseling on EU and German antitrust rules,
before the EU Commission, the UK Competition Commission, merger clearance, cartel and other behavioral cases, and EU
the Italian competition authority, the Belgian Conseil de la State aid law. He has extensive experience in a wide range of
Concurrence and the South African Competition Commission industries, including aviation, financial services, manufacturing,
and Tribunal. He has published widely on competition policy and media, packaging, software and telecommunications. His
industrial economics in journals including the Antitrust Bulletin, experience prior to joining the firm includes an internship in
the European Competition Law Review, The European Business the policy directorate of the European Commission’s Directorate
Organization Law Review, the European Journal of Political General for Competition.
Economy and the Journal of Economics.

The Law and Economics of Vertical Restraints


4 T. VERGE and F. WIJCKMANS

Session 1 Session 2 Session 3


Friday 3 December 2010 Friday 10 December 2010 Friday 17 December 2010

This module will cover in particular the following topics :

1. General overview of the law and economics of vertical agreements (helicopter perspective); 2. Essential features of the most
common distribution systems: exclusive distribution, non-exclusive distribution, selective distribution, franchising and agency; 3.
Framework for the analysis of distribution agreements covered by Regulation 330/2010; 4. Blacklisted restrictions (resale price
maintenance, territorial and customer restrictions); 5. Freedom and limitations on e-commerce; 6. Supply and subcontracting
agreements; 7. Vertical agreements between competitors; 8. Use of economics in the self-assessment of vertical agreements
(relevant economic theories and self-assessment methodology); 9. Sector-specific rules on vertical agreements

Thibaud Vergé (French Competition Authority) Franck Wijckmans (Contrast)

Thibaud Vergé has been appointed Chief economist at the Autorité Frank Wijckmans is a partner of Contrast. He is active in the
de la concurrence in February 2010. PhD in economics (University fields of EU and competition law and Belgian business law. He
of Toulouse) and a graduate of the École Polytechnique, Thibaud is an experienced negotiator, litigator and arbitrator. He is a
Vergé was previously lecturer in economics at the University of regular speaker at conferences. He graduated from the University
Bristol (2000-02) and the University of Southampton (2002-05) of Antwerp and obtained a Master’s degree at the University of
before joining CREST (Paris). He has since been teaching at Virginia (USA). He has an extensive publication record in the
ENSAE, Ecole Polytechnique and HEC Lausanne, and was an fields of EU competition law and EU and Belgian distribution
academic associate with Charles River Associates (2008-10). His law. He is the co-author of a monograph on the current EU
research work on industrial economics applied to competition competition law regime applicable to vertical agreements,
policy has been published in several international academic including motor vehicle distribution, “Vertical Agreements in EC
journals such as Rand Journal of Economics, Journal of the Competition Law”.
European Economic Association, Journal of Industrial Economics
and European Economic Review.

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Programme
The Law and Economics of Abuse of Dominance
5 J-F BELLIS and A. PERROT

Session 1 Session 2 Session 3


Friday 7 January 2011 Friday 14 January 2011 Friday 21 January 2011

This module will cover in particular the following topics :

1. Market Definition; 2.Dominance and the Assessment of Significant Market Power; 3. Collective Dominance; 4. Abusive Conduct
– Exploitative and Exclusionary Practices; 5. The Guidance Document on Article 102 TFEU and the Effects-Based Approach; 7. The
Chicago School, Efficiencies and Objective Justifications; 7. Unfair Trading Conditions; 8. Predatory Pricing; 9. Exclusive Dealing

Jean-François Bellis (Van Bael & Bellis) Anne Perrot (French Competition Authority)

