Arbitration and Competition Law: Follow-on Damages and State Aid Actions

Paris, France

On April 3, 2019, Cleary Gottlieb hosted a breakfast seminar at its Paris office, “Arbitration and Competition Law: Follow-on Damages and State Aid Actions,” during Paris Arbitration Week.

Introduction

Jean-Yves Garaud, Partner, Cleary Gottlieb

Panel 1: Follow-on Damages

MODERATOR:

Séverine Schrameck, Partner, Cleary Gottlieb

PANELISTS:

Delphine Michot, Counsel, Cleary Gottlieb

Aren Goldsmith, Senior Attorney, Cleary Gottlieb

Antoine Chapsal, Principal, Analysis Group

• State of play on private enforcement actions
• EU antitrust damages actions and international commercial arbitration, including challenges and opportunities and recent decisional practice in EU member states related to enforcement of arbitration agreements
• Special damages and valuation issues specific to EU competition law

Panel 2: State Aid and Related Current Issues

MODERATOR:

Laurie Achtouk-Spivak, Counsel, Cleary Gottlieb

PANELISTS:

François-Charles Laprévote, Partner, Cleary Gottlieb

Claudia Annacker, Partner, Cleary Gottlieb

Christiane Deniger, Vice President, Burford Capital

• EU State aid law and its private enforcement regime
• EU State aid law and international commercial and investment disputes in Europe, current situations, and perspectives looking forward
• Third-party funding trends regarding competition disputes in Europe, in particular in light of recent developments on intra-EU investment arbitration