Jean-François Bellis is the managing partner of Van Bael & Anne Perrot is Vice-Chair at Conseil de la Concurrence since
Bellis, a Brussels law firm specialised in EU and Belgian business 2004. She was previously full professor at University of Paris
law. He is also professor of EU competition law at the Institute I-Panthéon Sorbonne. She received a Ph.D. in Mathematics
of European Studies of the University of Brussels and teaches a and a Ph.D. in Economics. She was former head of Laboratoire
seminar on competition law at the University of Liège. He started d’Economie Industrielle. She belongs to the Economic Advisory
to practice law in 1975 specialising in competition and trade law. Group on Competition Policy working with the Chief Economics
In 1979-1980, he served as Legal Secretary to Lord Mackenzie of the DG Comp. She was a teaching fellow at the University
Stuart at the Court of Justice of the European Union. In 1986, he Pierre et Marie Curie, a lecturer, then assistant professor, at
founded Van Bael & Bellis. He has advised international clients the Sorbonne and a professor at the University of Le Mans.
in numerous cases at EU and national level involving a broad From 1992 to 1995, she worked as the scientific advisor to the
range of antitrust issues. He has extensive litigation experience Observatoire Economique et Statistique des Transports. She is
in EU competition cases. He has written numerous books and co-editor of economics journals, like Economie et Prévision and
articles in the field of competition law. He is the co-author of Competition Policy International. She has published extensively
“Competition Law of the European Community”. in international economic reviews in the field of competition
policy and has edited the book “Réglementation et concurrence”.

The Law and Economics of Merger Control


6 P. HOFER and N. LEVY

Session 1 Session 2 Session 3


Friday 28 January 2011 Friday 4 February 2011 Friday 11 February 2011

This module will cover in particular the following topics :

1. Legal and Economic Objectives of Merger Control; 2. Historical Background to the EUMR; 3. Overview of the EUMR and Comparison
with U.S. Merger Control Rules; 4. Jurisdictional Scope of the EUMR (Definition of Reportable “Concentrations” and “Community
Dimension”); 5. Division of Powers Between the Commission and Member States; 6. Product and Geographic Market Definition;
7. Substantive Assessment: Horizontal Mergers (Unilateral Effects and Coordinated Effects), Vertical Mergers, and Conglomerate
Mergers; 8. Failing Firm Defense and Efficiencies; 9. Evidentiary Principles: Role of Economic and Other Evidence; 10. Procedural
Issues; 11. Remedies; 12. Judicial Review

Paul HOFER (NERA) Nicholas Levy (Cleary Gottlieb LLP)

Paul Hofer has extensive experience in competition policy cases Nicholas Levy is an EU and UK antitrust partner at Cleary
before the EU Commission and various Member States, as well as Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP. He has extensive experience
in Africa and Asia. He has provided economic advice on mergers, in notifying mergers and joint ventures under the EU Merger
behavioural cases, sector inquiries and market investigations, Regulation, and has been involved in many leading cases. He has
state aid, and market regulation and liberalisation. He has led also authored a two-volume treatise entitled “European Merger
empirical and conceptual work on the economics of a wide range Control Law: A Guide to the Merger Regulation”. He was named
of antitrust questions and has particular expertise in unilateral- “Competition Lawyer of the Year” by Legal Business Research’s
effects modelling and merger simulation, bidding studies, tacit International Who’s Who of Competition Lawyers 2009 and
collusion analysis, vertical foreclosure theory, entry analysis, received the ILO Competition Lawyer of the Year Client Choice
predation and margin squeeze cases, the effects of rebate and Award 2010.
discount structures, aftermarkets, and market definition. He
publishes regularly and is a frequent conference speaker. His
education was at Cambridge, the LSE, and King’s College
London.

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The Law and Economics of State Aid and other Anti-Competitive State Interventions
7 J. DERENNE and D. SPECTOR

Session 1 Session 2 Session 3


Friday 18 February 2011 Friday 25 February 2011 Friday 4 March 2011

This module will cover in particular the following topics :


1. Brief Historical and Economic Background on State Aid Control; 2. Harmful economic effects of State Aid - Static and dynamic
distortions, subsidy races, rent-seeking, moral hazard, etc.; 3. Beneficial effects of State Aid; 4. The Notion of State Aid - Legal
Concept v Economic Theory; 5. Contributions and Limits of Economic Theory to the Notion of State Aid - Economic Conditions
(Market Private Investor Test, Compensation of Public Service) v Other Conditions (State Resources, Distortion of Competition, Trade
between Member States); 6. Compatibility Assessment of State Aid; 7. A Selection of Horizontal Compatible Aid (R&D, Risk-Capital,
Regional, Sectoral) v Non Horizontal Compatible Aid (Rescue & Restructuring Aid); 8. State Aid Procedure - The Administrative
Procedure before the European Commission; 9. State Aid Procedure - The Role of National Courts; 10. Judicial Review of State Aid
Decisions by the European Courts; 11. State Aid and the Financial Crisis - From the Rescue to the Restructuring of the Banking Sector
- The Credit Crunch of the Real Economy

Jacques Derenne (Hogan Lovells LLP) David Spector (Paris School of Economics)

Jacques Derenne heads the Antitrust, Competition and Economic David Spector is an Associate Professor at the Paris School of
Regulation practice in Hogan Lovells’ Brussels office. He also Economics and the founder of MAPP, an economic consulting firm.
leads their State aid practice. He is also Associate Professor After a training in mathematics at the Ecole Normale Supérieure
of State aid law at the University University of Liège. He and an Economics Ph.D. at the London School of Economics,
has advised on all areas of competition law (cartels, abuse of he was an Assistant Professor at the Economics department of
dominance, mergers and State aid) and EU law (particularly MIT until 2001. His publications and teaching deal with the
in regulated industries). He often appears in cases before the theory of oligopolistic competition, with a focus on exclusionary
European Commission and EU Courts, national courts and practices, mergers, and State aid. He also published a book on
competition authorities, and regulatory bodies. He publishes the electricity market “Electricité : faut-il désespérer du marché
widely on EU constitutional, competition and regulatory issues. ?”. In his consulting work, he has been producing economic expert
He is a founding member of the Global Competition Law Centre reports in merger, cartel, abuse of dominance, and State aid cases,
(College of Europe, Scientific Council and Executive Committee). before the French, Dutch and Australian competition authorities
He studied in Liège and at the College of Europe and is a member and the European Commission, as well as before national and
of the Brussels and Paris Bars. European Courts.

The Procedural and Institutional Framework of EU Competition Enforcement


8 F. CASTILLO DE LA TORRE and L. ORTIZ BLANCO

Session 1 Session 2 Session 3


Friday 11 March 2011 Friday 18 March 2011 Friday 25 March 2011

This module will cover in particular the following topics :

1.  Institutional Framework; 2.  Cooperation between the Commission and National Competition Authorities; 3. Organization of
Proceedings; 4. Opening of the File; 5. Investigation of Cases (I): Leniency Policy; 6. Investigation of Cases (II): Formal Investigative
measures, in general. Interviews and Requests for Information; 7. Investigation of Cases (III): Inspections; 8. Investigation of Cases
(IV): Penalties, Confidentiality; 9. Infringement Procedures; 10. Infringement Decisions and Penalties; 11. Rejection of Complaints;
12. Finding of Inapplicability; 13. Voluntary Adjustments, Commitments and Conclusion of the Procedure without a Formal Decision;
14. Special Procedures; 15. Judicial Review and Monitoring of Decisions

Fernando Castillo de la Torre Luis Ortiz Blanco (Garrigues)


(Legal Service, European Commission)
Luis Ortiz Blanco is a partner at the EU and Competition Law
Fernando Castillo de la Torre is member of the Legal Service Department of Garrigues. He is a former official of DG Comp. His
of the European Commission where he currently advises on main focus is on procedural competition issues and competition
competition law and mergers. He studied both law and political matters in the transport markets. He is Professor at the College
science in Madrid, graduating in 1989 and 1990 respectively, of Europe and at the Universidad Complutense, Madrid. He also
and subsequently undertook postgraduate studies at Bruges. He directs the Annual EU and Spanish Competition Law Program
joined the Legal Service of the European Commission in 1996 and at the Instituto de Estudios Bursátiles, Madrid. At present,
has been agent for the Commission in more than 250 cases in the he serves as President of the Asociación Española para la
EU Courts. He was referendaire to the President of the European Defensa de la Competencia, Secretary General of the Fédération
Court of Justice between 1997 and 2002. He has published on Internationale de Droit Européen and Secretary General of the
a wide variety of European law subjects ranging from litigation Asociación Española para el Estudio del Derecho Europeo. In
before EU Courts to competition law and external relations. addition, he is the Editorial Director of the Gaceta Jurídica
de la Unión Europea y de la Competencia, and a member of
the Advisory Board of the European Competition Journal. His
publications include “EC Competition Procedure”, “Shipping
Conferences under EC Antitrust Law” and “Market Power in EC
Antitrust Law”.

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Programme
EU Competition Law and Intellectual Property
9 P. BELLEFLAMME and A. STROWEL

Session 1 Session 2 Session 3


Friday 1 April 2011 Friday 8 April 2011 Friday 15 April 2011

This module will cover in particular the following topics :

1. Incentives to innovate; Market structure; 2. Tragedy of the anti-commons; 3. Patent pools; Standard-setting organizations; 4. R&D
cooperation; 5. Licensing; 6. Technology transfer (block exemption); 7. Patent trolls; Tying and bundling; 8.  Interoperability and
compatibility; 9. Network effects; 10. Multi-sided markets; 11. Lock-up; 12. Compulsory licensing ; 13. Exhaustion and parallel trade;
14. Specific subject-matter of IP right; 15. Patent thickets; 16. Patent settlements

Paul Belleflamme (University of Louvain-la-Neuve) Alain Strowel (FUSL and Covington & Burling LLP)

Paul Belleflamme graduated in economics at the University Alain Strowel is a professor at the Saint-Louis University in
of Namur (1991), where he also received his doctoral degree in Brussels and teaches in various LLM programs (University of
economics (1997). He holds a Master of Arts in Economics from Liège, Hogeschool Universiteit Brussel, Munich Intellectual
Columbia University (1992). In 1998, he became lecturer in Property Law Centre, Maastricht University). His courses cover
economics at Queen Mary, University of London. Since 2002, he copyright, design and media law, as well as the interface between
is professor at Université catholique de Louvain. He is attached IP and competition. Belgian avocat since 1988, he works as
to the Center for Operations Research and Econometrics and to Of Counsel in the Brussels office of Covington & Burling LLP
the Louvain School of Management, where he teaches courses where he focuses on digital copyright and trademark issues. He
in the fields of Industrial Organization and Managerial is a panelist for the WIPO and “.be” domain name resolution
Economics. He has published widely in leading economics procedures. He has authored numerous articles and a few books,
journals and, with Martin Peitz, is the author of “Industrial including “Droit d’auteur et copyright” and “Droit d’auteur et
Organization: Markets and Strategies”. He is associate editor of numérique”. He has edited various books among which: “Of
Information Economics and Policy and is a member of the board Authors and Origins”, “Google et les nouveaux services en
of Association Internationale de Droit Economique. ligne”, “Peer-to-Peer File Sharing and Secondary Liability in
Copyright Law”.

Competition Law and the Regulation of Network Industries


10 P. LAROUCHE and J. PADILLA

Session 1 Session 2 Session 3


Friday 29 April 2011 Friday 6 May 2011 Friday 13 May 2011

This module will cover in particular the following topics :

1. Overview of theories of regulation (the institutions of regulation in the EU: EU institutions, Member States, NRAs, courts, the
relationship between sector-specific regulation and competition law, European liberalization policy); 2. Price regulation in end-
consumer markets; 3. Regulation of access terms and conditions; 4. Vertical separation; 5. Optimal design of regulatory architecture;
6. Energy regulation (I): competing regulatory models. 7. Energy regulation (II): regulating transmission charges. 8. Energy regulation
(III): harnessing renewable energy; 9. Telecom regulation (I): access based v. facilities based competition; 10. Telecom regulation (II):
access regulation to telecom network; 11. Content regulation (I): Pay TV: regulation of a two-sided market; 12. Content regulation
(II): Network neutrality and the content/network interface; 13. Assessing the success of recent deregulation initiatives

Pierre Larouche (University of Tilburg) Jorge Padilla (LECG)

Pierre Larouche is Professor of Competition Law at Tilburg Jorge Padilla is the European chief executive officer of LECG. He
University and Vice-Director of the Tilburg Law and Economics has advised on various cases and given expert testimony before
Center, as well as Professor at the College of Europe. Before the national competition authorities as well as in cases before
starting his academic career in 1996 at the University of the EU Commission. He earned M Phil and D Phil degrees in
Maastricht, he clerked at the Supreme Court of Canada economics from the University of Oxford. He is a research fellow of
in 1991-1992 and practised law for three years in the EU law the Centre for Economic Policy Research (London) and the Centro
unit of Stibbe in Brussels. His teaching and research interests de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros, and is or has been member
include competition law and economic regulation, electronic of the editorial boards of Competition Policy International, the
communications law, media law, basic Community law and the Review of Economic Studies, the Spanish Economic Review and
common European law of torts. He has been a guest professor Investigaciones Económicas. He has written several papers on
at McGill University (2002), National University of Singapore competition policy and industrial organisation.
(2004, 2006, 2008, 2011), University of Connecticut (2009) and a
Visiting Searle Fellow at Northwestern University (2009-2010).

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11 National Competition Law

Session 1 Session 2 Session 3


Friday 20 May 2011 Friday 27 May 2011 Friday 10 June 2011

• Belgian Competition Law: J. STEENBERGEN and A. WALCKIERS


This module will cover in particular the following topics :

1. The institutional framework; 2. Relations between EU and Belgian competition law; 3. Infringement cases (I) – Substantive issues:
where do the Belgian rules differ from the EU rules of competition?; 4. Infringement cases (II) – Procedural issues; 5. Infringement
cases (III) – Sanctions and leniency; 6. Infringement cases (IV) – Inspections; 7. Advocacy and informal competition policy; 8.
Merger control (I) – substantive issues; 9. Merger control (II) – Procedure and Remedies; 10. Judicial review; 11. Competition law and
economics in practice: selected case studies

Jacques Steenbergen (Belgian Competition Authority) Alexis Walckiers (Belgian Competition Authority)

Jacques Steenbergen is since 2007 Director General in the Belgian Alexis Walckiers is the Chief Economist of the Belgian competition
Competition Authority. He teaches competition law at the KU authority. As Chief Economist, he is not only closely involved in
Leuven since 1979. Before joining the competition authority, he the day-to-day work of Belgian case teams, but he also assists
was partner in the Brussels office of Allen & Overy, and legal the Director General with regard to the positions taken by the
secretary to the President of the Court of Justice. He is also editor Belgian authority in international working groups and advisory
in chief of the Dutch-Belgian European law review SEW. He committees. He also participates in the advocacy initiatives of
lectured or gave conferences and served as member of nomination the Belgian authority. He holds a PhD in Economics from the
committees or PhD examination committees in institutes and Université libre de Bruxelles. He has published several papers
universities in Austria, Belgium, China, Germany, Hungary, Italy, in economic journals, including one in the Journal of the
the Netherlands, Poland, Spain, the United Kingdom and the European Economic Association P&P. Before joining the Belgian
United States. He publishes regularly on EU and competition law. Competition Authority, he has worked for Breugel, an EU think
He obtained a PhD at the KU Leuven (1978). He holds a masters tank, and Oxera, an economic consultancy.
degree in law from the KU Leuven (1972), and bachelor degrees or
equivalent certificates in law, philosophy and economics from the
University of Antwerp (1969).

• French Competition Law : C. LEMAIRE and F. ZIVY


This module will cover in particular the following topics :

1. Institutional Framework; 2. Antitrust enforcement; 3. Merger review; 4. Guidance and Advocacy

Christophe Lemaire (Ashurst LLP and University of Paris I) Fabien Zivy (French Competition Authority)

Christophe Lemaire is a Doctor of Law and Senior Lecturer Fabien Zivy received his B.A from the Institut d’études politiques
in French and European Competition Law at the University of de Paris in 1997 and studied at the Universities of Paris
Paris I - Panthéon Sorbonne. He studied European Law at the (Panthéon-Assas) and Oxford, where he received a Master of
University of Paris I - Panthéon Sorbonne and spent a year at Law Degree. He graduated magna cum laude from the College of
the University of Warwick. Before joining the University of Paris Europe in 2000. After joining the European competition practice
I, he worked several years at the French Competition Council of Linklaters in Brussels, in 2000, he has been a Legal Secretary
as Counsel for European Affairs and case-handler. He has also in the Chambers of Judge Hubert Legal, President of the Fourth
worked at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, acting as Agent for Chamber of the General Court of the European Union. Since 2007,
the French Governement before the European Court of Justice. he has been the Chief of Staff of Bruno Lasserre, President of the
He has published or contributed to several books and articles. In French Conseil de la concurrence, which became the Autorité de
addition, he is a consultant with Ashurst. la concurrence in 2009, pursuant to a major reform intended to
modernize the French competition enforcement framework..

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Programme
• German Competition Law: T. JESTAEDT and P. WERNER
This module will cover in particular the following topics :

1. History and statutory framework; 2. Organisation of FCO and procedure; 3. Relation with EU law; 4. Cartels - Overview and recent
developments; 5. Horizontal and vertical agreements - Overview and recent developments; 6. Abuse of dominance and related
practices; 7. Judicial Review; 8. Merger control – Procedure; 9. Merger control - substantial provisions; 10. Merger control - judicial
review; 11. Application of State aid law in Germany

Thomas Jestaedt (Jones Day) Philip Werner (Howrey LLP)

Thomas Jestaedt has practiced EU and German antitrust/ Philipp Werner, a German qualified Rechtsanwalt, is a senior
competition law, EU state aid law, public procurement law, EU associate in Howrey’s Brussels office, specialising in EU and
constitutional law, and international contracts law in Brussels German competition law. He advises on EU and German
for more than 20 years. He has represented clients in some of the merger control and multijurisdictional filings as well as in the
largest European cartel cases in recent years. He is recognized as field of cartels, horizontal and vertical agreements and abuse
one of the leading authorities in EU state aid law and has acted of dominance cases. He has extensive experience in State aid
for investors and governments in investment aid proceedings. He law, in particular concerning privatisations and restructuring
assisted one European country in the privatization of its national in the infrastructure and transport sectors. He studied law and
airline and another in aligning its tax laws with EU state aid law. philosophy in Mainz and Bonn and was admitted to the bar
He is coauthor of a leading German commentary on competition in Berlin in 2005. He received a LL.M. from the University of
law, the main German-language publication on state aid law, the Cambridge in 2003 and a Diploma in Economics for Competition
Lexis/Nexis European Competition Laws Guide, and has written Law from King´s College London in 2008
more than 25 competition law articles.

• UK Competition Law: C. BROWN and R. O’DONOGHUE


This module will cover in particular the following topics :

1. Introduction to Competition law and policy in the UK; 2. The law on anti-competitive agreements and concerted practices – the
Chapter I prohibition; 3. Public enforcement; 4. Criminal enforcement; 5. The law on abuse of a dominant position: the Chapter
II prohibition; 6. Market studies and market investigations; 7. UK merger control; 8. Appeals and judicial review: the Competition
Appeal Tribunal; 9. Private enforcement

Christopher Brown (Matrix Chambers) Robert O’Donoghue (Brick Court Chambers)

Christopher Brown is a barrister at Matrix Chambers in London. Robert O’Donoghue is a senior junior with extensive experience
His practice focuses on competition law and EU law, and he also of all aspects of EU and Competition Law. He has appeared in
has experience of sports law and general commercial and public numerous cases in the UK courts, as well as the General Court and
law. Before coming to Matrix in 2009, he served as a Referendaire ECJ. His EU and Competition Law practice includes advisory
to the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal. He handled numerous work on European and UK competition rules and he has particular
appeals, including cartel cases, other cases concerning Article experience proceedings before the European Commission and the
101 and its domestic equivalent, and important merger appeals. Office of Fair Trading, including cartels, mergers, and abuse of
He then became the sole competition practitioner at the law dominance proceedings. He has a particular interest in utility
firm Farrer & Co LLP. He is convenor of the LLM course in UK regulation (telecoms, energy, water) under both EU and UK
Competition Law at Queen Mary University of London. He used laws. He has published, spoken, and taught extensively on EU
to teach EU law at King’s College London. He writes and lectures and competition laws. He spent 10 years working in Brussels
frequently on all aspects of competition and general EU law and between 1997-2007 for Brick Court Chambers, DG Competition,
is joint UK rapporteur for the forthcoming Biennial Congress of and Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP.
the Fédération Internationale de Droit Européen.

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12 Consumer Protection and and Unfair Trading Practices
M. LISSOWSKA and J. STUYCK

Session 1 Session 2 Session 3


Friday 17 June 2011 Friday 24 June 2011 Friday 1 July 2011

This module will cover in particular the following topics :

1. Asymmetric information; 2. Behavioural biases; 3. Complexity of choice; 4. Information disclosure; 5. Advertisement as information;
6. Behaviourally based practices; 7. Impairment of consumer interests; 8. Average and vulnerable consumer; 9. The objectives and
scope of application of the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive (UCPD); 10. The full harmonisation character of the Directive
and the consequences for national laws (case law of the ECJ); 11. The main provisions of the UCPD; 12. Implementation of the
Directive in the main jurisdictions; 13. Relationship between the UCPD and unfair competition law; 14. Relationship between the
UCPD and antitrust law; 15. Relationship of the UCPD with sector specific and product specific legislation; 16. Guidance at the EU
level; 17. Enforcement; 18. Self-regulation

Maria Lissowska (DG SANCO, European Commission) Jules Stuyck (University of Leuven and Liedekerke)

Maria Lissowska holds M.A. and Ph.D. in economics from the Jules Stuyck earned a Ph d K.U. Leuven in 1975. He was admitted
Warsaw School of Economics and also M.S. in mathematics at the Brussels Bar in 1984. He is Partner with Liedekerke,
and computer science from Warsaw University. Till 2006 she Wolters, Waelbroeck, Kirkpatrick in Brussels, where he is head
worked as a professor for the Warsaw School of Economics, and of the department of European law and Competition law. He is
in 1990-1992 for Université de Paris Panthéon-Sorbonne. Her Professor of European law and consumer law at K.U. Leuven,
teaching and research covered a broad spectrum of economics, Professor of European law at the Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen,
in particular financial economics and institutional economics. Visiting professor of European Competition law at the Central
She is an author of about 50 articles. In 2008 she published a European University, Budapest, Visiting professor in European
book “Institutions for Market Economy. The Case of Poland”. Consumer law at the Université Pantéon-Assas Paris 2. He is the
From 2007 she works for the Health and Consumers Directorate- author of about 350 publications, co-editor in chief of Droit de
General of the European Commission in a team responsible for la Consommation/Consumentenrecht, member of the editorial
economic analysis of consumer markets. On behalf of the EU board of Journal of Consumer Policy, Revue européenne de droit
Commission she cooperated with the Committee on Consumer de la consummation/European Consumer Law Journal and of
Policy of the OECD and contributed to drafting of the Consumer Revue de droit commercial belge and member of the advisory
Policy Toolkit of the OECD. board of European Review of Contract Law.

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Admission
Requirements
Education

All applicants must hold a Master in law or


economics or a Master from a business school.
Alternatively, applicants may hold a Master in
another field and demonstrate sufficient legal
expertise (e.g., professional experience or
additional training in law).

Language Skills

Working knowledge of English is required (Council


of Europe, Independent User, scale B2 in English).

Fees
The tuition fees are €5,000 for the entire course
(12 modules).
The fee for a single module is €500.

In-house lawyers and civil servants are eligible for a


special reduced fee of €4,000 for the entire course,
or €400 per module.

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Organisation

Timetable

The LL.M. programme covers a full academic year, starting


on 1st October 2010 and ending on 1st July 2011. The course
is organised on Friday afternoons on the premises of the FEB.
A lunch is provided at 12:30 p.m. prior to the beginning of
each class.

The LL.M. programme is divided into 12 modules. Each module


takes place over a period of three weeks, with three weekly
lectures on Friday afternoons from 12:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
(lunch + 5 hours + breaks).

The LL.M. programme is geared towards the requirements of


working professionals. Participants may decide to follow only
part of the LL.M. programme, opting for a limited range of
modules which correspond to their main areas of interest.

Assessment

Students will be assessed at the end of each module. In order


to obtain the LL.M. degree, students must: (1) pass 9 out of
the 12 modules; and (2) get a grade of at least 12/20 for their
dissertation.

Assessments will generally take the form of case studies,


related to the lectures and materials delivered in class.
Students will receive an exam form in the course of the
module and will return their written exam within 10 days
following the end of each learning blocks.

As part of the LL.M. qualification, students must also write


a short dissertation of no more than 45 pages (Times New
Roman 12, 1.5 line spacing) on a topic to be selected from
a list proposed by the various lecturers.

Students attending the LL.M. programme, or part of it, are


entitled to continuing professional development (CPD) points
from the relevant authorities.

Teaching materials

Students will receive a documentation pack comprising an


outline of their course and relevant regulations, case-law and
academic literature. The documentation pack will also be sent
per email to students a week ahead of each module. Students
may be given reading assignments.

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Practical
Information Contact
© Triptyque

info@brusselsschoolofcompetition.eu

Tel +32 (0)2 515 08 59


Fax + 32 (0)2 515 09 85

Venue

The course will take place on the premises of the


FEB, Rue Ravenstein 4, 1000 Brussels.

Directions
By car
Entering Brussels by the E40 motorway (from Ostend, London, Liège,
Cologne), the E411 motorway (from Namur, Luxembourg) or the E19
motorway (from Antwerp, Amsterdam, Mons, Paris), follow the signs
to Bruxelles Centre / Brussel Centrum. FEB is located in the centre
of town, very close to the central railway station (Bruxelles Centrale/
Brussel Centraal).

Please use the car parks in the immediate vicinity of the FEB:
The Albertina/Square car park is accessible via Rue des Sols.
The Grand Place car park (next to the Méridien hotel) is accessible
via Boulevard de l’Impératrice.
Before you set off, it is a good idea to visit the Bruxelles Mobilité
website for information on traffic conditions in Brussels, available
parking spaces and prices, road works and events.

GPS coordinates: download the geographical coordinates for the car


park to your GPS. http://www.interparking.com/Public/GPS.aspx

By public transport
FEB’s offices are a short walk from the central railway station
(Bruxelles Central/Brussel Centraal).
It is also a metro and bus station.

Train: Bruxelles Central station.


Metro: Gare Centrale station (lines 1a, 1b).
From the station, take the Galerie Ravenstein exit.
From the station, take the Galerie Ravenstein exit. Walk
through the shopping arcade and exit from the other side
onto Rue Ravenstein. FEB is to the right, about 50 metres
up the road.
Tram: Place Royale tram stop (lines 92,94).
Bus: G
 are Centrale bus stop (lines 29,38,63,65,66,71), Place Royale
bus stop (lines 27,38,71,95)

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REGISTRATION FORM

Friday, 1 October 2010 > Friday, 1 July 2011, 12:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m., FEB, Brussels

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The Brussels School of Competition may ask registered participants to provide proof of their academic qualifications.

 I would like to register for all 12 modules at a cost of €5,000 (excluding VAT at 21%).

 I am an in-house lawyer or civil servant and would like to register for all 12 modules at a cost of €4,000 (excluding VAT at 21%)2.

 I would like to register for the following module(s) at a cost of €500 per module (excluding VAT at 21%) :

 I am an in-house lawyer or civil servant and would like to register for the following module(s) at a cost of
€400 per module (excluding VAT at 21%)2 :

 G
 eneral Introduction to Competition  The Law and Economics of Merger  National Competition Law
Law and Economics Control Friday, 20, 27 May and 10 June 2011
Friday, 1, 8 and 15 October 2010 Friday, 28 January, 4 and 11 February 2011  Belgian Competition Law
 French Competition Law
 T he Law and Economics of Cartel  The Law and Economics of  German Competition Law
Agreements Anticompetitive State Aid and other  UK Competition Law
Friday, 22, 29 October and 5 November 2010 Anti-Competitive State Interventions (Please choose only one)
Friday, 18, 25 February and 4 March 2011
 T he Law and Economics of Horizontal  C
 onsumer Protection and Unfair
Cooperation Agreements and Joint  The Procedural and Institutional Trading Practices
Ventures Framework of EU Competition Friday, 17, 24 June and 1 July 2011
Friday, 12, 19 and 26 November 2010 Enforcement
Friday, 11, 18 and 25 March 2011
 T he Law and Economics of Vertical
Restraints  EU Competition Law and Intellectual
Friday, 3, 10 and 17 December 2010 Property
Friday, 1, 8 and 15 April 2011
 T he Law and Economics of Abuse
of Dominance  Competition Law and the Regulation The amount due will be payable upon
Friday, 7, 14 and 21 January 2011 of Network Industries receipt of the invoice from the BSC.
Friday, 29 April, 6 and 13 May 2011
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The BSC may ask participants registering at the reduced rate to provide proof of their professional affiliation.

Cancellation policy Date : ae / ae / abbe


Only written cancellations addressed to Mr Charles Gheur (rue Ravenstein
4, 1000 Bruxelles) shall be considered. Fees shall only be reimbursed where
the participant’s place is cancelled at least 5 working days before the
beginning of the LL.M. programme / module.
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Its primary purpose is to organise a high profile, specialised course in Competition Law and Econcomics.
The concept of “LL.M.” is here used as a generic term to refer to a specialised study programme taught in English,
which can only be undertaken by students holding an officially recognised academic degree in law and/or economics.
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